Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to [pron] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 2 | She came to It via an employment agency , and , while others slept on the floor , worked , argued , or posed , she would work through the clerical , jobs , type , organize . |
| 3 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 4 | Doyle 's attention was drawn by a youth , wearing suit and bow-tie , who called to him from an empty table . |
| 5 | She listened to it with an expert ear . |
| 6 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 7 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 8 | It seemed to her like an assertion of closeness to the dead Walter that she could not match . |
| 9 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 10 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |