Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] to the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , may I just say , that you may recall , that at the nineteen eighty-eight A G M , we agreed that they 'd be no smoking here , er , and I hope that er er , can be adhered to , er , and finally er , I have a fairly full agenda , and the officials have have sort of er , measured it to the nearest minute . |
| 2 | With her finger and thumb she plucked a quarter of the sandwich from his plate and threw it to the nearest dog . |
| 3 | Comfort piloted her to the nearest seat and hailed the waiter to order a brandy . |
| 4 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 5 | And she says her day with Becky and the team was a revelation : ‘ The Granada Reports people came to my house to film me in some of my own clothes and then took me to the Hillcrest Hotel in Widnes where I had my hair styled and my make-up done , and then tried on lots of different outfits . |
| 6 | These journeys took him to the furthest extent of the colonies , from Lake Ontario to Virginia and into the Carolinas and Florida . |
| 7 | He took her to the biggest house , whose womenfolk she knew well . |
| 8 | Yet they may have made no effort to give her anywhere she can go to , having allocated a large bedroom to one of their small children and relegated her to the tiniest bedroom in the house , to which she can never withdraw unless she actually gets into bed . |
| 9 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 10 | When they drew apart at last Travis carried her to the nearest armchair , cradling her across his lap . |
| 11 | Woolley chased him to the nearest bomb-crater . |