Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pinned it to the corkboard with a red drawing pin and a light heart , and went upstairs again to change back into jodhpur boots to deal with the terrain and to pick up the map and the compass in case I could n't find the trail . |
| 2 | Terrified that it would try to escape or fly away , and not wanting to risk the Corporal 's anger , I pinned it to the ground by leaning a large stone against it . |
| 3 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 4 | I made it to the front of the clubhouse just in time to seize Jack 's bag and head for the practice ground . |
| 5 | I felt like a jaded casting director as I banished him to the wastepaper bin . |
| 6 | I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park . |
| 7 | That hat has been to Buckingham Palace twice because I lent it to a friend who was invited to a later garden party . |
| 8 | ‘ I sold it to a tinker . |
| 9 | I rode it to the market today . ’ |
| 10 | Hell , I beat him to the handshake and it 's on camera . ’ |
| 11 | So I moved it to the other side of the step . |
| 12 | So I invited them to the gig at St Martin 's . |
| 13 | Dutifully , I changed them to a complete muesli-type food which is described on the bag as ‘ Hi Protein Fitness Food ’ . |
| 14 | One evening , perched in his landing window , he shot towards my wife with an air rifle and I reported him to the police . |
| 15 | I reported it to the shop , but there was nothing they could do . |
| 16 | In an effort to find an ally in helping her , I mentioned her to the local priest . |
| 17 | I compared him to the other gentlemen present . |
| 18 | He is now 7″ long , and I transferred him to a 4ft tank . |
| 19 | Every morning I drove him to the hospital , waited for his X-ray treatment , drove him home again and helped him to bed . |
| 20 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 21 | I directed him to the corner where I knew the compost heap was . |
| 22 | I directed her to the Glen Mist . |
| 23 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 24 | I showed it to a friend of mine and he thought it was splendid — he really did — but he says he ca n't publish it . |
| 25 | I threw mine to the Greyhounds . |
| 26 | ‘ I threw you to the crocodiles to save my job . ’ |
| 27 | I handed it to a former flight engineer of 213 when I visited him in Toronto some years ago . |
| 28 | I handed it to the guru . |
| 29 | And then I I , I handed it to the lad , he said I 'll pass it on . |
| 30 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |