Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to lunch " in BNC.
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1 | It was therefore something of a surprise last Wednesday to amble into Darlington 's new Thai restaurant and find four-fifths of the D&S editorial staff seated serendipitously to lunch . |
2 | Henrietta came down to lunch , still shivering slightly , in a sweater and jeans , and refused to discuss her experience , telling Jacqueline not to be bloody silly when she asked if she 'd seen crocodiles . |
3 | When Georg came in to lunch , covered in cow muck and mud , the converging smells caused Frau Trauffer to wave her hand in the air and give a disgusted ‘ Phaw ! ’ |
4 | Monday , the Colonel came back to lunch with a big grin on his face . |
5 | At a guess , he may have heard from his colleague who came here to lunch that I feel rather isolated professionally at the moment . |
6 | Hank went home to lunch . |
7 | We all went home to lunch in good spirits , and the ‘ open-door schooling ’ , far from being a chore , was a pleasant outing . |
8 | So they all went off to lunch with the mayor , while a messenger was sent to the Registrar of Births , Marriages and Deaths to get the necessary information . |
9 | The Sunday after they came back from the West Indies , he and Sara and his mother — who was living with them now in a room not much larger than a cupboard , although the view , as Simon constantly said , was staggering — went formally to lunch in their old house . |
10 | Mackie came through from her side to keep company with Dee-Dee , saying Perkin had gone to Newbury to collect some supplies , and presently the two women went out to lunch together , leaving me alone in the great sprawling house . |
11 | They did n't even buy me lunch — we went out to lunch , but we did n't get any . ’ |
12 | She said : ‘ I went out to lunch with friends and we shared a bottle of champagne . |
13 | We went out to lunch to er Tesco 's we got to pick Christopher up from school and we went just for lunch time , that was quite nice |
14 | The lady has , so far as I know , done no harm in the Lords — no one having seen her except on one occasion when she went there to lunch — and she has yet to make her maiden speech . |
15 | As guests sat down to lunch in the company 's magnificent dining room earlier this week , the fellow with his back to the window was asked if there was too much of a draught . |
16 | That day , I not only forgot the can of fruit and the opener when I sat down to lunch , but was up and down , putting on more clothes and trying to find the most sheltered spot in relation to the wheelbarrow . |
17 | She asked Nanny when they sat down to lunch . |
18 | We sat down to lunch at one-fifteen and rose sometime after three-thirty . |