Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | I gave up being a bird watcher and succumbed to the delicious trippery feel of sun on my back and sand on my front . |
| 5 | He had a bath and shave and spoke to his secretary again . |
| 6 | I went with him and sat in his music-room and listened to him play the D minor English suite . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As they approached Streatley , he lost his nerve and asked to be dropped by the bridge . |
| 10 | One of the grown-ups from along the street noticed the brooch and said to Gloria , ‘ You 're in luck ! |
| 11 | It had heard that the paper was planning to include an item on AIDS and demanded to be consulted . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | MARCUS DALY-FERRIERA , 27 , is a Royal Engineers corporal and came to pentathlon through the Army Triathlon in 1987 . |
| 14 | As he moved towards the table Joe noticed that , although they had been bidden to take their seats , neither Mrs Carver , nor Mick , nor Carrie did until Mr Carver was seated ; then , each pulling a chair out from under the table , they sat down ; and having done so , Mick pointed to a carved chair with a leather seat and said to him , ‘ Come , sit down . |
| 15 | The woman paused before getting into the driving seat and said to Ward in near-perfect English , ‘ I think you 're a bloody fool , but if you 're determined to press on , I suggest you have a word with Alberto Fernandez when you get to Tolambo . |
| 16 | He tossed them on to the back seat and went to the passenger side of the car . |
| 17 | Flustered , she reversed , and the groceries she had bought en route fell off the back seat and flopped to the floor . |
| 18 | He had been to the mercy seat and wanted to be a soldier , but there was a problem . |
| 19 | The next customer was a thin elderly man , he placed himself on a seat and wanted to be served . |
| 20 | Back in Armstrong , I dug out a road atlas from under the driver 's seat and turned to the page covering south-east London and north Kent . |
| 21 | The dollar crisis and the abandonment of the Gold Standard signalled the beginning of the end of the dollar bloc and led to the inevitable American withdrawal from Vietnam . |
| 22 | Shivering , she pulled up her anorak zip and turned to the left . |
| 23 | At first a few individuals left off talking , then this engendered a positive feedback , more people heard the gathering soundlessness and responded to it so that whole tiers shut up . |
| 24 | I got their programme and went to a lecture by Michel Odent who wrote Entering the World , a book that had really impressed me . |
| 25 | you know , so I rang up to Anglia television last night in the programme and objected to this , |
| 26 | He was greeted with massive and ironic cheers from the Opposition and listened to in almost total silence by our own benches . |
| 27 | He had intended to visit Matthew 's bedroom alone but changed his mind and went to the kitchen . |
| 28 | But after a further month 's reflection she changed her mind and wrote to Moira that it was up to her to do something about ‘ the incompetence of your staff at Harriet Street [ which ] is now causing BA and myself sleepless nights ’ . |
| 29 | The Ginger range includes a new glass beaded air stone , designed particularly with protein skimmers in mind and claimed to be very long lasting if washed regularly . |
| 30 | She drew back her cuff to check her monitor and spoke to the radio . |