Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pinned it to the corkboard with a red drawing pin and a light heart , and went upstairs again to change back into jodhpur boots to deal with the terrain and to pick up the map and the compass in case I could n't find the trail . |
| 2 | Terrified that it would try to escape or fly away , and not wanting to risk the Corporal 's anger , I pinned it to the ground by leaning a large stone against it . |
| 3 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 4 | I made it to the front of the clubhouse just in time to seize Jack 's bag and head for the practice ground . |
| 5 | I felt like a jaded casting director as I banished him to the wastepaper bin . |
| 6 | I rode it to the market today . ’ |
| 7 | Hell , I beat him to the handshake and it 's on camera . ’ |
| 8 | So I moved it to the other side of the step . |
| 9 | So I invited them to the gig at St Martin 's . |
| 10 | One evening , perched in his landing window , he shot towards my wife with an air rifle and I reported him to the police . |
| 11 | I reported it to the shop , but there was nothing they could do . |
| 12 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 13 | Someone reported them to the authorities . |
| 14 | I compared him to the other gentlemen present . |
| 15 | Every morning I drove him to the hospital , waited for his X-ray treatment , drove him home again and helped him to bed . |
| 16 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 17 | I directed him to the corner where I knew the compost heap was . |
| 18 | I directed her to the Glen Mist . |
| 19 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 20 | I hauled myself to the top of the wall , looking back as I prepared to jump . |
| 21 | Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me . |
| 22 | I threw mine to the Greyhounds . |
| 23 | ‘ I threw you to the crocodiles to save my job . ’ |
| 24 | I handed it to the guru . |
| 25 | And then I I , I handed it to the lad , he said I 'll pass it on . |
| 26 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |
| 27 | But I knocked you to the floor , and the blow was so hard that it made my hand throb for hours afterwards . |
| 28 | The clock on the mantelpiece chimed the half-hour , seven thirty , as I walked her to the door . |
| 29 | In the course of the paper I addressed myself to the question : ‘ Why is it that people unhesitatingly talk of feeling hot as well as of feeling the heat of things ? ’ |
| 30 | I beckoned her to the kitchen . |