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Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.

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1	So it was to be expected that this sight should arouse some curiosity , and after putting their heads together the women put down their bowls and kettles and went over to ask the painter who was coming to live there .
2	He opened his eyes and reached round to find the fastener .
3	But as she waited an obstinately persistent sound filled her head , drove itself from ear to ear , settled over her eyes and seeped through to fill the whole arena of her cranium .
4	How often as a girl had she and her father and brothers deserted their looms and raced out to watch the hunt !
5	Four secondees were still struggling to settle-in some six months after their appointment , but most secondees adjusted within three months and went on to enjoy the scope to shape their jobs , to use their expertise and to become part of a team .
6	Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence .
7	Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence .
8	Eager , it seemed , to atone for the embarrassment of Saturday 's 5-2 home defeat by Aston Villa , the London side could have scored three times in the opening nine minutes and went on to dominate the rest of the first half with an ease that pointed to only one result .
9	Every castle mustered its defences and stood by to repel the normal sharp and brief attack ; for only when they were insolently sure of their supremacy did the Welsh assay a siege .
10	But we overpowered our captors and got out to find the battle in full cry and the north-west quarter of the Rorim in flames .
11	He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back .