Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How I tend to start with the boring bits like the sky and then reward myself later with an interesting part like a face or a patch of white . |
| 2 | That 's all , that 's only how I come to know about the treacle tins . ’ |
| 3 | So that was how I came to sit at the Gorengs ' dining-table with Master Goreng and Longman 's standard conversational texts before us . |
| 4 | ‘ I recall how I refused to hearken to the queen my mother 's fears for my brother 's safety — yet now I myself fear greatly for him ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I used to envisage difficulties when I came to socialise in the Bangor area and would meet pupils . |
| 6 | That 's when I decided to gamble on the chance that you 'd soon be returning to the hotel to freshen up before the start of the evening . |
| 7 | ‘ But there comes a time when I have to reach for the sleeping tablets . |
| 8 | One time when I turned to check on the arrow on the tree , I could n't see it . |
| 9 | Oh yeah , well that was where I learnt to swim in the canal on Road , er it 's the bridge that goes over Lane , near , near . |
| 10 | In this respect it resembled another favourite hotel of mine , the Quirinale in Rome , where I like to stay in the room where Ronald Firbank died . |
| 11 | I can think of nothing less appealing than climbing into bed with you — which is why I intend to sleep in the ante-room . |
| 12 | Putting my point across verbally at meetings without notes has never been my forte , which is why I decided to write to the editor of Gay Scotland in the hope that the situation would change for the better . |
| 13 | Abuelo Freitas coughed and said , ‘ Now you see why I have to sleep in the street ! ’ |