Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I would rush to the window and look down and see you turning the corner to cross the square below , or walk round it to the hotel door . |
| 2 | The United States ' Constitution includes the clause ( in the Tenth Amendment ) that ‘ The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution , nor prohibited by it to the States , are reserved to the States respectively , or to the people ’ . |
| 3 | The figure of Mercy points to the nature of the redemptive process : Later still , Julian of Norwich , whose mystical experience arose out of meditation on the Passion , defined her sense of a dynamic power of divine love working to process the effects of sin as the work of Christ : " and there is in him bleding and praying for us to the Father — and is and shall be as long as it nedith " . |
| 4 | A Briton known to leaders of a charity based in Northampton discovered them and fled with them to the relative safety of Split . |
| 5 | ‘ What the hell are you talking about ? ’ snapped Cardiff in return , and pushed past him to the double-doors . |
| 6 | Then she jumped up from the bed before he could grab her again and darted past him to the window . |
| 7 | Having reached the most distant onlookers , a young couple pushing up-and-down a baby in a pram , the girl drew tight the neck of the bag and strolled with it to the stage . |
| 8 | The trick is to try and look beyond them to the interviewer and talk as though the two of you are having a personal conversation . |
| 9 | She was delighted to see me , as it meant she would not have to go on her own , and she stood over me while , complaining bitterly , I changed into my jacket and returned with her to the revels . |
| 10 | He stood up and walked beside her to the edge of the wood where his horse was tethered . |
| 11 | Penry sighed , picked her up , and walked with her to the door . |
| 12 | Alan showed me another way out of the bar , so we avoided Young Trotsky , and walked with me to the van . |
| 13 | The Doctor stepped back , watched her for a moment , and walked round her to the console at which Britta was working . |
| 14 | He spread it out , and glanced from it to the screen . |
| 15 | Cautiously he mounted the remaining stairs , recognised the figure for what it was and stepped over it to the wheelhouse . |
| 16 | There was a deathly hush , no sound but the beautiful music rising up and swirling above them to the glittering pointed icicles in the illuminated cavernous roof . |
| 17 | Films like dreams come and go and are soon forgotten , yet King Kong , which I must have seen in 1933 , or early 1934 , with its scenes of adventure in a fabled land , was the one to overwhelm my mind and stay with me to the present day . |
| 18 | ROS : My lord , you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the King . |
| 19 | DeVore met those eyes and saw through them to the emptiness beyond . |
| 20 | Stepping down at the end , he lay on the bed of nails and rolled across it to the foot of the ladder , which he climbed , pausing on each blade to detach a yellow paper prayer flag and send it fluttering to the ground . |
| 21 | Even Nicandra 's little dog , Nettie , checked any exuberance and hesitated behind them to the door of the morning room . |
| 22 | The house owner found it and ran with it to the boat . ’ |
| 23 | I saw Joseph by the back door , caught hold of the lamp he was carrying , and ran with it to the gate . |
| 24 | ‘ Put on your robes and your crown , my lady , ’ he said , ‘ and come with me to the hall . ’ |
| 25 | Fortunately , a few real friends recognised his true worth as a man and stood by him to the end . |
| 26 | I retorted and pushed past her to the door . |