Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother was so dazzled she never even thought to question him about his job , but she grew to live for the visits he made daily to the shop . |
| 2 | Keeping to the lawn , he crept silently to the back of the garage . |
| 3 | He rode straight to the races at Budmouth and stayed there all afternoon . |
| 4 | But he rode hard to the end of the track and when he reached Baby Boy 's white cross he hesitated , then he turned right , into the mountains , something that he 'd never done before . |
| 5 | He sprinted effortlessly to the rear of the gasping , panting column of men and urged us on from there . |
| 6 | Drawing on a Stoic concept of seeds , which he applied even to the origin of Adam and Eve , he had a sense of natural order that could hardly be considered hostile to further inquiry . |
| 7 | The cloth inside muffled the noise , but when he got close to the window he could make out a human voice . |
| 8 | Christina had n't seen Martin for about six months , since Stephen had made it plain how much he objected even to a friendship between them . |
| 9 | Vitor frowned , as though he objected both to the direct approach and to the Dane 's knowledge of her affairs . |
| 10 | He objected strenuously to the terms of the ceasefire resolution passed by the UN Security Council on April 3rd ; but he accepted it ( as indeed he had to ) and is obeying its terms , more or less . |
| 11 | He moved coolly to the drinks cabinet , picked up the crystal decanter . |
| 12 | He moved again to the eastern window and looked out over the cottages of the headland . |
| 13 | He moved closer to the bag . |
| 14 | He moved stealthily to the bedroom , to the wardrobe close to his bed . |
| 15 | He moved forward to the ladder . |
| 16 | This time , when he received no answer , he moved across to the window and , cupping one hand over his eyes , endeavoured to see inside the flat . |
| 17 | Silently he moved across to the club-house and made his way along the side wall . |
| 18 | He moved across to the display cabinet and picked up Dick Turpin . |
| 19 | His driving was a delight , and he moved smoothly to a century in four hours without offering a chance . |
| 20 | He moved quickly to the lounge , and stood behind the door , listening for the key to go in the latch . |
| 21 | He moved quickly to the door as Cardiff hauled Jimmy to his feet , keeping his own gun discreetly aimed in Duvall 's direction . |
| 22 | Russell 's fame grew and so did his practice ; in 1754 he moved permanently to the nearest local sea-town , Brighthelmstone , to encourage its development as a major treatment centre until his death in 1759 when others , less scrupulous , followed . |
| 23 | As he drew close to the hut , a sense of dread took hold of him . |
| 24 | A few months later , on 30 January 1937 , he referred briefly to the beneficial effects for German culture which had been derived from the removal of Jewish influence , and at the opening of the ‘ House of German Art ’ in Munich the following July he again scorned the Jewish contribution to the arts . |
| 25 | He referred particularly to the need , under judicial review procedure , to obtain leave to apply on the basis of sworn evidence , on the court 's discretionary control of both discovery of documents and cross-examination , on the capacity of the court to act with the utmost speed when necessary and on the court 's avoiding the temptation to substitute its own decision of fact for that of the housing authority . |
| 26 | He referred specifically to a technique developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for rendering wastes into harmless salts , which I understand is in its infancy . |
| 27 | He referred specifically to the point that this concrete path was only " " seven feet long " " , and it seems to me that on the evidence he was entitled to come to the conclusion which he reached on the question of fact , i.e. that in all the circumstances the steps formed part of the building . " |
| 28 | As Carson waited for Alison he wandered across to the kiosk , the floor was wet from swabbing down , and there was a faint smell of disinfectant rising from the glistening vinyl . |
| 29 | Someone saw him and called the police When they arrived he shimmied right to the very top of one of the chimneys . |
| 30 | He staggered forward to the bedside and stood there , swaying . |