Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The three of them rode to the bank of the river , dismounted , then slipped quickly through the underbrush .
2 The theory was that the effort of changing would keep me pinned to the table , diligent and creative .
3 Leith still had n't got herself back together again when the five of them moved to the dining-room .
4 I well remember , for example , friends numbered among Professor ( now Sir ) James Baddiley 's cohorts , all of them bent to the task of unscrambling the structures of different chunks of bacterial cell wall .
5 A week later back in Vancouver , when Canada joined Britain in the war against Germany and Italy , I applied to the RCAF recruiting office for a commission , in view of my earlier flying experience .
6 So I clung to the concept of ideal love for you , at the same time hoping for the even more impossibly ideal physical fulfilment and completion that would seal our closeness for ever .
7 I clung to the door , my hands fisted round the useless handle .
8 Unresolved , I clung to the nub of " I " , perhaps sensing that I needed " I " if was ever to hurtle to freedom .
9 That made me feel a bit better , so I tottered to the top of the hill and stared bleakly around , in the equally bleak daylight .
10 I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland .
11 The point that I made to the Committee is that if we wish to reduce the hours of the House or change the sitting times — that is still an open question — it is important that we consider how the time of the House is used at present and to make reductions pro rata .
12 The detail of the proposals on contributions was , of course , fully set out in the very full statement that I made to the House by way of a written answer at the same time as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's autumn statement on 6 November .
13 Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not .
14 I crept to the door and , with a sudden movement , opened it wide .
15 At midnight , when , as the carol says , the animals were on their knees , I crept to the cot and put my pillowcase offering for the little fatherless one .
16 Not having access to small quantities of such materials ( they come in 8x4ft sheets ) I resorted to a coating of epoxy containing a graphite powder , which gives a hard , slippery , scratch resistant finish .
17 When after a moment it had not moved , I resorted to the car horn , but this had no effect other than to make the creature commence pecking at something on the ground .
18 May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ?
19 I agreed to the chocolate .
20 One day , in one of these tiny streets , with shops on either side and with stalls of street vendors in front of them , the way was so crowded that I got to a place where it was impossible to move .
21 My father encouraged my interest in science , and he even coached me in mathematics until I got to a stage beyond his knowledge .
22 When I got to the part of your letter about masturbation , I went to my room and masturbated .
23 When I got to the part about my head she tut-tutted .
24 I got to the top — it was easy ! ’
25 I got to the top and walked along a bit , and saw the suspension bridge flying away to my left .
26 In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion .
27 This was unnerving and by the time I got to the top I was exhausted .
28 So I had to be a bear till I got to the top of the mountain and then you have to look round to see , I wonder whether , who were those girls who were messing around over there ca n't stand that , mm , do something with them
29 As I got to the beach and began setting up my machine , several people came up to me and asked questions about my detector .
30 I suppose in asking that question I 've got to ask you to rule out er all transactions er which have sort of transacted through New York and London at the same , or , or at different times , because quite clearly the Good Committee would er all their suggestions would fail on that behalf You 've just destroyed the question I was going to ask you really before I got to the question .
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