Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an excess of enthusiasm I suggested to a GCE examiner that with the help of well-written programmes , we would soon enable nearly all students to pass O-level mathematics . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel fine and in any case I wanted to be here in person and not have to watch you on television . |
| 3 | A bus driver I spoke to in told me that the tinkers stayed down from . |
| 4 | For an instant I seemed to be staring into smoke . |
| 5 | In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins . |
| 6 | ‘ If you will only accept the offer of payment I made to you earlier , then the rest of the debt will be paid very shortly . ’ |
| 7 | Well I worked there and then er quite a bit I had to w they had me working on the main road . |
| 8 | As I followed him into the little building I smiled to myself . |
| 9 | At the agreed hour I reported to the Endoscopy Unit of the London Clinic , was shown into a small room , told to undress and put on a blue shift , then lie down on a mobile bed . |
| 10 | And of course I listened to Elmore James , and all the Delta players — Tampa Red , Robert Pete Williams and Mississippi John Hurt . |
| 11 | Being the only girl in a family of seven was bad enough but there were no other girls anywhere near my age in our local area either , though of course I went to an all-girl convent school . |
| 12 | But they still worked it that if you were working , of course I went to the Ministry of Supply |
| 13 | So then , of course I went to the Euro M P . |
| 14 | But of course I had to back off because you pulled out of it , and started fighting again . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I talked to him , ’ said Andrus . |
| 16 | After a reasonable second class in Part I of the mathematics Tripos I transferred to theology : my tutor , Fred Marsh , gave me a deep love and critical understanding of the Old Testament , but was realistic about my chances in the theological Tripos . |
| 17 | Now yesterday afternoon I said to our Joe I fancies a bit of chocolate . |
| 18 | That afternoon I went to the café at Fagurhólsmýri and bought a pair of Tuf workman boots . |
| 19 | One afternoon I went to the Chelsea Hotel , to see the 1990 Tarum , shown with hats designed by Philip Somerville . |
| 20 | Earlier this afternoon I spoke to him about his party 's ailing fortunes in the year since the General Election . |
| 21 | That afternoon I moved to a quiet little hotel on Fifth Avenue . |
| 22 | When they were lowering my father 's coffin into his grave I thought to myself ‘ It 's all over ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I simply told the girl I 'd agreed to leave a large sum of money I owed to a friend . |
| 24 | complained one beetle-browed skin I talked to . |
| 25 | I knew that I would probably lose the case if I did , and lose everything , but for my own personal esteem I needed to actually make that stand . ’ |
| 26 | So , I tell you what , if , if we do end up spending Christmas at gon na give me the present I got to Di and said thank you Di for giving Stella the Christmas present . |
| 27 | For my work experience I went to the local primary school where I was a classroom helper with the reception class . |
| 28 | It sounds strange but at Easter I went to Paris for the weekend . |
| 29 | No matter where I wander I am haunted by your name The portrait of your beauty stays the same sailing on the ocean wondering where you are if you 'll return again where is the ring I gave to Nancy Spain … |
| 30 | She was transformed from the young trollop I remembered to the middle-aged reader of Trollope she had always wanted to be . |