Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 2 | After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall . |
| 3 | As I clambered out of the trench and made my way across to Brigade H.Q I could see the jeep with the stretchers on top waiting at the entrance to the orchard . |
| 4 | But apparently people insisted that one stand up to do one 's piece , and I — successfully acclimatised to the horizontal by this time — refused to pander to this sort of nit-picking , and so passed my turn on to Cousin Josh with as much good grace as I could muster . |
| 5 | From the tour a distressing evening found its way on to TV screens . |
| 6 | The party found its way back to civilization in a starving condition on an improvised raft . |
| 7 | Sam crashed his gears down to second as his decrepit car met a slight hill . |
| 8 | Thereafter during the 1820s and 1830s he greatly expanded the firm 's architectural side — following his father 's death in 1827 he devoted his time entirely to architecture , leaving the management of the marble works to his younger brother Francis — and established a substantial practice in the north-west and the adjacent parts of Yorkshire . |
| 9 | Low gravity beers are called ‘ light ’ — even when they are black or walnut brown in colour — medium gravity beers are called ‘ heavy ’ and strong beers are known as ‘ export ’ , recalling the heyday of Scottish brewing when companies such as Younger sold their beers extensively to North America , India and Australasia . |
| 10 | Taking the plate gently from him she placed it in the sink , then checked the turkey one last time , turned the gas down as low as it would go and made her way up to bed . |
| 11 | Kissing all the boys , she made her way up to bed , taking her tea with her . |
| 12 | Collecting up her leaflets , she made her way up to bed , and gave in to the little grin that had been trying to break out a few minutes before . |
| 13 | How ? she pondered as she made her way down to breakfast . |
| 14 | How any attempt was going to be made when she was in Mariánské Láznë and Ven in Prague , she had n't fathomed as she made her way down to breakfast . |
| 15 | Saturday was the busiest day of the week at the Herald office , and Tracey hated having nothing to do while his colleagues got their stories on to copy paper , consulted lawyers and argued with sub-editors . |
| 16 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 17 | Sam dropped his gaze thoughtfully to Midnight 's teeth tearing at his grass , and knew that his dear old bike was doomed . |
| 18 | I 've got to phone , I booked our mum up to dinner , she 's coming up . |
| 19 | Tightening the butterfly nuts on these magnet limpets broke the glass phials , so setting chemical time-fuses ( see Appendix 3 ) before the raiders turned their canoe back to sea on a reciprocal course for the motor launch . |
| 20 | Christina followed her eagerly , laughing as she showed her friend how to body-surf on the smaller waves , and then how to dive and tread water waiting for a really big wave . |
| 21 | In the soft evening light , I retraced my steps back to town , soothed by the songs of blackbirds and chaffinches . |
| 22 | Even when the incumbent on the throne showed little inclination for active policy-making , those who acted for the Tsar owed their power solely to proximity to the throne . |
| 23 | As her father began his fight back to health , Diana 's mother took a hand in guiding her career . |
| 24 | I took my dreams down to breakfast : I 'd scribble while eating , like an Inspector from the Good Bed-and-Breakfast Guide . |
| 25 | Thérèse rolled her eyes upwards to heaven , smiled heroically , and fell over . |
| 26 | She gave harp lessons and sent her son firmly to school . |
| 27 | He kept his gaze out to sea . |
| 28 | Sheldukher rolled his eyes up to heaven . |
| 29 | The sight of Egbert brought his thoughts down to ground . |
| 30 | Reluctantly he brought his attention back to business . |