Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pron] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all began when Wade was swimming with dolphins , imitating their movement in an undulation that began at the head and rippled along his body to his fins . |
| 2 | Its Pyrenean valley is known as the most fertile of all , thanks to the kindly work of the local glacier , which laid down its moraine to a depth and at an angle that produced grasslands of great repute . |
| 3 | She then attached a long lunging rein which she had brought coiled over her shoulder to Midnight 's noseband . |
| 4 | His tongue and lips and breathing rose up her body to her breasts , her neck , her shoulders , her ears , her stifling hair . |
| 5 | Before the result was announced , two deputies representing Taiwan stood up and shouted out their opposition to the £6 billion hydro-electric and flood control scheme , before storming out . |
| 6 | The European Council reiterated too its commitment to the European Monetary System as a key factor of economic stability and prosperity in Europe [ while endorsing the view ] that the recent financial turbulence calls for reflection and analysis in the light of developments in capital markets and in the European and world monetary systems … |
| 7 | On Wednesday she handed in her notice to the managing director , who was touchingly reluctant to accept it . |
| 8 | The Defence Minister , Italo Argentino Lúder , 73 , on Jan. 24 handed in his resignation to President Carlos Saúl Menem , an action which he described as " irrevocable " . |
| 9 | Gen. Michel Aoun , the rebel Maronite leader who was granted asylum in France on Aug. 29 [ see p. 38405 ] , also criticized the government , in his case " because they turned over their country to Syria " . |
| 10 | After the mother 's departure , he lost interest in the girl , turned over her upbringing to one of the house matrons . |
| 11 | For his part , Norman handed over his yacht to the Royal Navy . |
| 12 | I did tell Mrs. Jervis for my heart was almost broken , but I opened not my mouth to any other . |
| 13 | It was not until the crisis of late August 1939 , when the Nazi-Soviet pact was announced , clearly foreshadowing the impending attack on Poland , that the Labour Party and the movement at large shook off its hostility to the government at least to the extent of supporting , and in the crisis of early September demanding , an early declaration of war . |
| 14 | Underneath it she was clad in a close-fitting N. Peal black sweater which showed off her figure to full advantage . |
| 15 | Westminster were presented with champagne and a trophy , Grant Parrott discovered muscles he never knew existed , Geoff Whalley paid up his bet to James Burford . |
| 16 | Sitting in the refectory with a glass of wine in front of her , Sarah poured out her heart to the priest . |
| 17 | ‘ I poured out my heart to you , Laura , telling you how much I loved you , and that , despite our difficulties , I was certain we could find a way to solve them . |
| 18 | He poured out his heart to me . |
| 19 | well you know what he did , on Monday morning he was in the garage when he suddenly made up his mind to com to walk across to the paper shop to get a paper and he had n't got er a jacket or any thing on , all he got on was a pull over |
| 20 | Her hair was no longer confined in plaits , but hung down her back to the base of her spine . |
| 21 | ’ He glanced over his shoulder to where Calatin was trumpeting into a red spotted handkerchief . |
| 22 | He did me first and , as usual , stepped over my mattress to Brian , who suddenly snarled , ‘ Do n't you pull my leg , I 'm not an animal . ’ |
| 23 | On grounds that they were funding programmes which included abortion , the US cut off its support to UNFPA . |
| 24 | The day after , General de Gaulle cut short his visit to Rumania and returned to Paris ; by then two million workers were on strike , 120 factories occupied ; within three days 250 factories were occupied , and eight million on strike . |
| 25 | Tuppe craned up his head to the mighty hotel . |
| 26 | He glanced across he canal to the swimming animals . |
| 27 | Senior officers may or may not have been involved , but they certainly made public their opposition to party politicians who had held back the growth of military expenditure in budget balancing financial policies . |
| 28 | In the mid-1630s , John Williams , who as Bishop of Lincoln was one of the few remaining non-Laudian prelates , made public his opposition to his colleagues ' initiative ; he became involved in a heated literary battle on the subject with the staunch Arminian , Peter Heylyn , and following the publication of his work The Holy Table Name and Thing , he was thrown into prison . |
| 29 | Eight months ago coloured Erica Adams blamed de Klerk when she broke off her engagement to his son Willem . |
| 30 | West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl broke off his visit to Poland on Friday and flew home to deal with a dramatic political situation after East Germany opened its borders to the West . |