Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb past] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When my sons went to the village school there was respect and they knew that they could not ‘ nannick ’ about in school , even if they did while on the way there . |
| 2 | My eyes went to the desk . |
| 3 | Some of my friends went to the City They 're better paid — but spare your pity ; There 's more to life than pounds and pence — My quality of life 's immense : A cosy office , nearly new , Equipped with latest PS2 . |
| 4 | I was saying to myself where 's it gone , where 's it gone , and praying to God , praying to God , and my thoughts went to the family for a few minutes . |
| 5 | For the umpteenth time the leopard-skin coat which she wore slung about her shoulders slid to the carpet . |
| 6 | Its eyes swivelled to the table beside it . |
| 7 | Her mother was the original cockeyed optimist , Jo thought fondly , as her eyes strayed to the window . |
| 8 | Her eyes strayed to the card that she still held in her hand and she almost started as she saw , written in plain bold print , a name that had featured with such regularity recently in the headlines of the business section of the local newspaper that she could not fail to recognise it . |
| 9 | Her eyes fell to the paint-peeled , much loved miniature moke which was clutched tight in his plump fist . |
| 10 | Her eyes flickered to the cabaret . |
| 11 | Breeze cried sharply , and her eyes travelled to the hook by the hat-stand where his lead always hung . |
| 12 | The other half of the gang , working on the wharf , then took the individual timbers on their leather padded shoulders , and with that strange loping run , their steps synchronised to the bending motion of the plant , would deposit them into the timber sheds . |
| 13 | Following the conversation recorded above , this bereaved mother soon committed her life to Christ , was followed by her husband , and shortly afterwards both her parents came to the Lord . |
| 14 | She stayed there unseen as her parents chatted to the driver , family friend Keith Morgan . |
| 15 | After the ceremony , the wedding party and their guests went to the Rotonde and Libion , the popular patron , offered champagne on the house and toasts were drunk enthusiastically . |
| 16 | Turned out into the street , most of them , every morning — Cara knew well — while their mothers went to the mill , a ragged band of infant desperadoes , all under the magic age of nine when they too could be put out to labour . |
| 17 | He attempted to rape another girl , but her friends came to the rescue by kicking and punching Jones until he left her alone . |
| 18 | Each of these , in turn , holds a Skeleton , with its arms manacled to the floor . |
| 19 | Her hands went to the sheets again . |
| 20 | Their men rose to the challenge though and with Hannaford off injured by now , fought back to produce another try . |
| 21 | Her initiatives led to the creation in 1930 of the Townswomen 's Guilds ; the founding , with Sir Ernest Simon ( later first Baron Simon of Wythenshawe , q.v. ) , of the Association for Education in Citizenship , 1934 ; and the launching of the Children 's Minimum Committee , 1936 , to campaign for better standards of care and nutrition . |
| 22 | Even so , a little frown of apprehension clouded her face as her thoughts strayed to the hours ahead . |
| 23 | Anything of any sort which might rock the world , her world , and her thoughts flew to the cradle . |
| 24 | His fingers stole to the buttons of her blouse , loosening their fragile hold on the flimsy cotton . |
| 25 | , William ( fl. 1150 ) , financier , is first noted in the early 1150s and was dead in 1166 , when a note of his debts came to the Exchequer . |
| 26 | His eyes darted to the door . |
| 27 | His eyes went to the door and returned . |
| 28 | He took in the blood still dripping from Alexei 's sword , and then his eyes went to the blowpipe in Jehana 's hand . |
| 29 | His eyes strayed to the telephone . |
| 30 | Then , as his eyes fell to the way she was cradling one hand in the other , he added , frowning , ‘ You 're hurt . ’ |