Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 2 | Finally the helpful priest drove up to a point overlooking a fine old stone harbour , with a few houses on the quayside . |
| 3 | The pair tied the knot in July , and the last-minute wedding went off to a tee … |
| 4 | Rodo screamed as the light surged up to a brilliance that stung his eyes . |
| 5 | The lobby opened on to a bar area where men in dark suits and ladies in cocktail dresses sipped before-dinner drinks . |
| 6 | The saleswoman went over to a rack of ankle-length cottons in different colours . |
| 7 | Mungo thought of the small boy farmed out to a stranger . |
| 8 | Finally , when the stream dried up to a dribble , she popped the man 's wet dick in her mouth to savour the last few drops . |
| 9 | The court , therefore , went to Mr McTear , his living room turned over to a commission appointed by the Court of Session to hear his evidence . |
| 10 | One time the father was away on business , and the stepmother went out to a harvest festival . |
| 11 | His wife went over to a casket and took out a small roll of parchment . |
| 12 | Thus , it may be desirable to draw a patient 's attention to any inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour ( e.g. a therapist pointed out to a patient that the latter insisted that he wished to tackle some problem in his home yet arranged to go out every evening with his friends ) . |
| 13 | A frog climbed on to a lily leaf quickly |
| 14 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 15 | Every second door opened on to a cafe or club . |
| 16 | Rooney 's voice trailed off to a whisper . |
| 17 | The Doctor darted over to a pile of broken rocks . |
| 18 | This time , the city opened up to a hero . |
| 19 | This fellow went up to a chap ( you could not tell who were NCOs or who were officers ) who was just resting because it was very hard work and we were working under pressure , and said sharply : " What is the trouble with you , have you run out of sandbags ? " |
| 20 | As he bent his knees for a closer look , a single spot of blood from his cut hand fell on to a wing ; shocking crimson on the pale surface , spreading into a crude blotch . |
| 21 | At the dinner the topic of conversation came round to a discussion of how historically interesting it would have been if people living in Saxon or medieval England had produced scale models of houses built in those days . |
| 22 | Later on , I believe , the pay went up to a pound or even twenty-five shillings for a man , horse and cart . |
| 23 | Even at the point of entry there was overcrowding , and in 1786 an officer pointed out to a correspondent that ‘ the ship is allowed but two midshipmen , and we have sixteen gentlemen on board who are rated able seamen & captain 's servants ’ . |
| 24 | Ringa Hustle got off to a flyer and never landed … |
| 25 | Meat Loaf came on to a volley of missiles and for one , beautiful moment , it seemed he was going to get down from the stage and beat some arsehole to death . |
| 26 | His work demonstrates that an older person was much more likely to be taken into the household of a relative if they were able to contribute something in return , for example doing domestic work , or looking after children while their mother went out to a job . |