Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett nodded , rose and moved away ; he emptied his bladder and went to a nearby stream to bathe his hands and face in the cold clear water . |
| 2 | But at that moment their creaking conveyance gave a sudden fearsome jerk and came to a dead stop . |
| 3 | The boy blushed to his ears and owned to it . |
| 4 | The doctor , still chatting away , put her stethoscope in her ears and listened to Phoebe 's chest and heart , then had her sit up and tapped her back . |
| 5 | Fiver looked as though he were about to speak , but then shook his ears and turned to nibbling at a dandelion . |
| 6 | To determine the origin of the cloned IRS-PCR products , amplification products were used as probes and hybridized to Sfi I partially digested GM06318 DNA ; all 7 products tested hybridized to a fragment between 600 and 670 kb in size and multiple smaller fragments ( data not shown ) . |
| 7 | Four years later he left the house of William Pickering and moved to Cable Street , Liverpool . |
| 8 | Duncan Smith , prosecuting , said the two men were unhappy with the business deal and went to Mr Hawthorne 's home with a crowbar and a handgun . |
| 9 | I gave up being a bird watcher and succumbed to the delicious trippery feel of sun on my back and sand on my front . |
| 10 | Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window . |
| 11 | Rex was trapped by his legs and had to be cut free . |
| 12 | I got into bed beside my sleeping daughter , peeled aside all but one of the covers and went to sleep . |
| 13 | He had a bath and shave and spoke to his secretary again . |
| 14 | ‘ He said we were being served with notice to leave on the Tuesday and had to be out by Thursday . |
| 15 | I went with him and sat in his music-room and listened to him play the D minor English suite . |
| 16 | McGuinness is more hard-line than Adams and reckoned to be in closer touch with the mood of die-hard republicans . |
| 17 | Captain Faulknor was still concerned about the ship 's speed and said to Jenking , ‘ that it would be better to stand out to sea for the night . ’ |
| 18 | When she stepped from the changing-room and walked to the poolside , however , she was greeted with the usual enthusiasm , especially from Belinda , who attached herself once again and trailed round the pool behind her , loudly voicing her admiration , and , to Rachel 's embarrassment , drawing attention to the new swimsuit . |
| 19 | As they rounded the bend towards Westminster , Ranulf nudged Corbett and pointed to the near bank . |
| 20 | They moved to Sherburn-in-Elmet and set to their new task . |
| 21 | She loved her ballet and tap dancing sessions and longed to be a ballet dancer but , at 5ft 10 ½ inches , was too tall . |
| 22 | Real Madrid never recovered from an own goal by Brazilian defender Rocha and crashed to a 2–0 UEFA Cup defeat against Torino at Turin . |
| 23 | Outgoing and engaging , she is the only girl in a household of brothers and confessed to being the pet of the family . |
| 24 | At some later date he abandoned all his offices and journeyed to the Hijaz ( which journey both Mecdi and el-Kefevi have taken to be for the purpose of going on the pilgrimage ) ; alter his return he did not again hold any office . |
| 25 | Calling for reconciliation , Ingraham promised no victimizations and pledged to " heal " the nation and encourage blacks and whites to participate in the life of the country . |
| 26 | As they approached Streatley , he lost his nerve and asked to be dropped by the bridge . |
| 27 | One of the grown-ups from along the street noticed the brooch and said to Gloria , ‘ You 're in luck ! |
| 28 | Britain 's Sharon Lee also faced Gao and succumbed to two knockdowns , but although she left the hall without a medal , two good wins , including a 20-second victory over Carole Scheid , of the United States , showed that she is capable of making an impact at world level . |
| 29 | It had heard that the paper was planning to include an item on AIDS and demanded to be consulted . |
| 30 | In April President Nursultan Nazarbayev<$ ! = had announced that the 40th Army was to be removed from the Turkestan military district command and subordinated to the CIS joint armed forces C.-in-C . |