Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] to the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt nothing as the angel bore him to the grave below , no pain as the solid granite drove shattered ribs deep into his lungs . |
| 2 | His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out . |
| 3 | He attacked her and threw her to the ground before turned his attention to the pub , picking up pool balls and throwing them at bottles of spirits behind the bar . |
| 4 | ‘ She called an ambulance , which rushed me to the hospital immediately . ’ |
| 5 | They hung him to the hook anyway and moved away . |
| 6 | And , to give the table setting a special festive feel , Kate has attached wide red satin ribbons from the corners , taken them up into a pyramid shape and tied them to the lamp above . |
| 7 | A rattling commotion alerted me to the patrol well before it reached the alley . |
| 8 | The car in question was a little Renault , and Jenna was interested as Marguerite led her to the garage later and opened it up . |
| 9 | She says : ‘ My husband John took me to the hairdresser yesterday . |
| 10 | The inspector removed the cats and took them to the RSPCA home in Martlesham . |
| 11 | A Mattel Kriss-Kross mountain bike with stabilisers had caught his neck , when he looked up , and brought him to the ground yet it was the red and yellow tractor which applied the pressure that made his neck give way with an awful crack . |
| 12 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 13 | He took her to the exit slowly |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , you made it to the Gala then ? ’ |
| 15 | I rode it to the market today . ’ |
| 16 | Did you start doing a passenger service when you got the mail contract or did you to the mail just on its own first or did you |
| 17 | On arrival at the farm Edward introduced her to the herdsman then went on to his house , promising to come back shortly . |
| 18 | He carried her to the bedroom then , and in the darkness placed her gently down on the bed . |
| 19 | Yet obviously his two great assets — his understanding of the defensive and the devotion he inspired among the troops — ideally suited him to the task there . |
| 20 | They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets . |
| 21 | They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets . |