Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 2 | Again , the would-be reformers ' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion . |
| 3 | There was a very long and comfortable settee in front of the window which had a view of the River Thames which mesmerized me to such an extent that I could scarcely tear myself away to go to bed . |
| 4 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 5 | They took their toys to The Priory Church of England School and sold them to each other to help the starving in Somalia . |
| 6 | I was dead happy there and then , all of a sudden , they came one day and just moved me to another home . |
| 7 | I put them first in one pocket , then moved them to all my other pockets , except two which I kept secret . |
| 8 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 9 | I think she felt awkward , because she quickly helped me to more raspberry-fool . |
| 10 | Mr. Whitaker also referred me to some passages in the speeches of Viscount Finlay and Lord Dunedin in Weld-Blundell v. Stephens [ 1920 ] A.C. 956 , 966–968 , 976 . |
| 11 | Although Norman horsemen used stirrups , a major invention and development in terms of medieval warfare , it is not certain if the warriors of Charlemagne used them to any great extent . |
| 12 | Of course we knew we were going to marry , we promised ourselves to each other when she was only sixteen . |
| 13 | The Vicar then took the text for his sermon from the second lesson , ‘ God loveth a cheerful giver ’ , and was so carried away by his own rhetoric that he absent-mindedly helped himself to most of the grapes hanging down from the top of the pulpit . |
| 14 | He helped himself to some more wine . |
| 15 | He helped himself to some more lamb tikka masala . |
| 16 | He left the sentence hanging as he helped himself to more rum . |
| 17 | He helped himself to another brandy and waved the bottle before Herr Nordern 's eyes . |
| 18 | The Brigadier seemed to be thinking furiously as he helped himself to another glass of port . |
| 19 | Today when the four younger boys left for school , Jack helped himself to another cup of tea . |
| 20 | Death helped himself to another six cookies . |
| 21 | The males started fighting , so I moved one to another tank , leaving two females with one male . |
| 22 | " Matt will calm her down , " Jenny said carelessly , and helped herself to more coffee . |
| 23 | Madame Gautier held the small silver tray of chocolates out for Ellie , who unable to resist , got up and helped herself to another one . |
| 24 | She gave a short , cross laugh , helped herself to another cigarette from the pink and white china box the children were forbidden to touch . |
| 25 | He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart . |
| 26 | Luke watched her as she gingerly helped herself to some of the food . |
| 27 | His familiarity with every stick and stone of it probably helped him to this preference . |
| 28 | John described it to many interviewers as if the free lessons were a concession in return for taking part in performances , but it would be more realistic to regard the performances by the University of Cape Town Ballet as a valuable part of his ballet education . |
| 29 | I loathe the plots hatched by the Spanish government to slip ‘ Guernica ’ surreptitiously into Spain with the promise that it would be put on show at the whorehouse they call the Prado and then moved it to that pigsty , the Reina Sofia . |
| 30 | Hollins , a cotton broker who was ignorant of the fraud , bought it from B and resold it to another person , receiving only broker 's commission . |