Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required .
2 I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park .
3 So I moved it to the other side of the step .
4 Dutifully , I changed them to a complete muesli-type food which is described on the bag as ‘ Hi Protein Fitness Food ’ .
5 In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest .
6 I compared him to the other gentlemen present .
7 Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’
8 I handed it to a former flight engineer of 213 when I visited him in Toronto some years ago .
9 I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime .
10 I followed her to the Georgian wing where the rooms were more human size .
11 I followed him to the cold lands of the north , and bought dogs and a sledge .
12 The tragedy unfolds through wonderful music — from the tentative If I Loved You to the final tear-jerker You 'll Never Walk Alone .
13 It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag .
14 I took him to a nearby café .
15 I took him to the first Giants game when he was three .
16 I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’
17 My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment .
18 I took them to the dry cleaner 's this afternoon . ’
19 And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go .
20 I took her to a little friend 's birthday party yesterday — life when you 're almost two has to go on as near to normal as we can make it .
21 So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me .
22 There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew !
23 We could find no cause for this when I regressed him to an earlier period in this life and so I went on to regress him to what appeared to be a previous life .
24 And I I have n't I with the No it 's very simple , I left it to the select committees of the House of Commons .
25 I attached it to a living model
26 She propelled her to a low wall and sat her down beside her suitcase .
27 The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint .
28 She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis .
29 She led us to an unmarked oak door which opened into a short corridor , obviously a modern extension to the farmhouse .
30 Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing .
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