Example sentences of "i had [vb pp] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 Now the last person I had moved on to the hundreds had enormous problems with the stickiness of them .
2 It was a day much like today , hot and sunny , but unlike today there were no tourists about and Dave and I had stripped off to the skin and stepped through the shallows with mud squidging between our toes to the pebbly beach , swimming out into the cool water .
3 I thought that because I had looked up to the twins on account of their wealth I expected others to do the same to me .
4 I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it .
5 At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness .
6 I stared wonderingly at the small , wax candle which I had thrown on to the floor of my chamber .
7 Just before getting in the trucks , I had wandered down to the rooms where the crippled legionnaires lived .
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