Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 2 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 3 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 4 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
| 5 | This in turn encouraged Samsonov to drive farther to the west than originally intended , before turning northward , in the hope of encircling even greater numbers of Germans . |
| 6 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
| 7 | After a moment or two Hosanna moved back to the step again . |
| 8 | Trent swam back to the catamaran dragging the fish behind him . |
| 9 | Er I liked to ask you erm about if you , if you think that Harlow lives up to the ideal of the New Town ? |
| 10 | When they 'd finished their simple meal , obeying Michele 's instructions , Luce moved back to the couch while he cleared away the dishes and brought in coffee , glasses , and a crystal decanter . |
| 11 | Herr Nordern sank on to the sofa and , astonishingly , found himself holding his wife 's hand , and feeling hers firmly gripping his . |
| 12 | Isabel sank back to the grass , beginning to shake . |
| 13 | The practice of appeal from ducal courts of first instance in the duchy to the Paris Parlement led ultimately to the formulation of the theory of independent Plantagenet sovereignty over Gascony . |
| 14 | The helicopter and the keys to the private villa were promptly removed ; Branson rode back to the airport in a taxi . |
| 15 | Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception . |
| 16 | The fire finally doused with water , a young doctor across the hall was called and he advised Dustin to go immediately to the hospital . |
| 17 | Gazza moved out to the villa in July to acclimatise before the football season kicked off . |
| 18 | Millie moved back to the window now . |
| 19 | Quickly , Marie moved over to the entrance . |
| 20 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |
| 21 | Immediately after the war , the United States moved politically to the right and Europe moved dramatically to the left — the prewar establishments had been discredited by appeasement and collaboration . |
| 22 | Donna moved closer to the painting . |
| 23 | Hitch moved closer to the prow . |
| 24 | The next day Edward came late to the library in an untypically gloomy mood . |
| 25 | Richard came on to the terrace . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you care when you walked out on me the day that you told me about the notes and the wine glass , and then Rebecca came back to the office ? |
| 27 | Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ . |
| 28 | The more he considered all the aspects of the matter , the more Manville came around to the view that Turkey was the best possible choice of all . |
| 29 | Angus slunk back to the campfire . |
| 30 | Lucy drove in to the centre of the city before she found a locksmith near the Chemin de la Tourelle . |