Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex Household drew aside to let him into the flat . |
| 2 | To please him , she travelled , learnt languages , read all the guide books to the cities he insisted they visit , became a sexual virtuoso , developed opinions on the classics and on contemporary literature , and learnt never to voice them at the dinner table unless asked . |
| 3 | Kate pulled off her coat and turned away to hang it in the hall cupboard . |
| 4 | ‘ Who is to know ? ’ he countered , and , setting a firm hand to her back , he began gently to propel her towards the table . |
| 5 | She returned his kiss , but declined firmly to join him at the Allied Steelmakers ' annual dinner ( carriages eleven-thirty ) , saying she would actually rather go to the cinema with a girlfriend , and tripped out of the office looking considerably less harassed than when she had arrived . |
| 6 | " Do you have sons and daughters , madame ? " he inquired politely to draw her into the conversation . |
| 7 | She bent and quickly swept the powder up again , then went outside to empty it into the dustbin . |
| 8 | As it was , she had to draw on reserves of courage she had n't even known she possessed just to get her through the opening number . |
| 9 | Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time . |
| 10 | When bits of them broke off you had only to plunge them into the earth and they grew into new cactuses . |
| 11 | ‘ Kevin had broken his ribs or something and me and Mappy had virtually to carry him onto the field . ’ |
| 12 | He had already learned his lesson by painful experience ; the burn-like swelling on his left calf still throbbed occasionally to remind him of the morning a week ago when he had drawn on his trousers carelessly , to discover that a scorpion had spent the night nestling in one of the legs . |