Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not know why New Town , on Poole Bay , failed so completely to come off . |
| 2 | Sure enough , after Lamb had won the toss the batsmen got in only to get out , and the innings ended on the second day for 160 . |
| 3 | As dozens of workmen and structural engineers moved in yesterday to sweep up and make the area safe , it became clear that it will take weeks , possibly months , to return to normal . |
| 4 | Frances moved over positively to switch on the radio . |
| 5 | Then she realised that the sensation was becoming too pleasant , and she tried once more to pull away . |
| 6 | And it stopped short never to go again |
| 7 | But she found she was n't proof against his sudden closeness , nor his smiling charm as his eyes tried yet again to seek out the curves of her body hidden so discreetly from his probing by her chosen armour . |
| 8 | He came so often to check up on Faye that his presence was hardly cause for special comment , let alone celebration . |
| 9 | ‘ We came here today to see how you were doing , up here in the bushes with Nana , ’ her mother explained , leaning against the hot side of the car and avoiding the child 's eyes . |
| 10 | Under de Gaulle they opted almost unanimously to do so . |
| 11 | They had little interest in the apparent winners of the elections ; and they seemed no longer to care much what would happen next . |
| 12 | But she turned up late to start off with . |
| 13 | And , on the day itself , we turned up early to sort out the club . |
| 14 | This cars turned round even to go out the bottom of there 's been an accident oh . |
| 15 | ‘ It happened too fast to feel much , ’ Harry said , smiling lopsidedly . |
| 16 | Insurance firm Minet stepped in yesterday to take up a last-minute offer to sponsor the event , while BSkyB will provide satellite coverage . |
| 17 | In Berlin Bismarck followed events in France with increasing interest and , judging the moment precisely , began once again to push forward the candidacy of Leopold of Hohenzollern to the still vacant Spanish throne . |
| 18 | A few combinations scrambled over only to fall apart on landing . |
| 19 | Harrison leapt up instantly to hold out his hand and immediately looked about for Mary and shook his head . |
| 20 | She went on excitedly to explain how her canoe would be arriving in a week or two and she would then telephone the harbour master at Sharpness to find out when the next big bore was due . |
| 21 | said they went in just to see how she was |
| 22 | Meanwhile on Malta after a quick lunch the 213 and 229 Squadron aircraft took off again to fly on to Mersa Matruh , lead by four of 252 Squadron 's Beaufighters . |
| 23 | That 's all that Christian offered me when I went up there to lay out that poor young wife of his . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , that 's over , ’ he said , and went straight upstairs to change out of his good suit . |
| 25 | But from the way he reached out slowly to pick up the bottle and said , " In the meantime — my treat ? " |
| 26 | Lucien , however , liked the comparative privacy of the court and , once he 'd become familiar with the routines of the household and felt confident enough to venture around alone , went there often to limber up for an hour before his own breakfast . |
| 27 | I pinned it to the corkboard with a red drawing pin and a light heart , and went upstairs again to change back into jodhpur boots to deal with the terrain and to pick up the map and the compass in case I could n't find the trail . |
| 28 | Although tying up , she battled on well to hold off Flying Speed by a neck . |
| 29 | This was the most encouragement the boy got there , and it proved not enough to pep up his dismal sales figures . |
| 30 | This was based on his father 's life and it did well enough to bring in five thousand pounds . |