Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb past] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 2 | On closer inspection the bundle of rags rose and revealed itself to be a woman , filthy dirty , her skin so grimy she was almost invisible in the gloom . |
| 3 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 4 | He assumed the mural was being discarded and took it to his studio , hoping to repair and perhaps eventually sell it , as he had done with other works from that period . |
| 5 | White continues , ‘ As I never possessed the sense of smelling , and was willing to ascertain the flavour of the liquor , I tasted and found it to be aromatic , tho ’ not very pungent , partaking of the taste of catchup and of the pickle of Spanish olives . ’ |
| 6 | Cornelius stooped and returned them to him . |
| 7 | He dropped his carpet-bag , stooped and helped her to her feet . |
| 8 | We called friends in Australia and amazingly , they found a cylinder we could rent and shipped it to Darwin . |
| 9 | A fifteen-year-old in grey flannel wandering around London in school holidays with an adolescent 's apocalyptic vision , praying that he would lose his virginity before the bombs came and blasted him to oblivion . |
| 10 | Afterwards Aunt Louise came and took me to her room , leading the way up a strange little creaking curving staircase . |
| 11 | Aung San overcame his plea that he just wanted to go on writing and brought him to Rangoon . |
| 12 | But it was not until I was at Cambridge , in the following year , that my mother noticed and took me to the family doctor . |
| 13 | Vive l'Impératrice ! ’ , until at one moment the Emperor stopped and addressed himself to those nearest saying courteously : ‘ If you want to please your Emperor , I would ask you to cry ‘ Vive la Reine ’ . ’ |
| 14 | He winked and waved her to a chair , then turned his attention back to the caller . |
| 15 | But she over-reacted and dragged him to a south London police station . |
| 16 | But in bed I lay and accused him to myself . |
| 17 | She did n't actually hear him come back into the room ; it was just the feeling of being watched that alerted her to his presence , and she turned her head warily . |
| 18 | The ball bounced near Scott and he trapped it with his left foot , then swivelled and hooked it to one of the young boys with his right , smiling to himself . |
| 19 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 20 | He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them . |
| 21 | He turned and shouted something to the mercer below . |
| 22 | Elizabeth Woodville turned and drew him to one side . |
| 23 | Rather than have him insinuate himself into the building later and perhaps annoy her neighbours , she capitulated and invited him to the flat . |
| 24 | But they did have a very clear idea of how they wanted the house to look and resigned themselves to living with the mess while they tackled it room by room . |
| 25 | He crossed to where she was squatting and hauled her to her feet . |
| 26 | He sighed and gathered her to him . |
| 27 | He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee . |
| 28 | I nodded and followed me to the house . |
| 29 | The merchant never looked up but nodded and muttered something to himself . |
| 30 | Peter nodded and drew her to the rail of the river-walk to look over the side . |