Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we eventually reached the Taj , I bent down to examine the inlay on the tombs more closely . |
| 2 | She and I separated ( it was like trying to unpick a mangled shoelace ) and I staggered through to take the call . |
| 3 | I woke up to find the doctor lifting me very carefully into my own bed . |
| 4 | The French believed there were British officers aboard , and others think someone came back to fire the explosive , for there was more than an hour 's delay on the set time . |
| 5 | ‘ I suspected there had been an intruder so I made Mrs. Bonnard wait in the car while I came in to check the place out . |
| 6 | When we stroll past the front of the van I peep up to check the reaction , and I guess that the two cops hunched inside see these two anxious faces glancing nervously , and they decide it is n't worth climbing out the van for , and I reckon that if I was them I too would lock the doors and stay inside . |
| 7 | Amazingly , we arrived unscathed in Wenceslas Square and I set off to find the Čedok offices to arrange accommodation . |
| 8 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 9 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 10 | ‘ I called in to collect the car . |
| 11 | No , I rang up to say the car should be out on Monday should I like to say Wednesday , no problem . |
| 12 | You can imagine the excitement when I reached out to open the case . |
| 13 | Having said this , I go on to welcome the show . |
| 14 | Make me a whole man before I go out to take the field with Wales in my hands . |
| 15 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 16 | So what I did , I went round to tell the guy , John he was the sales guy at the local Vo , Audi-Volkswagen place , and I said , John , I want to buy Barbara a car . |
| 17 | " I wanted to keep it because I did n't want to leave him while I went out to use the phone — assuming there 's one round here that works , which I doubt , " she said . |
| 18 | I went out to bring the washing in and he 'd got them in his mouth ! |
| 19 | He dumped his overnight bag with mine and I went out to tell the driver we were just coming . |
| 20 | It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . " |
| 21 | I went out to check the date on the and to turn the place over . |
| 22 | I went down to put the kettle on and while I was doing so in walked Albert . |
| 23 | So I went down to see the secretary who I found out was in the flying horse and er told him who I was , Ooh yes , ooh yes , you 're playing this afternoon , are n't you ? |
| 24 | I went down to unlock the door , and we came upstairs very quietly . |
| 25 | I went in to watch the day 's most elegant event … the private driving competition . |
| 26 | After we 'd satisfied ourselves that there was sufficient prey I went off to walk the terrain . |
| 27 | ‘ I was asked to supervise canoeing when a scout leader , so I went off to master the sport and was a senior instructor after a couple of years . |
| 28 | Er I come up to draw the President 's attention erm to a problem we have within the delegation and that is that when er Dick called the mover of resolution three eight one in the name of the Lancashire region John who was going to move the resolution was in fact sat in his seat within the delegation . |
| 29 | I waited around to watch the burial . |
| 30 | Just when you think you have got your finances whipped into shape something or someone comes along to upset the apple cart . |