Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress .
2 It 's always dark in morning in winter — it used to be dark when I got up to go to the building site .
3 Some time later I got up to go to the loo .
4 Passenger John Keane , of Newmarket , Co Cork , said : ‘ I got up to go to the toilet at 6 o'clock and noticed this very strong , striking smell .
5 When I got up to go to bed , I saw Emily sitting quietly by the fire .
6 Anyway , at about half past two , I got up to go to the loo and my waters broke — just a trickle , but I knew what it was .
7 I got up to go to the toilet but they er must have been too quick for me , .
8 I got so committed to the story down there , and I 've got so many friends among the Muslims , Serbs , Croats , peacekeepers and peacemakers that it would be very hard to let it go .
9 I tried not to listen to all that dirty talk , but the truth is a couple of suggestions left me wondering … ’
10 I learnt this lesson some years ago when the soldier to whom I referred earlier came to Christ .
11 It was wet on the ground , + I slipped , but unfortunately the same bench that I mentioned previously happened to be in my way again .
12 I learnt not to talk to strangers and I thought it was funny .
13 I 'd just wanted to be somewhere where people knew what they were doing .
14 It was 1.30 that Sunday night , I 'd just gone to bed feeling rather worn out after a busy week and sociable weekend .
15 And er very straight-faced in fact , and she was sitting at the back of the room , and I , I 'd just said to everybody , I said nobody here 's got a life purchased annuity , have they ?
16 I 'd just returned to Mistress Philippa 's when the bell began to sound . ’
17 I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried .
18 ‘ It 's all right , ’ Carrie stammered , ‘ she 's just gone to sleep , ’ and Hepzibah nodded and touched her chin lightly and lovingly and said , ‘ I 'd best go to her then , you stay here with Albert . ’
19 And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it .
20 Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked .
21 Besides , I 'd never taken to Agnes .
22 I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life .
23 I 'd never spoken to one till we had Louise , you know , which is not fair on us normal people …
24 I 'd always wanted to be famous .
25 I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’
26 I 'd always wanted to be famous .
27 What intrigued me was their mutual indifference to an activity I 'd always imagined to be both intimate and passionate .
28 Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ .
29 Now I 'd always said to myself , ‘ I 'll never join the Masonic Lodge , ’ and therefore I would n't join the Bobby Burns Club .
30 I did n't know that they could , but I 'd always sworn to her that I would never involve her in any way and I 've never broken my word .
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