Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
| 2 | Most nights I go to the miners ' welfare or a pub , or a club . |
| 3 | In the autumn of 1959 I was eleven , and I went to the girls ' grammar school down the road . |
| 4 | Then I went to the carers ' meeting [ at the day centre ] and there was somebody there from CAB and they said ‘ You should have been getting it ages ago ’ . |
| 5 | In their analyses of the understanding " displays " of next turns , Cameron and Taylor argue , the conversation analysts fail to follow their own prescriptions , which require them to look to the participants ' analysis displayed in the next turn . |
| 6 | She moved to the neighbours ' wall and sprayed ‘ fornicator ’ and ‘ debauchee ’ . |
| 7 | I think but continuing down the corridor erm which was all the Education Department , you came to the typists ' room right at the bottom of the corridor on the left |
| 8 | One of her hobbies was anaesthetics , and she subscribed to an anaesthetists ' journal in which she had seen an advertisement for a chemist who outfitted doctors ' waiting-rooms and surgeries . |
| 9 | On Boxing Day , she returned to the Hamiltons ' , to learn from Mrs Porter that Bill was at the hospital , and that Dr Greene planned to discharge Faye that afternoon . |
| 10 | Before leaving the station she went to the Ladies ' to check up on her appearance . |
| 11 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |
| 12 | If you ask such a child " How should we respond to the aliens ' request for help ? " s/he 's not likely to respond very articulately . |
| 13 | Instead of going into the green room , we went to the girls ' dressing room . |
| 14 | He remembered now ; he always felt the same by this stage of every visit he made to the Dysons ' house in the daytime , while the children were about . |
| 15 | I am not kidding you : for this high-level encounter he goes to the news-agents ' next door and gets the key that hangs behind the counter . |
| 16 | He could n't remember what he had done with his bike when he got to the Fletchers ' , left it there and collected it next day perhaps , but he could remember most of the rest of it . |
| 17 | Lapworth 's academic career began as lecturer in chemistry at the School of Pharmacy in Bloomsbury ; in 1900 he moved to the Goldsmiths ' Company 's Institute at New Cross as head of the chemistry department . |
| 18 | It referred to the Palestinians ' struggle for " sovereignty " and envisaged a future " confederation between the two states of Palestine and Jordan , which can be a cornerstone for our security and prosperity " . |
| 19 | While retaining an interest in the Artillery Company , he transferred to the Stationers ' Company in 1777 , becoming a liveryman in 1776 at the time of his move to 33 Leadenhall Street . |
| 20 | Apart from in scene nine , where Anderson displays occasional discomfort through his hesitations ( 4 instances , most notably when explaining to Sacha why he came to the Hollars ' apartment ( p. 81 ) , and when giving assurances of what he will do to help Pavel ( p. 83 ) ) , we find very few instances of hesitations or unfinished turns ( no more than one instance of each in scenes seven , eight , ten and sixteen ) . |
| 21 | ‘ There is no fixed routine as such — we vary it according to the residents ' wishes . |
| 22 | He retreated to the porters ' lodge and tapped on the window . |
| 23 | He objects to the treaties ' limits on the liability of shipowners : only if damage was committed with ‘ intent ’ or with ‘ knowledge that [ it ] would probably result ’ can they be obliged to pay more than $78m . |
| 24 | Scholars ' president looks to famous ancestor The Rev. John Douglas will seek his inspiration from a famous ancestor when he returns to the Friends ' School at Great Ayton as president of the Old Scholars ' Association . |
| 25 | All right , they say , a wife is a wife after all , but when it comes to a parents ' decision … |
| 26 | The Economist referred to the device of ‘ calling in a High Court judge to write incredible economic nonsense ’ , but whatever view is taken of the justice or the wisdom of the report which recommended a considerable wage increase and which formed the basis of the settlement , the impression given was that the government had set up this enquiry to produce a report which would enable them to yield to the miners ' claim without total loss of face . |