Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made little impact and at the end of the decade some of them resorted to terrorist attacks on senior officials in an effort to destabilize the government . |
| 2 | Lake Okeechobee is so full of nutrients , most of them traced to cow manure , that algae have all but suffocated it . |
| 3 | I applied to correspondence courses for writing , I joined a music workshop , and at the same time I had to rush into a job , as I came over with just one bag and no money . ’ |
| 4 | Having just finished a talk to a class of candidates for the ministry in a major denomination I was ‘ verbally assaulted ’ by the principal of the theological college concerned who picked up on a brief reference I made to Creation and Evolution and proceeded to state in the strongest possible terms that many true Christians believe in the theory of evolution and reject the biblical account of a literal six day creation as recorded in Genesis . |
| 5 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 6 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
| 7 | Lo and behold , when I got to court , this old lady was there and I felt so ashamed and so sorry for her . |
| 8 | When I got to school , Kate and Alison were waiting for me . |
| 9 | When I got to school I will . |
| 10 | Yeah I got to pub at ten to eleven . |
| 11 | I got to bottom of washing basket . |
| 12 | The rest er er standard two to standard six , were all male , but lo and behold before I got to standard five , that had all become women and the men had all gone to the into the services . |
| 13 | I got to Blackberry Hill before Duncan showed and cruised by the barrier which marked the scene of the accident . |
| 14 | ‘ Appel ’ was rescheduled for 11.00 pm and then 1.00 am ; it was almost 2.00 am before I got to bed . |
| 15 | Drove back to Naples , where I got to bed about 11pm . " |
| 16 | ‘ I wondered how I got to bed . ’ |
| 17 | once I got to bed and me brain works I thought , oh dear , the family 's coming for lunch on Tuesday so I ca n't do it ! |
| 18 | By the time I got to Python I was getting £240 a week . |
| 19 | I went passed once , I got to wedding so I |
| 20 | But I got to hospital by half-past eight in the morning and by eleven o'clock I 'd had him . |
| 21 | ‘ I expected to curry quite a lot of disfavour from almost everybody , ’ he says . |
| 22 | Most of the things I expected to value in life have come to me through death . ’ |
| 23 | The ‘ things I expected to value ’ . |
| 24 | I tried to inch away from him but there was n't another seat to move to . |
| 25 | After a wonderful evening I said goodbye but she refused when I tried to tipper . |
| 26 | I changed to viola , and at the age of fourteen had grade eight with distinction . |
| 27 | After six weeks I got so worried about her , I changed to bottle-feeding , and she gained weight like there was no tomorrow . |
| 28 | ‘ I can tell you this much : someone tried to garotte you and almost succeeded . ’ |
| 29 | I reapplied to Switchboard the next day . |
| 30 | A ‘ Until recently , I used to steam press Hobby yarn for sewing up , pulling it lengthways as I steamed . |