Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in a survey I carried out on the membership of the National Trust — one of the largest voluntary associations in Britain with over a million and a quarter members — it was decided that topics should include such things as how people came to join , how they felt about the payment of subscriptions , how much they read of the literature the Trust sent them , what their main interests in conservation were , how active a part they wanted to play in the work of the Trust , and so on . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps they objected to the destruction of Buckingham and the web of deceit to which they 'd been party ? ’ |
| 3 | So they went to the village . |
| 4 | So they went into the basement , a long , white-washed room running the whole length of the house . |
| 5 | So they went round the back of the house to find out . |
| 6 | So they walked across the moor . |
| 7 | So they got under the table , and wriggled around our legs |
| 8 | So they lived in the world before we became a people . ’ |
| 9 | So they lived in the house |
| 10 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 11 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 12 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 13 | So they sat on the engine housing and Wycliffe felt sufficiently relaxed to light his pipe . |
| 14 | So they flew across the sky until they came to the doors of the world where two bearded wolves mount guard . |
| 15 | Together they strode towards the path . |
| 16 | Together they tottered to the door . |
| 17 | Busacher put in a few whirly violin runs on the piano and crescendoed unnecessarily loudly , paused too long , gasped , she joined him , and together they sailed into the finale and burst out laughing . |
| 18 | And together they ran into the house . |
| 19 | Together they gazed at the family portraits and Miss Hatherby pointed out the niceties of her forefathers ' dress — ‘ Folk would literally kill for shoe buckles of that quality . |
| 20 | She took it automatically , and together they walked up the hill , neither speaking a word , the only sound in their ears being the song of the river . |
| 21 | Together they walked across the carpet ; a splendid Second Empire Aubusson which was always rolled up for the parties . |
| 22 | Madge collected her keys , locked her door and together they walked across the landing into the strange flat . |
| 23 | He held her arm and together they looked into the coffin . |
| 24 | He shrugged and together they went into the dining-room . |
| 25 | Together they went to the milk-house . |
| 26 | Together they went to the window . |
| 27 | He pulled her from the room and together they went to the master suite . |
| 28 | She took Martha 's hand and together they went to the terrace where her mother was resting on a new cushioned lounger . |
| 29 | Together they went to the drawing-room . |
| 30 | Still locked together they tumbled across the room . |