Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following evening Penry rang again , but this time he spoke to Elise , who was rather mystified when he politely declined to speak to Leonora . |
| 2 | Though some people found him rather wrapped up in his thoughts , he always enjoyed talking to children about science . |
| 3 | ‘ He always wanted to go to Disneyland , ’ Paul says . |
| 4 | He also promised to speak to Mr Kinnock before taking any action . |
| 5 | West Germany was still very prosperous in the late 1970s , improvements were being made in living standards and Schmidt was able to limit the difficulties in the economy , even if he often seemed to react to events rather than to give the country any real sense of direction . |
| 6 | On being told about this Guntram followed the dragon 's route and discovered some treasure , which he originally determined to send to Jerusalem , but then decided to use for a ciborium for the church of St Marcel at Chalon . |
| 7 | He never got sent to prison . |
| 8 | However , he never seemed to object to members of his staff who had succumbed to the pleasures of the weed and smoked like chimney-pots . |
| 9 | But he never seemed to go to war , as other men 's fathers did . |