Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [noun pl] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face . |
| 2 | I went over to personnel and said , ‘ What about my son-in-law ? |
| 3 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 4 | Open stone staircases swept up to bedrooms that bristled with floor-to-ceiling windows . |
| 5 | But she gave herself up to police and told them her real motive was to win attention for emotional problems . |
| 6 | In March , 1939 I pulled myself together sufficiently ; I faced up to realities and joined the Auxiliary Fire Service . |
| 7 | A good showing by Lyles put them into second place on 233 points while Reyburns , one of the fancied teams , did not live up to expectations and finished third on 210 points . |
| 8 | Thus laden , I rode the 20 miles to Picton and caught the ferry ; stayed overnight in Wellington and then took the train to Auckland — no problems in putting the bike aboard ; and this journey lived up to expectations and surpassed them ; the scenery through the ‘ King Country ’ in autumn is quite unrivalled , and again looks like a superb area for a cycle tour . |
| 9 | He prefers to go out to restaurants and read a book , or watch people . |
| 10 | It also gave life back to rivers that had n't held water for many years like the River Pang on the Berkshire Downs . |
| 11 | Morrissey printed his new image on to postcards and sent them to all his friends and closest followers . |
| 12 | They latched on to walls and remained motionless . |