Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who cared about him to the depths of her soul , even though he was , in his own mind , completely underserving of her love . |
| 2 | She knew he cared , he showed it , but he would n't say the things she wanted to hear — that he cared for her to the exclusion of all others , and wanted her in his life to the exclusion of all others . |
| 3 | She moved past him to the kitchen , where she put the kettle on the gas . |
| 4 | Thoughts about how the spectacles would appear to me if I moved towards them leftwards must be related in the correct way to thoughts about how they would look if I moved above them to the right ; thoughts about their being artefacts must be related to thoughts about their not existing before a certain time or not coming into existence in the kitchen as the kettle boils . |
| 5 | Smiling shakily back and in response to his urging , she sank with him to the floor . |
| 6 | ‘ I believe , ’ said the commissioner who reported on it to the Health of Towns Commission in 1845 , |
| 7 | Talk of the Rector and his unruly family , of her wild Harry 's doings at Oxford , of the poor hunting season it had been , all flowed between her and Aunt Emily and when she rose to go , and Alexandra held out her hand in farewell , Mrs Burrows stalked past her to the door as if she had no more real existence than an armchair . |
| 8 | She tiptoed past them to the chest of drawers , took out a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt and slipped back downstairs to the kitchen . |
| 9 | Then she jumped up from the bed before he could grab her again and darted past him to the window . |
| 10 | Having reached the most distant onlookers , a young couple pushing up-and-down a baby in a pram , the girl drew tight the neck of the bag and strolled with it to the stage . |
| 11 | The next morning he came with me to the station , and as we waited for the train , we watched the crowds . |
| 12 | Arthur Cook , a friend of mine who lived in The Friary , came with me to the allotment and after a while I suppose we became bored — we were only seven . |
| 13 | She came with him to the door . |
| 14 | She came with him to the door , and the light from the hall cut an orange path across the roadway . |
| 15 | She came with him to the door , uneasy , perhaps scared . |
| 16 | Shrimpton came with him to the top of the stairs . |
| 17 | ‘ You came with us to the Fleet . ’ |
| 18 | He stabbed a man scrambling up the bulwarks beside him , and cheered as Hector 's galleys swept up to the shore and another horde of Macleans poured from them to the rescue of their clansmen . |
| 19 | As the woman 's mouth sagged open Polly walked past her to the door . |
| 20 | She walked past him to the door , and though he followed and came quickly up to her side he did not again offer her his hand . |
| 21 | Alan showed me another way out of the bar , so we avoided Young Trotsky , and walked with me to the van . |
| 22 | His wife packed a box with various goodies for Leonora to take to Penry , then walked with them to the jetty , and waved them off on the Sea-Fret , a sturdy fishing-boat a lot newer than Penry 's . |
| 23 | Fran walked with him to the door , wishing that she had never agreed to this in the first place . |
| 24 | She walked with him to the garage , and as he got into her car she leaned forward and kissed his cheek lightly . |
| 25 | She walked with him to the bus-stop , would not let him walk her back to the flat , said not to follow her ; she 'd watch , be angry . |
| 26 | Rain snatched an early chance to say goodnight and Ayling walked with her to the foot of the stairs , asking after people at the Post and showing every wish to go on talking . |
| 27 | He walked with her to the door of the hall and watched her stepping it out across the square , her shoulders back , her head defiantly erect . |
| 28 | Penry sighed , picked her up , and walked with her to the door . |
| 29 | After an early morning breakfast with Paula , he walked with her to the garage where the BMW was parked . |
| 30 | When he returned with her to the Judge 's House two hours later , he found Mrs Wood waiting outside it . |