Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 2 | The porter took care of their horses and Lady Amelia , walking like a ghost before them , led them across to the guest house . |
| 3 | She pinned them bravely to the shoulder of her dress , touched the blooms lightly with her fingers and said to the room at large , |
| 4 | Some involved navigation got me across to the door and into the other room . |
| 5 | His master closed his book and invited me politely to the table . |
| 6 | Shutting the door , he put his candle down on the nearest chair and drew her across to the glow that streamed in from the setting sun . |
| 7 | She drew him away to the corner by the iced water machine . |
| 8 | Images of food drew it onwards to the tall , detached house at the end of the street ; thoughts of petting and cuddling from its playful , pleasant owners made it scamper through the shadows . |
| 9 | She shook her head , moved it closer to the glass , and the image changed . |
| 10 | He invariably believed completely in his own case and pursued it relentlessly to the end . |
| 11 | The paramedics eventually drove me uptown to the scene of the accident . |
| 12 | Then on Monday the chauffeur drove them straight to the theatre for the show . |
| 13 | Sara drove him scornfully to the hospital three times a week , for he was n't supposed to drive . |
| 14 | Taxi driver Alan Macdonald was so enraged by Linda 's story that he drove her straight to the Daily Mirror . |
| 15 | Anger enabled her to see clearly now and drove her straight to the relevant point , eschewing futile denials . |
| 16 | During the night I cut firewood for them , and added it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day . |
| 17 | Someone drove it right to the door and charged me nothing . |
| 18 | GUIL : We played it close to the chest of course . |
| 19 | She had been on the very edge of the steep hills which surround the basin in which Orvieto sits ; and the basin itself was alive and moving , swirling with smoke , with smoky white mists which filled it almost to the brim . |
| 20 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
| 21 | With little choice they drove us sullenly to the hotel . |
| 22 | He welcomed her warmly to the microphone , ‘ one of the more promising younger women members ’ , and warned her of the amber and red lights . |
| 23 | He handed it across to the Colonel who noticed with some satisfaction that it was addressed to him by name and not merely as commanding officer . |
| 24 | The text of Lumen Gentium had been more or less left alone , but it was now prefixed by an ‘ Explanatory Note ’ ( Nota praevia ) which , it was clear when Archbishop Felici communicated it formally to the Council two days later , had come from Pope Paul himself . |
| 25 | Who remembers or cares that it was he , who as minister of local government , introduced the poll tax and defended it passionately to the death ? |
| 26 | He followed them sadly to the door . |
| 27 | Gesner beckoned her forward to the open car window . |
| 28 | He swung her away to the farthest end of the floor from the new arrivals . |
| 29 | But he followed him quietly to the table and was soon deeply involved in his new study . |
| 30 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |