Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun pl] had [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Grom 's attentions had turned to the west and to the coastal regions of the Empire . |
| 2 | Jake 's eyes had narrowed to pinpoints . |
| 3 | Lucenzo 's eyes had strayed to the child , who was contentedly wrapped in his father 's embrace . |
| 4 | Long before Buckmaster 's eyes had turned to politics and he 'd become the youngest MP in the Commons , leaving Morgan to run the largest security organization in the world . |
| 5 | Roman 's eyes had narrowed to dark , shuttered slits as he watched her . |
| 6 | Amal 's parents had travelled to the Emirates for the weekend and would not return until Saturday noon . |
| 7 | The sadness in Monique Lavaux 's eyes had emphasised to her that there was no future in allowing herself to love a man who was committed to another woman . |
| 8 | If only there is a way — ’ And stopped , because Nuadu 's eyes had gone to the silver door . |
| 9 | Others wrote about what Walter Machin 's books had meant to them at the time of their publication , and to these Viola wrote faintly magisterial replies of thanks and interest which usually also contained subtle plugs for the two books which were as yet unpublished . |