Example sentences of "he [verb] to the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 2 | When he got to the fourth screen he stood it up for her to inspect . |
| 3 | And by the time he got to the next corner , we 'd be back on the corner . ' |
| 4 | As he tiptoed to the next flight he was distracted by a dreadful howling sound , worse than Plutarch at her most aggrieved . |
| 5 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 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 | Grinning , he turned to the second card . |
| 8 | He turned to the last report made by the investigating officer before the file was consigned to Records . |
| 9 | He turned to the next item on his desk , a note on top of a copy-pad which said : ‘ Morley stpd lttle prck . |
| 10 | Frank soon became a prolific scorer for the Reserves but he graduated to the first team as the ideal foil to the great goal-scorer , Peter Simpson , having begun by deputising for the master when Peter was out injured . |
| 11 | So look where 's he going to the next day ? |
| 12 | and the boy would next morning would pass on the outside of the gate offering a reward of five pounds to anyone who would in other words five pounds for Oliver Twist I never in for this in my life said the in the white , white coat as he locked the gate and he went to the next morning . |
| 13 | Exasperated by what he saw as Theo 's heartless neglect of him , he unleashed a volley of angry questions to a brother he relegated to the third person : ‘ Why does n't he write ? |
| 14 | He descended to the fourth floor platform and stopped to scrutinise the dimly lit , fog shrouded alley below , searching keen eyed for signs of the hidden watcher he knew would be there . |
| 15 | He pointed to the second shelf , a third of the way along from the left . |
| 16 | He pointed to the next building . |
| 17 | Immediately after his generalization about " " eelde " " he returns to the first person plural — " " owre olde lemes " " ( 3886 ) — and within two lines is back to " " ik " " . |