Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] to [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cottle obliged his impractical friends with his habitual amused indulgence , and having sent Coleridge ‘ all that he had required , and more ’ , rode down to Clevedon the following day to pay his respects in person . |
| 2 | The Governors referred back to Hamilton the matter of terms and of advertisements giving notice of the change , and with that was concluded the business of the last quarter of quartered years at the School . |
| 3 | When we came down to breakfast the other guests were so absorbed in some news in the morning papers that they forgot the usual ragging of newlyweds . |
| 4 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 5 | By the time Byng got back to Dunkirk the birds had flown . |
| 6 | ‘ I flew down to Cherbourg the day before yesterday and drove out to the Château . |
| 7 | He lifted Leonora into the passenger-seat then leapt up to back the vehicle out into the narrow street , waving his thanks as a weather-beaten old man slammed the garage door shut with a wide smile before waving them on their way . |
| 8 | By contrast , Jack Nicklaus made an eagle three and went on to birdie the next two holes , turning around a deficit of four shots to win the tournament . |
| 9 | It was ironical that Adam , who was the owner of that big house and all that land and the contents of the house , nevertheless went down to Nunes the second time with less than a fiver in his pocket . |
| 10 | And er they happen came along er to tell us about the Aberystwyth trip we went off to Aberystwyth the students gave us a party and he said , Oh I like your meetings I wish I could come here more often . |
| 11 | They did n't even notice the smashed front lights and the vicious new welt on the Boomerang doorframe when I slinked back to Hire-A-Heap the following day . |
| 12 | The game started disastrously for United when after a mistake by Martin Shepherd , Kenny Langston ran on to beat the advancing Richardson with a low shot into the corner of United 's goal in the fourth minute . |
| 13 | I moved to the back of my trench as Taff stood up to man the gun . |
| 14 | Lucifer pointed out to Eve the forbidden apple on the flat tree painted on to the back panel of the cart . |
| 15 | He poured a measure into a shallow quaich , but took thought ; and held out to Lachlan the whole bottle . |