Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A world-wide protest movement tried to prevent their execution , but they eventually went to the electric chair in 1927 . |
| 2 | And they still came to the famous dinners at his house , where the food , and the music , and the conversation were the best in London . |
| 3 | They also referred to the different factions in control in different parts of the country and said : ‘ The general situation in Somalia continues to be insecure and confused . ’ |
| 4 | They both listened to the gentle burble of the exhaust for another minute , then Bert cut the engine . |
| 5 | As they moved from one to another , they collected meals of pollen and paid for them by becoming covered in excess pollen which they involuntarily delivered to the next flower they visited . |