Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Georgia guests used the small flat-bottomed craft to go bonefishing one afternoon , and Thessy , well trained by his father , led them unerringly to a sea-flat by a mangrove swamp where , in just a few heart-racing moments , they landed four of the gleaming and elusive fish . |
| 2 | Evening : invited me home to a buffet meal with a group of friends and colleagues , including , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Correspondence Course , CIEFL ) , ( Materials Production , CIEFL ) . |
| 3 | Finally they helped me upstairs to a bedroom , and I sank gratefully into a warm , dry bed . |
| 4 | Mercer drew him away to a comer , and slowly , haltingly , the general good humour resurfaced . |
| 5 | For the professional soldiers of the Legion , this was the final blow , and when Generals Challe and Salan led a revolt , the 1er and 2ème Régiments Étrangers de Parachutistes joined it almost to a man . |
| 6 | Of course , Benjamin hustled me away to a corner by ourselves and that was n't hard , everyone now distanced themselves from us . |
| 7 | He waved her courteously to a chair . |
| 8 | The rapist grabbed her from behind and dragged her across to a car park nearby . |