Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also went to classes at the local clinic but they were a low-key sort of affair . |
| 2 | I also spoke to prisoners . |
| 3 | Armed with restored confidence , a new machine and — hopefully — a little luck , I now returned to sites that had seemed promising but had yielded very little . |
| 4 | It is the only gadget I have ever bought which actually got pushed under the settee where it gathered dust for several years before I really came to terms with it . |
| 5 | I almost went to pieces . |
| 6 | I almost went to pieces in that room . |
| 7 | It seems strange now , but I never complained to classmates or teachers . |
| 8 | The popularity of physical sanctions to prevent masturbation , including the development of elaborate machines which sensitively responded to erections or physically prevented masturbation , has been well documented . |
| 9 | As we have seen in the section on Education , Wordsworth grew up in a mathematical and scientific age , which still adhered to principles discovered in the seventeenth century . |
| 10 | However , building societies have taken advantage of the new regulations which allow them to raise 40% of funds on the wholesale markets , and are intent on maintaining their market share by encroaching on areas of lending business which traditionally belonged to banks . |
| 11 | But then , encouraged by her parents , she slowly got to grips with her studies . |
| 12 | She was one of the last of the anachronistic breed of Northern women who only spoke to men when spoken to , or after three port and lemons , whichever came first . |
| 13 | She loved few people , but those very much , and her love extended to inanimate objects which ( I think ) she much preferred to animals . |
| 14 | She did n't mean to , but she finally came to terms with the lateness of the hour with a yawn ; it was already happening before she could stop it . |
| 15 | She is sorely missed for the loyal support she always gave to Classes and Events and the Kent Team is not quite the same without her … but our loss is the West Country 's gain and we hope to meet up with Janet at the Easter Course in Bath . |
| 16 | In a conversation which she later recalled to friends Diana told him : ‘ You looked so sad when you walked up the aisle at the funeral . |
| 17 | One of the earliest collaborators was the conductor Leopold Stokowski , who happily agreed to experiments to divide the Philadelphia Orchestra into individually miked sections for increased clarity , presumably in search of something more like the clarity he perceived from the conductor 's rostrum ( 14 ) . |
| 18 | ( Our sample was obviously biased because we only spoke to couples who felt secure in the knowledge that the adoption had just been completed . ) |
| 19 | We almost came to blows . |
| 20 | ( c ) Under anti-discriminatory legislation The Sex Discrimination Acts 1976 and 1986 These apply to all partnerships irrespective of the number of partners ( before 1986 they only applied to partnerships with six or more partners ) . |
| 21 | Often they were detailed and informative ; and many were published under pressure from the House of Commons rather than by the free decision of the government , though the fact that they normally related to negotiations which had been concluded rather than to any still in progress inevitably limited their usefulness as a weapon of parliamentary control . |
| 22 | They were monotonous in the sense that they usually related to allegations that there was some special relationship between the Prime Minister and Marcia Williams , and indeed I advised Mrs Williams in connection with insulting letters that she received . |
| 23 | Medical men were so unsubtle they usually jumped to conclusions like that . |
| 24 | They also appealed to holidaymakers not to be put off the resort by the disaster . |
| 25 | They later moved to Collegians , before Armstrong rebounded between the Old Boys and Bangor , while Harrison moved to Dungannon . |
| 26 | DIESEL 'S two Es — environment and economy — were the deciding factors for West Country vet Neal King and his wife Joyce when they both switched to oil-burners two years ago . |
| 27 | On the other hand , princes felt free to vent their own anger in ways which they now blocked to others . |
| 28 | To ensure the Bill 's smooth passage through Parliament , they readily agreed to concessions for farmers and fox hunters . |
| 29 | They never came to terms with the speed of Dalian Atkinson ; neither did Dean Saunders . |
| 30 | Indeed , so violent was their hatred for one another that , in a much-quoted scene , they actually came to blows when they met by chance on the railway platform at Mukden . |