Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [det] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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1 | Sensibly , but with some sensitivity , her boss made the same points to Muriel as he had made in his reference , asking her at the same time if these conflicts had ever arisen out of the office with family friends or neighbours . |
2 | In the case of Peru , initially the departments that contributed the most migrants to Lima were Ancash , Junín , Ica , La Libertad and Arequipa . |
3 | The introduction of BBC2 , Channel 4 and local radio posed no such challenges to the public service ideas . |
4 | Dropping the kids off at my mother-in-law 's , I trudged the few miles to the hospital taking the short cut through the grounds to the usual ward . |
5 | But the dressmaker had obviously decided it was too plain and added a few frills to liven it up a bit . |
6 | She had dropped stitches continually in her knitting ( she was knitting a yellow angora sweater for Victoria ) and started whenever the shop-bell jangled or the parakeet muttered a few words to itself . |
7 | At the reception desk , he murmured a few words to the elaborately uniformed commissionaire and was shown respectfully towards the lift . |
8 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
9 | He rose , flung his arms wide , took a deep inhalation of sea air and climbed the few paces to the top of the dune where he would be visible to the clothed . |
10 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
11 | ‘ And you expected no such visitors to the priory ? ’ |
12 | I had most of the morning to myself and made a few calls to clients , to a financial journalist whose opinion I valued and finally to Andrew Buccleuth . |
13 | Without conscious intent he walked the few steps to the bookshop . |
14 | So we all walked the few steps to Wuthering Heights . |
15 | They began to bark as she walked the few yards to his front door . |
16 | Fabia watched as , dropping the dog lead on to a large kitchen table , the dark man addressed a few remarks to the woman who then went to a drawer and took from it a large tin box and brought it to him . |
17 | Once they found their bearings some of them even discovered a few side-benefits to internment : |
18 | He punted the few yards to the shore . |
19 | There was some light left as they motored the few miles to The Towers . |
20 | Ashamed of her excess of imagination , she let herself out into the street and covered the few yards to her car under the trees . |
21 | ‘ I grabbed a few minutes to myself , ’ she explained breathlessly . |
22 | During further Exocet attacks , the ESM equipment operated correctly — and the RN lost no more warships to this missile . |
23 | Linda jumped out and went the few paces to the garage , unlocking the door and sliding it part way open . |
24 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
25 | It brought a few tears to my eyes . |
26 | She sent a few dogs to Ireland and , after the war , attempts to track them down only resulted in letters being sent back marked ‘ gone away ’ . |
27 | The guards behind Rincewind backed away , and their captain took a few paces to the right . |
28 | At that time the Rules gave no such rights to other persons served with the notice , such as Winchester . |
29 | She put a few questions to Dr Scott . |
30 | She jumped out and ran the few feet to where a man was struggling out of his jeep , which had tipped onto one side with the two left wheels suspended above the open gully . |