Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] to [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin walked carefully along a narrow path that would tortuously between ancient graves and heavy , ornate tombstones until he came to the first of the family plots . |
| 2 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 3 | It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity . |
| 4 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 5 | When he got to the fourth screen he stood it up for her to inspect . |
| 6 | I 've actually seen erm er been in a workshop as a participant where a chap who was excellent at this had what he did was while while the participants were doing some sort of an exercise he was actually making these tiny notes up in the top corner for himself so that when he when he came to the next sort of section that he wanted he 'd he 'd got he 'd got the odd notes just up there in the corner . |
| 7 | He was going like a winner when he came to the third from home , fell and broke a leg . |
| 8 | When he comes to the first dramatic event he appears to be reaching towards a dramatic present here comes but is constrained by the prevailing past tense of the narration . |
| 9 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 10 | As he tiptoed to the next flight he was distracted by a dreadful howling sound , worse than Plutarch at her most aggrieved . |
| 11 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |