Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unitarian tendencies were found amongst some Quakers in both England and Ireland in these years and the Liverpool abolitionist William Rathbone 's sympathetic treatment of them led to his disownment by the Friends and the passage of his family to Unitarianism . |
| 2 | It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over . |
| 3 | Everyone sank to their knees . |
| 4 | During his reign there were no murders , no wars , no robberies , and gold rings lay untouched in the open , so that everyone referred to his age as the Frótha-frith , the ‘ peace of Fróthi ’ . |
| 5 | Everyone contributed to their building . |
| 6 | ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’ |
| 7 | I should like to conclude by making to you , our shareholders , the three crucial points I made to our staff on assuming the role of Group Chief Executive . |
| 8 | Recently during a radio interview about my play Mr and Mrs Nobody , I realised to my horror that the names of its two stars , Judi Dench and Michael Williams , had totally left my head . |
| 9 | As I am a complete traditionalist I agreed to whatever form of costume was required . |
| 10 | I remember mum saying that I must not let anyone near the suitcases or accept a parcel to take with me and post it when I got to our destination . |
| 11 | I got to our robot spaceship , jumped into it and said , ‘ Take off . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I was in the States when my father suffered a stroke , and by the time I got to his side he was paralysed and could n't speak , which made communicating very difficult . |
| 13 | ‘ When I got to my door I found that I had this cement cock in my pocket . |
| 14 | Here are look , that 's all I got to my name dad . |
| 15 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 16 | The feeling sent the adrenalin rushing around so fast that it threatened to wear me out before I got to my destination . |
| 17 | I got to my destination without much difficulty . |
| 18 | I got to my feet and stood by Taff at the gun , both of us staring out into the night . |
| 19 | The barn shook again as I got to my feet and made my way to the door with the feeling that the barn had been very lucky so far in not receiving a direct hit from one of the frequent mortar bombs that were exploding in and around the farm . |
| 20 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm all right , just felt dizzy , that 's all , ’ I said as I got to my feet and collected my belongings . |
| 22 | I got to my feet and stretched . |
| 23 | I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment . |
| 24 | As she came level , I got to my feet and said hello . |
| 25 | When I got to my feet I wiped a mixture of snot and blood from my nose and looked around . |
| 26 | Instinctively , I got to my feet when the pitch , slant and speed seemed right . |
| 27 | When I got to my feet he took the injured arm in both his hands , told me to shut my eyes and start counting . |
| 28 | I got to my feet and helped them , and Nell with teasing amusement watched me fold pink napkins into water lilies and said , ‘ Well , well , hidden depths , ’ and I answered , ‘ You should see my dishwashing , ’ which were the sort of infantile surface remarks of something we both guessed might suddenly become serious . |
| 29 | I got to my feet . |
| 30 | Slowly , I got to my feet and went higher up the shore . |