Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pos pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Eight months ago coloured Erica Adams blamed de Klerk when she broke off her engagement to his son Willem . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I will because Mr Mayor I think that councillor started off his response to this by talking about ghettos and a lot of differences between the better off and the worst off and I , the feeling I got from his speech was that what he was actually driving at was he was attempting to perpetuate the class distinction that the Labour party have been so bound up with over the years . |