Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have many memories of Eton : services in College Chapel , especially in winter when the lights were lit and I listened to the massed singing of a favourite hymn ; the Headmaster , Dr Alington , an Olympian figure in scarlet gown , taking " absence " on the chapel steps ; the Fourth of June , a festival peculiar to Eton , and fireworks bursting over the river ; the Field Game on winter afternoons while mist crept across the grounds ; the lamps in the High Street and crowds of boys hurrying back to their houses before " lock-up " . |
| 2 | The ingredients were gathered together for me by Lord Wittisham , the kidneys themselves prepared by Mr Pegg , and I attended to the final cooking and preparation of the sauce . ’ |
| 3 | The horse was led back to its stable and I walked to the far end of the house , where there was a lawn of coarse-bladed grass , brown with the heat , some exotic-looking flowers in a stony border , and cushioned garden chairs standing bright in the dappled shade of what looked like a cherry tree . |
| 4 | And I said to the old man I says , er well that 's it now . |
| 5 | We had yesterday off , so James and I went to the Modern Art Gallery , then to the Cameo to see Indochine , which was really brilliant . |
| 6 | Why did all the grown-ups giggle so much when Richard ( the younger of the two boys ) and I went to the fancy dress party as Adam and Eve ? |
| 7 | I was lucky because we heard that the Government was encouraging women 's employment , so my husband and I went to the Prime Minister 's residence with an application . |
| 8 | That evening , instead of having dinner at the house , Fritz and I went to the little hotel in the town of Zenda where I had stayed before . |
| 9 | So the weeks and months passed and I went to the local fire station once and sometimes twice a week and listened to lectures by firemen on firefighting and war organisation and what different officers wear in undress and fire uniform . |
| 10 | Scobie — he 's the Lab attendant — and I sees to the working labs but all the heavy cleaning is supposed to be done by the contractors . |
| 11 | The trusts have clearly passed that test , and I look to the hon. Gentleman to admit that . |
| 12 | Toby first — and I turned to the back pages of the Daily News . |
| 13 | Wander through the village and along the lakeside promenade , and you come to the small Schafbergbahn railway , which winds its way to the top of the Schafberg mountain behind the village . |
| 14 | You know , very often when you go from one country to another you go through an area of re , what is called no man 's land , you come through from one frontier and then you 've got a distance and you come to the next frontier that does n't exist as far as accepting or rejecting Christ is concerned . |
| 15 | And you map to the first letter of your last name , say . |
| 16 | And you go to the local housing agency er the , the council housing agency , and you get a grant to help you with your rent . |
| 17 | And apart from the Bohemian Rhapsody news of the rest of the European football tonight and we have the double attacking spearhead of Colin Fray and Martin Fisher at the City ground and you listening to the classiest football cover on Radio Nottingham from five past seven . |
| 18 | This Agreement is for the benefit of KPMG Peat Marwick and the Vendors , and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect hereof . |
| 19 | You get to hear that I 'm sharing my house with a five-foot bombshell who can make a grown man go weak at a single glance , and you leap to the obvious conclusion . |
| 20 | We work in the Health arena , you yourself have had considerable experience , and you referred to the changing roles between public and private agencies , and you mentioned trusts and so on in the health arena , I just wondered whether you 'd like to explore with us a little , your own personal thinking about the nature of these changing roles , and perhaps a little bit of crystal ball gazing ahead , |
| 21 | And she went to the front door and knocked , and a little bent-up man appeared … ’ |
| 22 | Returning to the kitchen she heard the sound of a horse and cart in Celtic Crescent and she went to the front door to look out . |
| 23 | She rightly notes that students are not entitled to any income support from the Department of Social Security during the summer vacation and she points to the real problems that exist in areas of high unemployment , such as Gateshead and on Tyneside in general , where students , whom the Government urge to take on part-time or full-time jobs during their vacation , simply do not find those jobs available . |
| 24 | He kissed her , and she thrilled to the familiar hunger in his embrace . |
| 25 | And she ran to the nearest ladies ' room and emerged with bleary eyes , clutching at her stomach . |
| 26 | He hung up , and she listened to the empty line . |
| 27 | You 'll have to go and sit with Mrs Black 's class , ’ and she pointed to the little ones seated on the floor . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , his presence gave Breeze an uncomfortable feeling , and she moved to the far end of the room so that she should not overhear what he was saying . |
| 29 | She had refused to have her husband cremated , not because she had anything so fanciful as a religious objection to cremation , but because she quite erroneously considered cremation to be a new-fangled idea , and she objected to the new . |
| 30 | And we go to the Mediterranean and North Africa . |