Example sentences of "[vb past] to [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larger , bolder birds such as magpies , crows and jackdaws were searching for food on the fairways — on one occasion a golf ball landed near to a crow who nonchalantly moved to one side to avoid the missile . |
| 2 | Protesting , Geoffrey moved to one side as Bridget lowered herself to the ground . |
| 3 | I moved to one side with Jamie helping me and went down on my hands and knees on a comparatively clean part of the concrete where the oil stains looked old . |
| 4 | She moved to one side and so did Naylor . |
| 5 | The dispenser hummed as the null-grav units tried to compensate , and the machine juddered to one side . |
| 6 | More than a museum devoted to one artist 's work ( like the Museum Picasso , or the Fundació Joan Miró ) , it will be competing for income and audiences with an increasing number of new museums in Barcelona : the stylish Centre d'Art Santa Mònica which cuts a dash on the tourist drag of the Ramblas ; a museum of contemporary art being designed by Richard Meier , to be squeezed into the dense Barri Gotic , as well as the National Museum of Catalan Art up on Montjuic , remodelled by Gae Aulenti , and currently under construction . |
| 7 | In 1987 , 1422 whales were killed , and in 1988 , the toll rose to 1690 pilot whales . |
| 8 | Gerrett reported to 15 Army Group : " 5 Corps confirm that approx 42,000 Cossacks to be handed over to Russians are Soviet citizens within the definition of cited AFHQ letter . |
| 9 | Jazzbeaux bent to one side , letting the needle pass over her shoulder , and slammed the Daughter 's midriff with her knee . |
| 10 | Kreig swam to one side , hugging the walls , boosting her speed with handholds and seams , trying to overtake the woman and pin her between exits . |
| 11 | She referred to one pupil 's piece of writing which described what he thought he had learned in the first session with the advisory teacher : |
| 12 | ‘ Because it never occurred to one person not to keep that running total . ’ |
| 13 | Nicholas dropped to one knee . |
| 14 | He dropped to one knee and stayed there . |
| 15 | Beside the grille he dropped to one knee and fired three quick shots into the air . |
| 16 | But when she came to one edge of the paving slabs … she tripped and fell ; and it was common ground that there was a difference in height between the concrete and the paving slab of an inch and a half … |
| 17 | Quite funny in the shop , erm it came to one pound ninety two which is the usual price |
| 18 | When we did it fairly roughly , it came to one point two ? |
| 19 | NIKI LAUDA HAS named the latest LaudaAir aircraft after the man whose cars he drove to two world championship titles in 1975 and 1977 . |
| 20 | It drove to one side , then turned 90 degrees , its tracks skidding on the rubble . |
| 21 | His trouser legs were scorching from the fire and he twisted to one side . |
| 22 | On 3 May he gave an address on Milton at the Frick Museum in New York , in which he recanted his previously low opinion of the poet , and on this occasion he seemed to one observer " incredibly refined , visibly aged " — he had given the same address two months before to the British Academy , and thus had saved himself additional effort . |
| 23 | He was asleep , lying on his front with his head turned to one side . |
| 24 | She leant against him , her head turned to one side beneath his chin , her arms tight round him . |
| 25 | At the door I turn and look at Isabelle , who is half sitting up but asleep , her maroon dress neatly buttoned , her hair shiny and unmussed , her lips relaxed and full , her head heavy and turned to one side , her eyes glazed slits of half-slumber . |
| 26 | His relief at not having been made a fool of was matched by his curiosity to find out who the devil he was , this man Iying chest down on the wet flagstones , face turned to one side as though asleep . |
| 27 | With a scream of sheering steel several containers slewed to one side , smashing into each other like giant rectangular dice . |
| 28 | For the last 100 feet I seemed to drop out of the sky — the flat roof of a house came rushing up at me , and just as I was about to land on it , it dodged to one side and I ended up in a little patch of green wheat . |
| 29 | Emily Faithfull herself rather naively replied to one questioner : Suppose a printer receives from 30s to 36s a week and suppose his wages were reduced 10s per week , and his daughters who before had been in no employment receive each 10s , 12s or 15s … |
| 30 | The plane had come to rest nose down , but also tipped to one side , and the only thing that had stopped her being thrown about like a rag doll was her seatbelt . |