Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw a dwarfish exter on the floor with a nasty gash on his head , while another exter with claws and a beak looked about to disembowel him where he lay . |
| 2 | A BABY bounced back to life after a car smashed into his pram . |
| 3 | And a shelduck flew in to splash-land . |
| 4 | A review will be carried out by the Professional Conduct Directorate and a report made back to Council ‘ at some stage ’ . |
| 5 | He has not given a speech devoted exclusively to xenophobia . |
| 6 | One day , a tenant went out to work and found a hole in his garden ; hours later it was even bigger , and within yet more hours it became a twenty-foot pit . |
| 7 | Suppose , then , that such a tenant went off to war , from a sense of duty either to his King or to his God , or in the hope of booty , not knowing if and when he would return . |