Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 2 | One of the most pathetic is that of a pet dog , which died still chained to a post . |
| 3 | Well , that was when it had all come to a head . |
| 4 | Just as they approached the doors , he stopped as if he had suddenly come to a decision . |
| 5 | Concern for the plant 's impact on the environment had already led to a cut in production earlier in the year to the minimum necessary to keep the plant 's systems in operation . |
| 6 | In practice , the professional bodies concerned , e.g. the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , had already agreed to a limit of 24 weeks and in 1990 a Bill was passed to reduce the legal limit to 24 weeks . |
| 7 | In Stein 's day the jade searchers of Chinese Turkestan had already taken to a kind of superficial mining , even if this amounted to no more than burrowing through overlying deposits to search the cobble bed down to depths of up to some twenty feet . |
| 8 | Glancing over her shoulder , Melissa saw that the entrance had already shrunk to a slit . |
| 9 | The incident occurred on lap 50 , by which time Mansell had already ground to a halt with no gears . |
| 10 | Vincent — partly because of exhaustion — had not written to a soul in months . |
| 11 | Thus Verity , the generation construction engineer , replied to an enquiry in September 1949 as to why the engineers had not reacted to a draft contracts procedure sent to them six months ago : |
| 12 | War or no war , the Government 's other business had not come to a halt . |
| 13 | They sat at a corner table , a slab of mahogany on an iron base that had once belonged to a Singer sewing machine . |
| 14 | Looking up at the sky , at the myriad pinpricks of light , it seemed to him that he could feel the turning earth beneath his feet and that time had mysteriously come to a stop , fusing into one moment the past , the present and the future ; the ruined abbey , the obstinately enduring artefacts of the last war , the crumbling cliff defences , the windmill and the power station . |
| 15 | According to the evidence at the trial , only Zaidie bore witness to the defendant 's telephoned confession , but the defence might have promoted a viable theory of conspiracy if they had been able to show that Matadial had also testified to a confession , then resiled from it in her deposition , taken the offensive again in her addendum and finally opted for a female voice in her evidence . |
| 16 | The Arab press had also referred to a deal by which Iran was said to be funding the purchase by Sudan of Chinese weaponry worth US$300 million over two years . |
| 17 | Group 4 comprised follow up of histologically normal biopsy specimens from five patients , previously diagnosed as having coeliac disease , who had strictly adhered to a gluten free diet . |
| 18 | In the mud , which the shelling had now turned to a consistency of sticky butter , troops stumbled and fell repeatedly ; cursing in low undertones , as if fearful of being overheard by the enemy who relentlessly pursued them with his shells at every step . |
| 19 | The French King had provisionally agreed to a settlement and Henry 's presence was required to ratify it . |
| 20 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |
| 21 | The Mercedes had almost rolled to a halt about fifty yards behind them . |
| 22 | One person had evidently come to a decision . |
| 23 | By early 1690 such tensions had again come to a head . |
| 24 | When she glanced at him , the hard mouth had actually softened to a smile but he was smiling to himself , thinking his own private thoughts , and Maggie bit into her soft lip , doing some rapid thinking of her own . |
| 25 | She herself had never aspired to a career , finding complete satisfaction in acting as her husband 's typist and research assistant in the time she had left over from gardening and housekeeping . |
| 26 | She had never talked to a spy properly before . |
| 27 | Edward Carrington had never talked to a woman like this before . |