Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my 14 years of support I finally got to come close to her in 1991 at Wimbledon when she took time out to meet her fans . |
| 2 | And Creggan followed her helpless gaze , out past the bars to the great sky itself and it seemed that direction came suddenly to him at last . |
| 3 | Suddenly it came home to me with tremendous force that this was my last chance , the very last of all the countless chances I had thrown away just like this , because I had been too lazy or too proud to exploit them properly . |
| 4 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 5 | I shall look forward to it with ssspecial pleasure . ’ |
| 6 | But it had also been brought home to her with chilling clarity how easily he might have snatched her . |
| 7 | Mrs Robinson invited the prince to take a seat and he chatted privately to them for several minutes . |
| 8 | As he helped her up , her gaze went past to him to Sabine , who was just getting out of the car to offer her assistance . |
| 9 | If we spot the fish we can cast directly to them with strong tackle and a big bait , or we can move from swim to swim until we find where a big barbel or two are feeding . |
| 10 | He could n't get close to her in any way , unless she let him — and she had absolutely no intention of doing that . |
| 11 | This is a life so transformed that it stands in utter contrast to the life which comes naturally to us as human beings . |
| 12 | To feel gratefully to her for those first baths , |
| 13 | For Coldingham ( c ) turn left inland on tarmacked track between café and lifeguard hut and follow road ( signposted path runs parallel to it on right-hand side for a distance to avoid road-walking ) . |