Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is immensely interesting , ’ he murmurs from time to time . |
| 2 | Mr Overbye describes the changes in theory and observation accurately , engagingly and enthusiastically , though his prose is occasionally Doppler-shifted towards the purple as he dashes from subject to subject . |
| 3 | ‘ Ferkin ell , ’ he says , in a special humorous artificial voice which he uses from time to time with Phil , to ward off jokes he has not entirely understood . |
| 4 | Just as each child has to learn a series of lessons and skills as he passes from class to class until he is ready to enter the senior school , so I believe that the spirit too is given a series of lessons to learn before it is free of earthly life altogether and able to progress in whatever is the equivalent of its senior school . |
| 5 | ( He allows from time to time that it is also concerned with the quality , bad , but bad takes a decidedly second place in his discussions . ) |
| 6 | Yet there are others , on the fringes of power , who see him quite often at meetings of the government , at the very few moments when he shows himself to carefully selected groups of people , or when he travels from place to place . |
| 7 | You may even meet the chief executive himself , as he travels from site to site in his corporate battle-sub . |
| 8 | The constant dangers and perplexities that beset John Kemp arise from the ferocious enmity of O'Brien , whose hatred of anything English is increased by his hopeless love for the Don 's daughter Seraphina , for whose sake he moderates from time to time his evil power over the old aristocrat . |
| 9 | He moves from transport to employment , swapping jobs with Frank Dobson . |
| 10 | I loved the trees , but having this forest next door , made sure our garden only saw the sun as he moves from east to west early in the morning . |
| 11 | And now , if you will have me , we will hasten from this place , before the magician returns , as he does from time to time , to see if I have relented . ’ |
| 12 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) is entitled to change his view , as he does from time to time . |
| 13 | He works from dawn to dusk and then , for recreation , goes home to his little cottage in the grounds and tends his own little garden , growing prize specimens for the local show . |