Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ernie and me went to school with Johnny ; Sarah was older . ’ |
| 2 | En route we fried and ate the well tenderised cod — this was filmed with plenty of zizzle track — and I drank to the loss of another illusion in the Scotch that will never be seen in Saudi Arabia . |
| 3 | Neither therapy was enjoyed and I listened to the catalogue of side effects like a reporter who had just pierced the darkest Amazonian forest and was observing a new race for the first time . |
| 4 | Later I descended with the songs of the skylarks still in my ears and I listened to the grumbling of the men in the mist of the grey streets . |
| 5 | His bedroom door was n't shut and I listened to the stillness inside . |
| 6 | I lay in my room like a dead body and I listened to Elizabeth thinking about her dinner party . |
| 7 | I can not account for its striking me more now than any other day , but it was as if new to me ; and I listened to every sentence he spoke as if to a musical composition . ’ |
| 8 | I have many memories of Eton : services in College Chapel , especially in winter when the lights were lit and I listened to the massed singing of a favourite hymn ; the Headmaster , Dr Alington , an Olympian figure in scarlet gown , taking " absence " on the chapel steps ; the Fourth of June , a festival peculiar to Eton , and fireworks bursting over the river ; the Field Game on winter afternoons while mist crept across the grounds ; the lamps in the High Street and crowds of boys hurrying back to their houses before " lock-up " . |
| 9 | On my first visit , I sat and said nothing : all my conversation was stilled to triviality and I listened to Belle telling stories . |
| 10 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 11 | And I grew to be a man . |
| 12 | Masha and I rushed to him . |
| 13 | I managed to find an old taxi , and Rachel and I rushed to this gleaming American hospital only to find it apparently empty ! |
| 14 | ‘ The phone went at 3am and I rushed to the hospital . |
| 15 | You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there . |
| 16 | My one ambition had been to be a pro , and I got to ten handicap . |
| 17 | T. D. I was on the beat round Stanley Hospital and I got to this point at four o'clock on the Saturday morning . |
| 18 | And he revealed : ‘ We met by accident just recently and I got to talking to him about Indy . |
| 19 | ‘ Connors and I got to the hotel just as your boys were leaving , ’ I continued . |
| 20 | I was drained after meeting Normandin and when Mary and I got to Roger Auque 's hotel , it was almost a relief to find that he was out . |
| 21 | And of course they go up here beautiful and I was going to take this apple and they 're all gon na fall and I got to that , Jesus it just about . |
| 22 | The rest was easy and I got to within a hundred yards . |
| 23 | I said , no , and she said oh I have lots of times , I only live at Manchester , you see , and of course , you had to go by boat you see , and I caught the boat train from Ipswich at eight o'clock in the morning and I got to Manchester at lunchtime about one and then went on to Liverpool and the train there took us almost down to the docks . |
| 24 | I went into one house and er you so I came in and I got to about sort of I do n't know , roughly there I think it was and she said , do you have any objection to cats ? |
| 25 | ‘ Fortunately the traffic cleared and I got to the studio to start my show with two minutes to go . ’ |
| 26 | And I got to ten seven on that . |
| 27 | then I went , I went into town a bit later on , come down Manstral Road and there was like a load of traffic there and I got to where the traffic lights are just before you get to the big turning at Manstral Road |
| 28 | I stayed with my mother 's parents in Eltham and I wrote to every theatre company and virtually every person in the world , but nobody would even look at me because I had n't done drama school . |
| 29 | And I wrote to you , and you did n't come ! |
| 30 | John Buchan was President and I wrote to him asking for his advice . |