Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 2 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 3 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 4 | She told her parents how she and Susan had bumped into the two lads from Northallerton and that they 'd all gone together to the Lobster Pot for a drink . |
| 5 | They 've only got up to these ones , we do n't know which numbers they are . |
| 6 | But that 's where they 've all skipped off to . |
| 7 | They had both gone home to their parents ' . |
| 8 | They had both settled down to non-smoking . |
| 9 | They had all gone away to be professionally stripped . |
| 10 | Even though they had all agreed beforehand to the principle of a supranational institution , the six states of ‘ little ’ Europe — France , West Germany , Italy , Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg — faced nine months of hard bargaining after they formally began negotiations in June 1950 . |
| 11 | Although they had recently lost narrowly to New Zealand , there was no question that West Indies were now the outstanding team in the world , and they were to continue that way throughout the 1980s . |
| 12 | These changes have made congress more democratic , but they have also added immeasurably to the difficulties that presidents face in trying to obtain congressional cooperation . |
| 13 | The regions — they have since come up to London — were miles away from that sort of thing . |
| 14 | They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children . |
| 15 | They have given many parties in their time , but on New Year 's Eve they have always gone out to the gatherings of others — sometimes to several gatherings in the course of the evening , and some years separately , not always meeting even for the magic chimes . |
| 16 | But when a High King or Queen is born , they have always come up to Tara 's gates , and sung him — or her — into the world . |