Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They 're only vagabonds , not real Romanies , ’ Farmer Yatton told Cheryl and Angela-when he came back to the farmhouse after seeing the gipsies off his land .
2 Phil was putting the last bow on the church gates when he fell on to the 6ft railings .
3 Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson could also run the gauntlet of hostility at Hillsborough today when he goes back to the club he left under acrimonious circumstances two seasons ago .
4 He 'd warn Lee when he got up to the wood .
5 Habit shouldered curiosity out of the way for a moment when he got back to the house , and he checked around the Mercedes for damage .
6 It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments .
7 He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule .
8 ‘ What are they like ? ’ she asked when he came back to the table .
9 Remember when he went up to the aeroplane , Jim only hate to haul him away and slap him once and he learned , he did n't go near an aeroplane any more
10 He was district secretary of the ITGWU and had stood on the NILP ticket a number of times before the split of 1949 , when he went over to the Irish Labour Party .
11 I cried all night when he went back to the army .
12 There was the afternoon when he drove out to the Crumbles and they slept for three hours , the wind pushing at the side of the car like a crowd .
13 It was only when he moved round to the side that he saw the blue , chapped ears and the hair , frozen and brittle , as if you could snap it off .
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