Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them rode to the bank of the river , dismounted , then slipped quickly through the underbrush . |
| 2 | The theory was that the effort of changing would keep me pinned to the table , diligent and creative . |
| 3 | Leith still had n't got herself back together again when the five of them moved to the dining-room . |
| 4 | I well remember , for example , friends numbered among Professor ( now Sir ) James Baddiley 's cohorts , all of them bent to the task of unscrambling the structures of different chunks of bacterial cell wall . |
| 5 | A week later back in Vancouver , when Canada joined Britain in the war against Germany and Italy , I applied to the RCAF recruiting office for a commission , in view of my earlier flying experience . |
| 6 | So I clung to the concept of ideal love for you , at the same time hoping for the even more impossibly ideal physical fulfilment and completion that would seal our closeness for ever . |
| 7 | I clung to the door , my hands fisted round the useless handle . |
| 8 | Unresolved , I clung to the nub of " I " , perhaps sensing that I needed " I " if was ever to hurtle to freedom . |
| 9 | We rolled heavily as I clung to the shrouds scanning the reef as best I could . |
| 10 | That made me feel a bit better , so I tottered to the top of the hill and stared bleakly around , in the equally bleak daylight . |
| 11 | I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | The point that I made to the Committee is that if we wish to reduce the hours of the House or change the sitting times — that is still an open question — it is important that we consider how the time of the House is used at present and to make reductions pro rata . |
| 13 | The detail of the proposals on contributions was , of course , fully set out in the very full statement that I made to the House by way of a written answer at the same time as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's autumn statement on 6 November . |
| 14 | Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not . |
| 15 | I crept to the door and , with a sudden movement , opened it wide . |
| 16 | At midnight , when , as the carol says , the animals were on their knees , I crept to the cot and put my pillowcase offering for the little fatherless one . |
| 17 | When after a moment it had not moved , I resorted to the car horn , but this had no effect other than to make the creature commence pecking at something on the ground . |
| 18 | Was it any wonder I resorted to the drinks cabinet in the director 's Portakabin ? |
| 19 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 20 | I agreed to the chocolate . |
| 21 | Hint : Remember the report of the West Ham game someone posted to the conference ? |
| 22 | When I got to the part of your letter about masturbation , I went to my room and masturbated . |
| 23 | When I got to the part about my head she tut-tutted . |
| 24 | ‘ So off I went , and when I got to the Severn Bridge , I thought to myself , ‘ I can go straight on and take him to Potter 's and get about four hundred quid carcase value , or turn right for the University and probably have nothing … |
| 25 | I got to the top — it was easy ! ’ |
| 26 | I got to the top and walked along a bit , and saw the suspension bridge flying away to my left . |
| 27 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 28 | This was unnerving and by the time I got to the top I was exhausted . |
| 29 | So I had to be a bear till I got to the top of the mountain and then you have to look round to see , I wonder whether , who were those girls who were messing around over there ca n't stand that , mm , do something with them |
| 30 | As I got to the beach and began setting up my machine , several people came up to me and asked questions about my detector . |