Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 32 | Her eyes widened as she came to the last paragraph , and she stared at it before abruptly crumpling the paper and stuffing it back into her case . |
| 33 | She turned to the next sheet of cuttings , and began to read an article from the Sun . |
| 34 | She turned to the next cutting in the hope of finding a less lurid account of the case . |
| 35 | With a sigh she turned to the next patient , smiling as a young woman carried a small child into the room . |
| 36 | She returned to the first column . |
| 37 | When Gandalf says to Frodo of his wound on Weathertop , ‘ your heart was not touched , and only your shoulder was pierced ; and that was because you resisted to the last ’ , he may be making a moral statement ( Frodo was rewarded ) or a practical one ( he dodged , called out , struck back , put off the Ringwraith 's aim ) . |
| 38 | She had to the last a youthful enthusiasm , an erect carriage , and a firm step . |
| 39 | She ran to the next comer with her head down , past the boarded-up house and the gate where a dog 's nose pushed under a loose board . |
| 40 | Go on with your maps for a minute she said to the second form who were glancing at one another in astonishment as they heard the noise from the first form room . |
| 41 | ‘ And you , ’ she said to the next one . |
| 42 | We rode to the fourth floor , the doors slid open , we regarded each other in silence from our chosen corners , the doors slid to , and by the time we returned to the ground floor divorce was forgotten and the marriage reconsummated . |
| 43 | On the first day we got to the 17th , the Road Hole of course , which was a par-5 in those days , and he hit a great tee-shot . |
| 44 | My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole . |
| 45 | When we got to the 17th , the last par-5 , he hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |
| 46 | Anyway , we got to the first tee and one of these immaculate guys got his driver out and hit the ball about 15 yards — and took a divot out you could put a pot plant into . |
| 47 | Before we got to the first tee I could see that Jack was already on edge — or more on edge , rather , because a hangover had already eaten into his small reserves of patience and equanimity . |
| 48 | On we went , par after par , until we got to the 16th and I thought , this must be it . |
| 49 | We got to the 18th and there 's Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus , who took five hours to get round ; we 'd done it in less than four , had a bit of lunch and more practice in that time ! |
| 50 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 51 | Everything seemed to be plain sailing now as we came to the 17th . |
| 52 | When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion . |
| 53 | Now we came to the 18th . |
| 54 | I patted the three tees in my pocket as we walked to the 18th tee . |
| 55 | She says ; We went to the first Sands meeting . |
| 56 | We 'd played fairly steady , and as we went to the 11th tee I automatically reached for the driver . |
| 57 | One time we went to The Last Resort in Fulham Road . |
| 58 | We went to the last . |
| 59 | I think , I think , I think on the er planning report when we went to the last planning committee when the refusal was made highways said the access was okay . |
| 60 | They sold to the second buyers for the purpose of compounding into food for pigs and poultry . |