Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now when it came down to it the national government essen sorry the Supreme Court essentially said if the national government wishes to create a national bank in pursuance of legitimate aims of the constitution then it should have the discretion to do so and it should n't be interfered with by a state government . |
| 2 | Interesting Pauline at work , she 's ever so hurt , could n't get over it , she came up to me the other day she said , hello , how long has it been we have n't seen one another for two months . |
| 3 | fax numbers and things put on but that alright let's give she came back to me the other day and said I can not get this fax through and had actually typed down the wrong fax number |
| 4 | This incident brought home to him the great contrast between his father 's uprightness and the godlessness of those who sneered at him . |
| 5 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 6 | The War itself , in which he served , brought home to him the ruthless destructiveness of man as weapon or mere machine . |
| 7 | And yesterday their lawyer told the Old Bailey : ‘ It brought home to them the serious nature of what they had done . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Apart from your flashing eyes and passionate temper , ’ he did n't hesitate to remind her , ‘ you came over anything but frigid when you snuggled up to me the other evening ! ’ |
| 9 | Mary Knelle pointed out to me the green ridges on almost perpendicular fields that showed where potatoes had been grown before 1847 . |