Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once said to a small group of Reception children working in the play area : " I 've heard that this bracelet has some strange magic powers . |
| 2 | Will McLewin rolls into town 40 minutes late , parks his battered VW van on double yellow lines in Llanberis High Street and wanders into Pete 's Eats with a mirthful , wondering , combative expression on a face I once compared to a quick and breathing version of Norman Tebbit 's . |
| 3 | I ONCE mentioned to a local farmer that my grandfather had been born in the little fishing village of Staxigoe , to the north of Wick in Caithness , and he quickly warned me not to go about repeating the story , because of the supposedly dubious reputation the natives of Staxigoe have earned themselves down the ages . |
| 4 | I once suggested to a French audience that a book on Les silences du Colonel Polybe would be instructive . |
| 5 | you always went to a proper butcher then , you did n't go to the supermarket because you had a good butcher that you used to go |
| 6 | Her earliest work in cytology concerned the presence of centrosomes in higher plants ; she then moved to a general study of oögenesis and spermatogenesis in Lilium martagon . |
| 7 | Because we , even if we ever came to a final close if |
| 8 | We here came to a central issue in all our discussions . |
| 9 | They also went to a running stream at midnight . |
| 10 | They also agreed to a near doubling of aid to the Third World , but failed to reach a common position on the period of time over which the increase would be phased in . |
| 11 | Foxes became much more wide-ranging in their search for food , since they also depended to a large extent upon rabbits . |
| 12 | They also contributed to a growing consciousness of the value of collectivism and of alliances among sections of the lesbian and gay trade movement . |
| 13 | The Air/Sea Rescue training school at RAF Mountbatten , Plymouth provided the type of training course relevant to our needs and they kindly consented to a selected few of our senior crew members attending the school for the necessary three months session . |
| 14 | If anything , they again pointed to a slight disincentive of higher taxes . |
| 15 | He merely retreated to a defensive , defiant position . |
| 16 | It suddenly ground to a skidding halt and they were all thrown forward . |
| 17 | The exertions of the first five miles when he had thought the Dragoons might burst from behind every hedgerow or farmhouse had exhausted both the Major and his horse , so once he felt safe he sensibly slowed to a contemplative and restoring walk . |
| 18 | His arrival was inopportune , and he soon withdrew to a Mediterranean island . |
| 19 | It also led to a fundamental questioning of the whole basis of the Keynesian model of which , since 1958 , the Phillips curve had come to be regarded as an indispensable part . |
| 20 | It also led to a marked inflation of the number of high-ranking officers . |
| 21 | It also referred to a local resident objecting to the scheme . |
| 22 | He then retired to a small property near Ryde on the Isle of Wight , where he spent his later years carrying out improvements to the grounds and where he died 14 February 1853 . |
| 23 | He then flew to a nearby magic mountain to gather healing herbs for his troops , which ensured their success in battle . |
| 24 | It certainly led to a timid press conference . |