Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he still had five fingers under his command he went back to the window and dropped Estabrook 's letter through , murmuring the address with a tongue that felt disfigured in his mouth . |
| 2 | The male sits on a favoured perch and when this is visited by a rival he sidles up to the intruder . |
| 3 | ‘ Why not ? ’ he said , and taking both plate and chicken he hurried out to the scullery . |
| 4 | When he reached the last machine he went back to the beginning and played them all again . |
| 5 | Minton 's intelligent responsiveness , to the character of people and places , was in operation the moment he stepped on to the SS Bayano of the Fyffes Line . |
| 6 | With Emery Walker he turned back to the Roman types of four hundred years before and to the beauty of woodcut title-pages . |
| 7 | The very next day he went back to the doctor to tell him what had happened . |
| 8 | The next day he went back to the factory and found out the time of the funeral . |
| 9 | Orcadai raced up the stairs , but when he was still some steps from the top he vaulted on to the hand rail and somersaulted into the upper room . |
| 10 | With true teen anger he latches on to the witty cynicism of the two Lenny 's , Cohen and Bruce , but fires them up with youthful vitriol . |
| 11 | Fighting for breath he called up to the driver , ‘ I ca n't find anything amiss , ’ and then walked towards his workmates who were standing talking . |
| 12 | Had he been in Whitechapel , Charlie would have been happy to run up and down the market from five in the morning to seven at night and still box a few rounds at the club , drink a couple of pints of beer and carry out the same routine the next day without a second thought , but when at nine o'clock the sergeant-major gave them a ten-minute break for cocoa he collapsed on to the verge exhausted . |
| 13 | By the Spirit he went in to the wilderness , by the Spirit he was led there , and in the power of the Spirit he returned to Galilee to begin his ministry ( Luke 4:1,14 ) . |
| 14 | In the afternoon he went back to the mill , and in the evening he studied his books and papers . |
| 15 | With no hesitation he stepped on to the ramp and into the right-hand stall of the horse box . |
| 16 | And with the usual loud-mouthed flourish he marched off to the lavatory taking my book with him . |
| 17 | Jack hit a few shots and when the headmaster had disappeared around the corner he strolled down to the green and dropped three or four balls into the hole ‘ just to make sure ’ . |
| 18 | This growth he put down to the general improvement in bookshop presentation and the wider availability of books in non-traditional outlets . |
| 19 | Crawling out of bed , doubled over with the pain in his gut he hobbled over to the window and let out a frightened cry . |
| 20 | The next year he moved over to the Alfa team , but could score only three points in a car whose engines rarely survived a race . |
| 21 | By the time he got back to the white house Mungo was exhausted , and the signs of his ordeal were plain to see . |
| 22 | By the time he got back to the house , it was after nine o'clock . |
| 23 | It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block . |
| 24 | Then he felt resentful for being made to feel guilty , so that by the time he got back to the Questura all the benefits of his walk had been cancelled out . |
| 25 | By the time he got back to the field , all his belongings had gone . |
| 26 | At lunch time he went down to the pub , hoping to meet Ted . |
| 27 | By the time he came back to the hotel it was dark . |