Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom did very well at the Guildhall where nobody told him he should stop singing , a piece of good news he passed on triumphantly to his grandmother . |
| 2 | Even so , the hissing flare passed so close to his face in its fiery trajectory , it scorched his left cheek . |
| 3 | Ali bent down close to his ear and whispered : ‘ You in pain ? ’ |
| 4 | Catherine behaved so sweetly to her husband in the next few days that Thrushcross Grange seemed full of sunshine , and in spite of his doubts , Mr Edgar allowed Heathcliff to visit her regularly . |
| 5 | The silver-haired gentleman , who turned out to be fluent in English and very charming in a gracious sort of way , chatted to her amiably about the south of France , though Alyssia did n't miss the way his eyes wandered unconsciously across to his wife every so often . |
| 6 | Unable to free himself from the tangle of ropes and floats , Miles swam laboriously across to his daughter . |
| 7 | At other times , William Joyce referred more vaguely to his father as being of independent means . |
| 8 | The necklace was a collar of dull silver , two hinged silver pieces knobbed with moonstones which snapped into place around her lean neck and rose up almost to her chin so that she could hardly move her head . |
| 9 | And then anger took its place , and she moved sharply across to her bed and rang the bell . |
| 10 | In the same way , the old horsemen believed that the milt and the frog 's or toad 's bone contributed almost wholly to their skill in drawing or jading their horses . |
| 11 | As it slid down the avenue the old crow , which had risen and was circling warily , dropped down again to its crust . |
| 12 | Despite the difficulties Frere was committed to his new life and regretted only that enthusiasm came less easily to his wife . |
| 13 | When Liz came downstairs again to her party , after a ritual exchange ( how could her sister bear such intercourse ? how could it go on ? ) she found that she had lost her velocity . |
| 14 | He describes five years of hell and terror , as the bulldozers clearing space for Ceausescu 's Palace came ever closer to his house . |
| 15 | Her bare flesh came close enough to his face for him to inhale its pungent female odour and he peered around desperately into the gloom for some sign of his French companion . |
| 16 | He came back unsmilingly to her side . |
| 17 | But how much grander , Colonel Fergusson observed , to picture their tragic plight with movement and coloured lights , accompanied by music which he identified quite unnecessarily to his daughter as ‘ Vive Henrico ! ’ |
| 18 | And he was so puppyish that first time they came round together to my place . |
| 19 | After a period under the Domenicans , the Poor Clares returned once more to their convent but the buildings then suffered from the fire in the Old Town in 1689 . |
| 20 | He retired from the Army in 1948 and returned once more to his estate at Bishopton , where he devoted himself to farm improvements . |
| 21 | I returned once more to my geometry books . |
| 22 | The overhead door swung up easily to his touch and the light splayed out over the gravel of the drive and the unkempt verges of silvered grass . |
| 23 | Suddenly he swung up close to my port side , waggling his wings frantically and pointing downwards . |
| 24 | Bob quelled her with a look , but I noticed slightly later and indeed all evening that she stuck very closely to his side , which could have been interpreted as her own insecurity if I had n't remembered Mackie saying that meek little Ingrid never gave Bob much chance to stray with the likes of Angela Brickell and God help him if he did . |
| 25 | Frejji trundled off to get suited up for the short jump to her shuttle , while I walked very slowly to my cabin in search of medication . |
| 26 | Blackberry Hill curled down then to my right and up again . |
| 27 | ‘ So the bee picked up his flowers and flew back home to his friend Christopher , and said , night night , Christopher . ’ |
| 28 | Disconsolately , she relocked the cupboard , replaced the key and went slowly upstairs to her classroom . |
| 29 | I went down again to his room to make sure he had n't returned in the night . |
| 30 | As his eyes drifted pointedly downwards to her bosom , Shiona saw his free hand reach out towards her . |