Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds have agreed to pay Wigan £5,000 for every five first-team games he plays up to a maximum of £25,000 . |
| 2 | He limped over to the window , pulled the curtains across and looked down . |
| 3 | Shielding his eyes against the dust and heat with an upraised arm , he limped back to the corner and peered round . |
| 4 | He turns back to the patient , his expression gentle again — there is no trace of a professional ‘ caring ’ in his words or the jarring chord of insincere concern in his voice . |
| 5 | As the Prime Minister savours one of his last few busy days before the deluge , will he think back to the dinner that he gave at No. 10 Downing street last November on behalf of the Tory party for what The Sun — I must quote it accurately because it is from The Sun — |
| 6 | The drums then took up a regular beat as he stalked back to the coffin . |
| 7 | Etchings were sent to a printer to make some impressions and someone surreptitiously made copies which he passed on to the defendant who intended to display them in an exhibition which the public could attend on payment of an admission charge . |
| 8 | Totally mystified by his experience , he crept back to the booking hall and tried to sleep . |
| 9 | " Andrew Stavanger is a fine shipping man — his family owned the fleet before he sold out to the group . |
| 10 | I have tried taking the castle out , but this only makes him unhappy , so he goes over to the heater and swims underneath it . |
| 11 | He goes over to the bedside table and pours a glass of water . |
| 12 | He goes up to a kiosk in Wenceslas Square and asks for a copy of Rude Pravo ( Red Truth ) , the Party newspaper . |
| 13 | He watches his expression carefully as he goes up to a beggar and puts a coin in his tin . |
| 14 | He goes up to the , he goes up to the bartender , he says excuse me , why is there a bear sitting over there ? |
| 15 | So he cries and he goes back to the beach . |
| 16 | Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson could also run the gauntlet of hostility at Hillsborough today when he goes back to the club he left under acrimonious circumstances two seasons ago . |
| 17 | He goes out to the kitchen to hide his tears . |
| 18 | In Bath , Nicholas Godfrey , 16 , was plucked to safety from the swollen River Avon as he clung on to a branch . |
| 19 | He 'd warn Lee when he got up to the wood . |
| 20 | He got through to the base camp to find out when the chap was coming to fix it . |
| 21 | He knew the man would be magnificent when he got on to the stage that night . |
| 22 | By the time he got back to the field , all his belongings had gone . |
| 23 | As soon as he got back to the hut he passed his grandparents a bowl of water each . |
| 24 | When he got back to the hotel Gentle 's first instinct was to call Jude . |
| 25 | He half expected that the police would be waiting for him when he got back to the pub . |
| 26 | There would be punishment waiting for him when he got back to the house . |
| 27 | By the time he got back to the house , it was after nine o'clock . |
| 28 | Habit shouldered curiosity out of the way for a moment when he got back to the house , and he checked around the Mercedes for damage . |
| 29 | He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule . |
| 30 | It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments . |