Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun sg] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I moaned , and lowered my head to the cool steel pipe of the bridge rail . |
| 2 | Ignoring them , I made my way to the Norman castle . |
| 3 | It was n't until lunchtime that my boss drew my attention to the strange ‘ hairband ’ I was wearing . |
| 4 | Unfortunately I had not realised that a stern rope had already been passed to the ship and an indignant shout from my crew on the after deck drew my attention to the long nylon rope which was now snaking dangerously round the bollards as we drew away . |
| 5 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 6 | It was Corrary who pointed , and drew their gaze to the dark shadow on the water . |
| 7 | He let them study the map a while , accustoming themselves once again to its details , then drew their attention to the large red-shaded area to the bottom left of the map . |
| 8 | Delia Sutherland moved her scrutiny to the other palm . |
| 9 | ‘ A lot of it found its way to the Irish Republic . ’ |
| 10 | This Society , which later changed its name to the Ecclesiological Society , sought to make churches more worthy settings for worship and for the liturgy of the Church of England . |
| 11 | It was in September 1908 that the club moved to rented premises in Store Street and changed its name to the National Deaf Club and opened its membership to deaf people of whatever school , not just oralist . |
| 12 | In the same year the N A L R W U changed its name to the National Union of Agricultural Workers ( NUAW ) . |
| 13 | The group changed its name to The Beautiful Losers and won Melody Maker 's best newcomers of 1975 award ( but nobody noticed ) . |
| 14 | After the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948 , the Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital Committee changed its title to the present one and the sing continued , providing the help that is still so important . |
| 15 | Scarabs , beads , pendants , and ivories found their way to the Minoan temple sites . |
| 16 | It is intriguing to wonder how some of the emigrants found their way to the outlandish places in which they settled , or how Ayrshire names came to be given to spots which are amongst the most isolated on earth . |
| 17 | Religions , cults , sects and mystery schools from other parts of the Empire — notably from Greece , from Syria , from Egypt , from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor — also found their way to the Holy Land , struck roots and flourished . |
| 18 | She eventually found her way to the social services department . |
| 19 | The week Miles reviewed them for EVO they changed their name to the Pink Floyd . |
| 20 | Within the small but industrially and intellectually significant British party dissatisfaction with the leadership had already been growing before the Soviet Union provided its response to the Hungarian events . |
| 21 | A spokesman for Gorbachev described his reaction to the new movement as " positive " . |
| 22 | Bush reported his assurance to the Soviet leader at Malta that he " support[ed] the dynamic process of reform in the Soviet Union " and that the two countries would " work together to reduce barriers to trade , investment and the free movement of goods and ideas " in order that " the entry of the Soviet Union into the global market [ could ] be advanced " . |
| 23 | Wild pleasure streaked to every nerve-end in Caroline 's body , the reaction intensifying as he moved his mouth to the other breast , scorching such shafts of response through her that she caught his dark head in her hands , convulsively raking her fingers through the silky curls of his hair , arching herself up to his touch . |
| 24 | With a hoarse groan he bent his head to the soft curve of her breasts , kissing the smooth valley . |
| 25 | The shop was dimly lit and cluttered but he found his way to the front door which was bolted ; Alfred had not left and could not return that way . |
| 26 | At last they reached Hastings , where Silas found his way to the suburban street of quality homes . |
| 27 | It was in this way that ‘ Helmut Wolski ’ found his way to the British , and through them to Britain and , once in London where jobs were scarce , to a job through an army friend at London Zoo , his family , his past , his very name all gone . |
| 28 | But she was aware that perhaps she underestimated his acceptability to the parochial clergy , who were not threatened by his gentleness . |
| 29 | She led her horse to the very edge of the woodland , and peered out through the scrub at the rise of land before her . |
| 30 | Large publicity campaigns began and the Irish Times also lent its weight to the pro-divorce argument , campaigning in its columns until the eve of the referendum in late June . |