Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pers pn] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Pop came to me with an old Army pistol in his hand , knelt beside me and said , ‘ If you want me to kill him , I will . |
| 2 | ‘ The Commission appointed to investigate the disaster came to us after an earlier attempt to prove the cause of the crash had failed , ’ explains senior project manager Steve Jackman . |
| 3 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 4 | The producer turned to him with an apologetic smile , his voice injected with what the sergeant considered a theatrical dose of concern . |
| 5 | Australia beckoned to him like an uncut diamond . |
| 6 | Doyle 's attention was drawn by a youth , wearing suit and bow-tie , who called to him from an empty table . |
| 7 | After we had talked , Philip read to me from an unpublished memoir which he had entitled ‘ The Two Burtons ’ . |
| 8 | The Bishop and the Archdeacon were old and wily but not too well-informed ; Spruce , on the other hand , looked to her like an intelligent adversary . |
| 9 | The Flemyngs would be away , no doubt , ‘ at a banquet in Perth ’ , and they were ; a butler spoke to them from an upper window and asked them would they kindly leave a message so they marked the house with dirt and rotten potatoes while the servants rushed to bar the shutters over the windows . |
| 10 | Stupid though it might appear , she went upstairs and spoke to them from an upper window . |