Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When tenants take on a lease they may make extensive alterations to the premises in order to make them better suited to the type of catering enterprise they intend to undertake . |
| 2 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 3 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
| 4 | For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this . |
| 5 | Having a friend who lives on the Blackwater in an old Thames sailing barge , complete with sails and engine , I rather object to the notion that barges must be passively powerless . |
| 6 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 7 | This was perhaps the most directly inflationary aspect of Pitt 's financial management , and the bridging of the gap between income and expenditure was not helped by his stubbornly sticking to the idea of the Sinking Fund . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I only listen to the sport . |
| 9 | ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should . |
| 10 | On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should |
| 11 | Then there was this thing that I constantly talked to the press . |
| 12 | Could I not go to the castle where the German headquarters were and ask if they could forward a small gift of food to a worker in Germany ? |
| 13 | conjures up images and I just object to the fact that people impose on us , degrenality , I mean I , I think lesbian 's and gay men have got a right to their life style as we have and I do n't think we should be actually imposing and I think that 's what a lot of society and what people come out with does er more or less we do n't agree with that and its wrong and its objectional |
| 14 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 15 | ‘ I just went to the waterfall and back . |
| 16 | Pickering said : ‘ I just appealed to the linesman . |
| 17 | Er could I just return to the line of questioning very briefly that the Senior Inspector was was pursuing a moment ago with with the County Council , in terms of the assessment of the environmental impact that the forty one thousand figure . |
| 18 | Chairman , could I just mention to the Committee , on Shropshire child care links , erm , the County Council of course , is also the registration body that erm , registers childminders and day care , and erm , while obviously this is very much to be supported and ties in with Social Services ' own requirements to promote child care , it should not be seen , and we should perhaps , Bruce make a , we can have discussions with , we should be careful to endorse , the giving of this money does n't necessarily imply or endorse the standards of the people on their books , who may be people that the County Council in another arm , are investigating and in some cases , taking action to close down . |
| 19 | While I just go to the toilet . |
| 20 | can I just get to the washer ? |
| 21 | I do n't I , I go sshh and I just shoot out and then I just swim to the edge , I do n't go under . |
| 22 | The landlord wants a months deposit and another month 's rent in advance which I already paid to the agency . |
| 23 | when I finally got to the start line at 9.41 am I started to pick my way through the crowd , with difficulty . |
| 24 | I finally came to the churchyard , ‘ Titty-Bottle Park ’ , where there were literally dozens of kids running about the tombstones . |
| 25 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
| 26 | In early 1958 he received a stream of well-placed visitors during his fortnightly trips to the capital . |
| 27 | ‘ No thanks , ’ he replied , his face as long as a landslide , ‘ I once went to the House of Commons to see how the country was run . |
| 28 | I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens . |
| 29 | Edward Cody of the AP and I once came to the conclusion that in every interview we conducted in Lebanon , a special chair should be set aside for The Plot — since The Plot invariably played a leading role in all discussions we ever had with politicians , diplomats or gunmen . |
| 30 | I once complained to the principal about being cast as 89-year-old women all the time , and he said , ‘ My dear , that 's probably all you 'll ever play . |