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 .
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