Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pron] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
| 2 | Exactly the same thing happened to me at the same stage when I was pregnant . ’ |
| 3 | No one mentioned it was essential training as a motoring correspondent to have a car crash , but it happened to me in the same gruesome circumstances that confront hundreds of motorists every week . |
| 4 | Hitler reminded his audience of his grim ‘ prophecy ’ for the first time in his Reichstag speech on 30 January 1941 , and in 1942 returned to it in no fewer than four major addresses , on 30 January , 24 February , 30 September , and 8 November , as well as hinting at the destruction of the Jews in the war in his ‘ New Year Appeal ’ . |
| 5 | Nothing could daunt me and I talked to everyone with the same message : ‘ Cancer was absolutely great because it put you in touch with yourself and the world . ’ |
| 6 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 7 | There was a multitude of small tracks that began promisingly and died to nothing within a few yards , tracks that might be the paths of men or of deer , or wolves , or wild boar . |
| 8 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 9 | ‘ Comm 's working , ’ she said , and listened to it for a few more moments . |
| 10 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 11 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 12 | Have we always seen such change and uncertainty and responded to it in the same way ? |
| 13 | She wrote to me about the many pressures on girls to worry constantly about their looks , and in particular their bodies . |