Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the horse was bedded down it was time for Sirrell to celebrate properly , and most of Nantgaredig turned up to assist : he eventually got to bed at 3 a.m . |
| 2 | He always went to sleep with his still burning , so he got through a lot more than she did . |
| 3 | Basil would get very excited at finding tadpoles and caddis worms in the Hampstead ponds but though he once took to fishing in a small stream when we were on holiday , and actually caught a small fish , which Marion cooked for his tea , he was quite unable to eat it , being stricken with remorse at its demise . |
| 4 | Dooley 's personal tragedy was so awful — he was so young and talented and he took the blow with such heroic , idiotic stoicism ( ‘ It 's my one regret that the ball did n't finish in the net ’ ) — that a substantial sum was raised for him and he later went to work for the club . |
| 5 | He seldom went to bed before midnight , and then often read the plays of Corneille till 2 a.m . |
| 6 | He never came to trial for the robbery at the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society in Quedgeley , Gloucester . |
| 7 | He never went to bed without making sure that every single appliance had been switched off . |