Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Locke , God made all men free and equal and set no one in power over them ; similarly he gave to all men the earth and its fruits by which to support their life . |
| 2 | Then he went to another drawer and extracted a piece of paper , squinting at it carefully before he handed it over . |
| 3 | Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’ |
| 4 | And yet he went to some lengths to press home the validity of this attitude . |
| 5 | When Madame Denis asked him why he went to such lengths , he answered , ‘ Esther , one should do like the good God ; from time to time one should go and live among His own . ’ |
| 6 | That 's why he agreed to this article on the hacienda . ’ |
| 7 | Most agreed that they had moments of nostalgia and longing to be back on the island , and one man , when pressed about why he admitted to such feelings , thought for a moment and then said ‘ It was chust a far better place … ’ |