Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally he ground to a halt and stood up . |
| 2 | Elsewhere he refers to a treaty imposed by the king on the peoples who lived on the river Wahal , that is the Franks . |
| 3 | A few minutes later he went to a room on the first floor to take a blood test . |
| 4 | ‘ Is n't he confined to a wheelchair at the moment ? ’ |
| 5 | As they worked on in this way , the horse 's alarms became briefer , his paces slower , until eventually he dropped to a walk . |
| 6 | Then he got to a point where he wanted to expand his horizons and he started making music that was far more experimental . |
| 7 | Sean Walsh 's mind did a slow careful calculation , then he came to a decision . |
| 8 | Then he came to a place where he could not push between two heavy warren bucks . |
| 9 | There were some trees below them , and when they reached them he slowed , she followed suit , and then he swished to a halt . |
| 10 | and then he went to a specialist book place , that ca n't find rare editions or whatever . |
| 11 | Then he went to a party . |
| 12 | At least he came to a stop before them . |
| 13 | Quite apart from what the organisers tell him of their intentions , he may have sources of information that have a bearing on how he comes to a conclusion about predicted outcomes . |
| 14 | Lord Wilberforce ( whose words I have also quoted ) had second thoughts in an extra-judicial capacity at a seminar in Canberra ( Symposium on Statutory Interpretation , Canberra , 1983 , p. 13 ) where he referred to a case in which the minister on two occasions during the passage of a Finance Bill stated expressly that the provision was not intended to tax a particular class of beneficiary . |
| 15 | Which is why he spoke to a geezer he knows down Battersea , and the geezer down Battersea done him some nice concrete and rolled an acre of Astroturf on top . |