Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1167 his army had been decimated before Rome by an outbreak of malaria ; and he had been chased over the Alps in humiliating disaster ; but still he plotted and planned to return to the task . |
| 2 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
| 3 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 4 | Later that evening Heathcliff 's servant Joseph arrived and asked to speak to the master . |
| 5 | On returning to the ward somewhat shaken myself I made the patient as comfortable as I could and asked to speak to the ward sister , who was fortunately very experienced and prepared to believe what I told her . |
| 6 | Besides , hearing of cases brought by the state against thieves who passed their finds to dealers on the black market and failed to report to the Commission on Antiquities ended his youthful enthusiasm for archaeology : Davide was law-abiding by temperament . |
| 7 | The plaintiffs were dealers in second hand lorries and agreed to transfer to the defendants two lorries for £475 and take in exchange two other lorries valued at £225 , provided they were delivered within one month . |
| 8 | She neither sobbed nor wept aloud as Dr Neil sighed , closed Effie 's eyes , pulled up the sheet , and rose to walk to the window , to look out of it , at nothing , McAllister suspected . |
| 9 | ‘ I must leave at once ! ’ she whispered , and tried to move to the door . |
| 10 | ‘ Those people who make the decisions should have gone out early in the morning and tried to putt to the holes we had to play to , ’ he added . |
| 11 | Molly raised her voice slightly as though speaking to a foreigner and tried to get to the heart of the matter . |
| 12 | The court was told that teenagers were made to suck dummies and wear nappies , were bathed like babies and told to regress to the time they were last happy . |
| 13 | Urquhart inclined his head and seemed to listen to the wind . |
| 14 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 15 | The little left-hander , 142 not out , watched from the non-striker 's end as Bernard Julien played the last ball of the day , bowled by Underwood , defensively on the off side and turned to walk to the pavilion . |
| 16 | Later , when he contacted a third brother , Mr Tunc Kuntar , and threatened to complain to the authorities , Tunc said : ‘ If you do you must be aware of the consequences of that . ’ |
| 17 | Later , when he contacted a third brother , Mr Tunc Kuntar , and threatened to complain to the authorities , Mr Kuntar said : ‘ If you do you must be aware of the consequences of that . ’ |
| 18 | In his speech Kozyrev had accused Western powers of interfering in the former Soviet Union , claimed the right to use military action in the area , and threatened to come to the aid of Serbia . |
| 19 | When the others returned , bringing the extra equipment , he took a field radio , stepped outside and began to transmit to the Hercules that was still circling around above them somewhere . |
| 20 | Lucenzo moved away and began to complain to the catering manager , breaking into the man 's spirited singing of an Italian opera . |
| 21 | Behind him , the lift shuddered and began to descend to the ground floor . |
| 22 | ‘ Can I get to my room round this way ? ’ asked Belinda quickly as she slid her suitcases from Tom 's grasp and began to walk to the corner of the veranda which led around to the side of the house . |
| 23 | Margaret , her face pale with fright , slowly edged her way from behind her desk and began to walk to the front of the class . |
| 24 | She pulled her long dark hair from inside her flying jacket and began to walk to the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , it is likely that in the larger cities at any rate there was considerable change in the personnel of the ruling oligarchies , the members of which clearly were drawn from outside and aspired to return to the country if they could make their fortunes . |
| 26 | She moved violently in her sleep — and started to come to the surface of that sleep , just as , outside the hotel , there was a sudden screech of tyres on tarmac as brakes were slammed on . |
| 27 | Here Forgive 'N Forget made a mistake and handed the initiative to Wayward Lad , but he was very tired and started to wander to the left towards the rails . |
| 28 | On one occasion , to kill time before a suitably uplifting film , we met at Waterloo station and decided to go to the cinema within the station precinct which showed a continuous programme of cartoons for the convenience of passengers with time on their hands . |
| 29 | In line with his overall political goal of proving that Labour was ‘ fit to govern ’ , Macdonald abandoned the visions of democratic diplomacy which had so excited him in 1917 and proceeded to adjust to the reality of a balance of power mediated through the League , helping to resolve the Ruhr crisis by lending his support to the rescheduling , rather than the abolition , of German reparations payments . |
| 30 | Anna Harland left the prison and went to talk to the police . |