Example sentences of "and [vb past] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They laughed a little hysterically , and whispered to each other to be quiet and then laughed again , drunk with the joy of touching hands and the scent of their bodies in the dark . |
| 2 | Slowly , they got together at the far end of the house and whispered to each other . |
| 3 | So they sat on a blanket and clung to each other , tears streaming down their cheeks . |
| 4 | Miles which in Classical times denoted an ordinary soldier had , by the eleventh century , come to mean ‘ knight ’ and led to such forms as Miles Parliamentalis = knight of the shire , and miles agrarius = holder of a knight 's fee . |
| 5 | That sort of language encouraged the many resentments Americans harbour against high culture ( remember the disparagement of Adlai Stevenson as an ‘ egghead ’ ? ) and led to such curiosae as the Chicago attack on an Eric Fischl painting in which a fully clothed boy looks at a naked man swinging a bat . |
| 6 | This , coupled with the corruption and favouritism of many of the officials who administered it , made it widely unpopular and led to much evasion of the obligations it imposed . |
| 7 | But the entire episode promoted anti-union sentiment , not only amongst Conservatives , and led to many cries for legislation on picketing to clip the power of the overmighty trade unions once and for all . |
| 8 | Under William and Anne a certain degree of ideological adjustment can be detected for both parties , as the Whigs shed their Country wing and became to all intents and purposes a Court party , whilst the Country platform came to be absorbed within Toryism . |
| 9 | specifically and tailored to that child . |
| 10 | After they had eaten and sunbathed a little , they cleared everything away and moved to another hedge to pick more berries . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , you ca n't do that here , ’ said the Dormouse crossly , and he got up and moved to another seat . |
| 12 | The man eyed Doyle contemptuously then muttered something to himself and moved to another table and sat down . |
| 13 | She was rejected by her family and moved to another town , where she struggled to bring up her son alone and unsupported . |
| 14 | Their voices rose , pure and distinct in the clear air as they laughed and shouted to each other . |
| 15 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |
| 16 | Their artistic genius — the exquisite delicacy of Turgenev , the psychological penetration of Dostoevsky , the panoramic vision of Tolstoy — illuminated the whole range of Russian intellectual , cultural , and social life and Appealed to all shades of public Opinion . |
| 17 | But as he passed the crossroads and came to that part of the road that wound down into Chesney he could n't help recalling the man he had seen skipping among the trees . |
| 18 | Homeless people got off trains at Euston , King 's Cross and Paddington and came to that area . |
| 19 | The Indian woman was born in Kerala , Southern India , and came to this country when she was six . |
| 20 | In the seventh book he found a letter which he in fact copied out and added to that collection . |
| 21 | So he stood with her , and held her , and very soon nature began to teach them both what to do , and before very long the neighbours heard a little shriek come from Pascoe 's cottage , and the old wives glanced and nodded to each other , content that the marriage had been consummated , and anxious to share with each other reminiscences of their own experiences in similar circumstances . |
| 22 | She drew her chair in to the table , and nodded to either side . |
| 23 | They snuffled and sighed to each other , beckoning Tabitha , knowing a haulier when they saw one . |
| 24 | On TV stations around the world , they coyly nudged and giggled to each other . |
| 25 | The student followed the literature preparation to the letter and worked to half scale . |
| 26 | As a protest some people never really made any attempt to get on with their writing project but just sat there and chatted to each other . |
| 27 | Mr Hurd greeted and chatted to many visitors at the store , including pensioner Lillian Deakin , of Newcastle , who is moving to Cleveland . |
| 28 | He had spoken to Paul Guillaume , an ambitious and knowledgeable young dealer , about Modigliani and went to some trouble to arrange an introduction . |
| 29 | Henry had copies of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle identifiable with our C and E , and went to some trouble to re-order his material so that his account of early English history was clearer than that of his sources ; Florence helped his readers by prefacing his work with lists of bishops of English sees and genealogies of English royal dynasties . |
| 30 | Moira Russell returned her smile , and went to another door in the room , where she tapped and went in . |