Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was discovered not on earth in fact but on the sun in the first place , in about eighteen sixty-eight erm absorption lines were seen , and , and it was a long time after that before people realised there was some helium on the earth and , and , and eventually erm helium , some gas was found bubbling up through , from a pit in the Black Forest and , and analysed and found to be helium . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know how ! ’ she shouted and rose to her feet to get away from him but he twisted there before her , his hands on her shoulders and his brown-black eyes blazing down into hers . |
| 3 | " Come on , lads , round the track ! " he shouted and pointed to a broad earthen path which circled the park . |
| 4 | This means that , in the main , all SCOTVEC awards are now approved , validated and verified to common quality assurance criteria . |
| 5 | I spent a great deal of time with housemasters ( see Chapter 22 ) and hence I became interested in the kinds of problems they encountered and began to follow-up the children I saw regularly in their offices . |
| 6 | Himmler winced and said to the girl , ‘ Leave us . |
| 7 | He rose and went to a bookcase , where leather-bound books were displayed . |
| 8 | She rose and went to her aunt and put her arms round her shoulders . |
| 9 | He rose and went to the window , looking down the slope . |
| 10 | Then Abbot Radulfus rose and went to the altar . |
| 11 | She rose and went to the window , still in the half-real state induced by daytime sleeping , and looked out at the darkening world where the yellow glow of a lamp in the yard showed Jem was milking . |
| 12 | Ruth stood before the screened fireplace in her duchess gown , drinking her tea , the focus for all the eyes which constantly rose and came to her , and the old smiles which lifted up the lips over the discoloured , sharp old teeth . |
| 13 | Then he rose and stalked to the door . |
| 14 | After several minutes he rose and walked to the shelf where he kept some personal books , among them the family bible , bearing the signature of his father and his grandfather and his great-grandfather . |
| 15 | I rose and walked to the other side . |
| 16 | She rose and hurried to the door and opening it saw not Craig but the small figure of Will Davies crouching in the street . |
| 17 | She rose and moved to the window and stared out into the silent square . |
| 18 | Miller nodded to Finch , who rose and moved to the hi-fi cabinet , where the three cassettes stood ready for use . |
| 19 | Today , the active ingredients of leaves , roots , gums , seeds , etc from many countries are extracted , purified and supplied to the pharmaceutical industry throughout the world by a factory not a million miles from Murrayfield rugby ground in Edinburgh . |
| 20 | Astrid was married , kids and mortgage , but the summer had rocketed by in a riot of colours and joy , and autumn found Astrid divorced and coming to the end of being in love with Jay . |
| 21 | In the open , the smoke from the engine sank and cleaved to the rough grass ( 5 ) . |
| 22 | When Simon stopped and began to bombard him with questions about home , Quinn had a chance to have a look at the youth . |
| 23 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 24 | It 's all very well keeping mentally flexible and all the rest of the who-har , but if you , er , my , my mother stopped and said to her many years ago , she said , you do n't look your age , you do n't act your age , you do n't sound your age , you do n't think your age , but you are your age , and this is absolutely true , as you grow older , nothing will stop the fact that your arteries get a little harder , so that , you know , that you get raised blood pressure quite easily if your agitated and you are , for some reason you , you have to puff a lot more , I was reading about this just recently , and these are changes that take place whatever you do , you can exercise , and you can take vitamins and you can keep your weight down , but you age . |
| 25 | She stopped and looked to the side , and when she did n't continue , he said , ‘ He 's tried to commit suicide ? ’ |
| 26 | One day , coming across June in the corridor alone , instead of hurrying past , my face to the wall , I stopped and spoke to her . |
| 27 | Benjamin stopped and pointed to the entrance . |
| 28 | So I stopped and turned to her . |
| 29 | He stopped and turned to her . |
| 30 | Suddenly she stopped and turned to me . |