Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He limped over to the window , pulled the curtains across and looked down . |
| 2 | Shielding his eyes against the dust and heat with an upraised arm , he limped back to the corner and peered round . |
| 3 | The drums then took up a regular beat as he stalked back to the coffin . |
| 4 | Etchings were sent to a printer to make some impressions and someone surreptitiously made copies which he passed on to the defendant who intended to display them in an exhibition which the public could attend on payment of an admission charge . |
| 5 | Totally mystified by his experience , he crept back to the booking hall and tried to sleep . |
| 6 | " Andrew Stavanger is a fine shipping man — his family owned the fleet before he sold out to the group . |
| 7 | He 'd warn Lee when he got up to the wood . |
| 8 | He got through to the base camp to find out when the chap was coming to fix it . |
| 9 | He knew the man would be magnificent when he got on to the stage that night . |
| 10 | But when he got down to the streets where we live he said , ‘ If people want a cleaner Britain , they can start with their own street and their own neighbourhood ’ . |
| 11 | By the time he got back to the field , all his belongings had gone . |
| 12 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 13 | As soon as he got back to the hut he passed his grandparents a bowl of water each . |
| 14 | When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude . |
| 15 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 16 | There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house . |
| 17 | By the time he got back to the house , it was after nine o'clock . |
| 18 | Habit shouldered curiosity out of the way for a moment when he got back to the house , and he checked around the Mercedes for damage . |
| 19 | He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule . |
| 20 | It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments . |
| 21 | Then he felt resentful for being made to feel guilty , so that by the time he got back to the Questura all the benefits of his walk had been cancelled out . |
| 22 | Garvey was so drunk when he got back to the pageant that he knocked over the ladder twice before opening the trapdoor . |
| 23 | It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block . |
| 24 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |
| 25 | Charles looked a mess when he got back to the car , but Frances made no comment . |
| 26 | When he got back to the car Ivy took it away from him and opened the other end . |
| 27 | The painting in four contrary modes was there to greet Gentle when he got back to the studio . |
| 28 | He gazed out to the horizon with unseeing eyes and thought about his present life , the hopelessness of the future , about Amy , about his family . |
| 29 | He shot a quick look sideways at her before he headed back to the road . |
| 30 | And with that he headed back to the school , she ground shaking as he strode across the grass . |