Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 2 | ‘ My heart fell to my boots , ’ Henrietta told another , ‘ for I dreaded that he was going to choose me and he did . ’ |
| 3 | My heart wanted to be entangled and my body , but not my head . |
| 4 | My heart rose to a tidal detonation ; |
| 5 | My driver proved to be a very spirited young lady in her thirties , with blond hair and blue jeans . |
| 6 | All my money went to Greta and she changed her name to Ross . |
| 7 | One day my mum said to me , ‘ You 're going to be in trouble before long . |
| 8 | My mum said to me , " You 've left once , you might as well stay out . " |
| 9 | One Sunday when our relatives were visiting , the whole family was sitting around the table enjoying a lovely roast dinner when my mum said to my elderly gran : ‘ Mum , is your dinner all right ? ’ |
| 10 | And my mum said to Adrian I do n't like you sleeping down here . |
| 11 | Down below , Quigley shouted goodnight at me and I shouted back , and , at last , my mum tiptoed to the door and , looking fearfully around her in case Quigley saw , blew me a little , damp kiss . |
| 12 | My mum went to the doctor and says to the doctor . |
| 13 | my mum went to a fortune teller and , and I had there like tears running Oh ! |
| 14 | I think you 'll find , I do n't know whether it is but mum , my mum went to a car boot sale once and they were n't selling nothing over ten pounds , so the car boot sales |
| 15 | My mum went to a karaoke last night . |
| 16 | In Brighton , the worst place for magic , my sister went to a theatrical costumier . |
| 17 | The answers to these questions seemed to elude me in the small hours in dampest Solihull , my mind seemed to be preoccupied by the pain coming from my back , neck and yes my backside as well ! |
| 18 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 19 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 20 | His voice was dry ; so dry that my mind leapt to what he hinted at . |
| 21 | ‘ My distress turned to amazement and I went home quite convinced that all would be well . ’ |
| 22 | She took no notice , and I began to hate her , not because I was having to apologize — she looked so old and sad that I was genuinely sorry — but because she would n't listen and it was such a-terrible physical struggle for me to talk ; my mouth seemed to be full of some sickly , sticky stuff , like chewing-gum . |
| 23 | The pigeon lay soft and warm on my belly , and I stood listening while my metabolism returned to something like normal . |
| 24 | Is that what it is– ’ Or if I was to see the doctor and my girlfriend happened to be seeing the doctor as well , this was just an excuse , according to them , for us to be together . |
| 25 | But my mother 's image of my future had to be challenged : I was not to marry ; I would be her companion at all times in a perfect mother and daughter symbiosis ; with my teacher 's salary I would buy her a fridge and a washing machine and take care of her . |
| 26 | Before 12 o'clock my horse came to the door , but I could n't put the book down . |
| 27 | My work had to be spontaneous so I have n't time to work out lighting etc … |
| 28 | My work had to be spontaneous so I have n't time to work out lighting etc … = The Aymarians ( Andes dwellers ) are very shy people and if , and when , they did consent to be photographed , they 'd insist it did n't take long . ’ |
| 29 | I was delighted to be informed that I was one of the prize winners , but my delight turned to disappointment when I realised just what accepting the prize would involve . |
| 30 | My lecture had to be cut short , so that could drive me to the airport to catch the evening flight to Delhi . |