Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] to their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He proceeded to remind her verbally as she followed him sheepishly out through the dining-room to a wide archway that led to the terrace , though she did n't need this painful reminder of the way they 'd given in to their wild passion every evening in Seville . |
| 2 | As the recital proceeded , the teachers began to drift off to their appointed confessional boxes , anxious to miss , on any excuse , as much as possible of the headmaster 's address . |
| 3 | Worst of all , they liked to swell back to their original dimensions in water and this swelling was generally unpredictable and irreversible . |
| 4 | * The price of cereals in Somali markets , it says , had fallen back to their seasonal levels even before American soldiers arrived last December . |
| 5 | They had n't found anything , and had gone back to their usual haunts . |
| 6 | The ranch , the children , all had snapped back to their normal time . |