Example sentences of "and [adv] to my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suddenly to my horror I saw our delightfully edited little film of The Seekers and Georgie Girl . |
| 2 | I talked occasionally to my father and less to my sister , but I was mostly silent . |
| 3 | ‘ Yale has made a profound contribution to my life and especially to my interest in the arts and letters ’ , he explains . |
| 4 | Danielle was all smiles in the arms of her beloved nanny and much to my distress did not have the good grace to shed a single tear as I walked out of the door and out of her life … for a whole day . |
| 5 | ‘ It is extraordinary , ’ she said , when her sister appeared , ‘ very , how your ears are attuned to the noise of the letter-box and not to my voice . |
| 6 | At the time I attributed this discomfort to my surplus energy , and not to my thinness . |
| 7 | Then I took a walk past my chair , desk and watercooler and over to my office door . |
| 8 | The gas fire I have formed a really deep and meaningful relationship with Andy at Anglia Gas he 's been back and forth to my house , I know all about the fact that he has n't got a girlfriend and his mother is a marvellous cook and that Worlingworth is a bit off the map he and I are buddies , dear ! |
| 9 | I went quickly out and up to my room . |
| 10 | The grey eyes behind the spectacles wavered perplexedly from the denuded twigs to the caterpillar and hence to my face : ‘ But what can I do about it ? |
| 11 | This took me in a gentle curve round the flanks of Great Coum towards the Barbondale road , Combe House , the track past Tofts , and back to my home for tea and crumpets . |
| 12 | And then to my horror |
| 13 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 14 | I just do not know what aircraft this was , I had never seen such a type before , but he made a very cautious circuit and then to my amazement an approach to land despite the red Very lights pooped off from the control tower . |
| 15 | While waiting some of us were given a quick look behind the scenes , and then to my surprise I bumped into three members of the Gwili Railway , on a trip to collect some railway hardware . |
| 16 | Down on the dark grey beach there was a collection of glaucous gulls and a few purple sandpipers , and then to my delight a snow white ivory gull flew in and settled on the shingle , giving me the chance to stalk and photograph one of the world 's rarer gulls . |
| 17 | Sensation and all its luxuries returned first to my left side ( suddenly ) and then to my right ( with gorgeous stealth ) . |
| 18 | I was getting closer and closer to my goal of 8 ½ st . |
| 19 | And the heart-beat grew louder and louder and closer to my ear , and I heard the deep booming sound of the sea at its very deepest depths , where monsters live in total darkness and corpses of drowned sailors lie in coral dust . |