Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not the usual kind of student 's flat , ’ muttered the Marshal , surprised to find his feet walking on fitted carpet , a thing that only happened to him in the lobbies of hotels he was checking on . |
| 2 | ‘ We often spoke to her on the telephone , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 3 | Soon he was taken away : a uniformed guard simply beckoned to him through the half-open door . |
| 4 | But er when she says I 'm not talking to her she means she has n't spoke to her over the telephone |
| 5 | When he initially came to me with the novel , I thought , ‘ Victor 's a Rasta , it 's going to be something about Haile Selassie . ’ |
| 6 | I then explained to her about the attack on Toby . |
| 7 | We kissed goodnight , and I again apologised to her for the fright she had . |
| 8 | I accepted this as natural ; it never occurred to me at the time that a housemaster could also be a friend . |
| 9 | It never occurred to her until the Sunday evening that it might have been herself . |