Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refused to come downstairs into the cellar but more or less instructed me to return to Oakington at once , as the Commander-in-Chief wanted to speak to me . |
| 2 | And s and so wh when did you er who s who built this house or when did you move to this part ? |
| 3 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 4 | Nancy , ever vague , led Molly towards a pair of high double doors and then left her to talk to an English couple coming up behind them . |
| 5 | They forced him to draw money from a cash machine and then made him drive to his home in Moulton where they threatened his parents with a kitchen knife . |
| 6 | To repeat questions posed earlier : what have these to say , and how did they come to be ? |
| 7 | And how did he come to be that ? |
| 8 | Where did the idea come from and how did it relate to their developing interests , understandings and skills ? |
| 9 | And how did you come to be that ? |
| 10 | And why did it have to be this man above all others who made her heart beat that little bit faster ? |
| 11 | And when did you move to that job ? |
| 12 | And where had they disappeared to ? |
| 13 | Nevertheless , she was unequivocally ambitious for her students , both men and women , and unfailingly encouraged them to proceed to Tutorial Classes . |
| 14 | ‘ At the time I had no real plans but just knew I wanted to be in a group . |
| 15 | Masses need leaders who can stir them out of apathy and organize them , but once organized they defer to leaders and accord them steadily greater levels of discretion to pursue their own rather than mass interests . |
| 16 | But how did it look to the light beams ? |
| 17 | " But how did you come to be here ? " |
| 18 | I 'm not saying whether it 's right or wrong , but how did you get to it ? |
| 19 | ‘ But how did you get to be chairman ? |
| 20 | Singularity , like , later , monogamy , was a difficult thing , a strain , almost an oddity : perhaps that was its appeal for him , but why did it have to be so ? |