Example sentences of "he [verb] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference . |
| 2 | the bell to get the bus to stop and he goes to the next flaming stop ! |
| 3 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |
| 4 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 5 | When he got to the fourth screen he stood it up for her to inspect . |
| 6 | And by the time he got to the next corner , we 'd be back on the corner . ' |
| 7 | As he tiptoed to the next flight he was distracted by a dreadful howling sound , worse than Plutarch at her most aggrieved . |
| 8 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 9 | Martin walked carefully along a narrow path that would tortuously between ancient graves and heavy , ornate tombstones until he came to the first of the family plots . |
| 10 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 11 | I 've actually seen erm er been in a workshop as a participant where a chap who was excellent at this had what he did was while while the participants were doing some sort of an exercise he was actually making these tiny notes up in the top corner for himself so that when he when he came to the next sort of section that he wanted he 'd he 'd got he 'd got the odd notes just up there in the corner . |
| 12 | He was going like a winner when he came to the third from home , fell and broke a leg . |
| 13 | Grinning , he turned to the second card . |
| 14 | He turned to the last report made by the investigating officer before the file was consigned to Records . |
| 15 | He turned to the next item on his desk , a note on top of a copy-pad which said : ‘ Morley stpd lttle prck . |
| 16 | Frank soon became a prolific scorer for the Reserves but he graduated to the first team as the ideal foil to the great goal-scorer , Peter Simpson , having begun by deputising for the master when Peter was out injured . |
| 17 | So look where 's he going to the next day ? |
| 18 | It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity . |
| 19 | In 1578 he subscribed to the first unsuccessful colonizing voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert [ q.v . ] . |
| 20 | Goff thought that Minton , consciously or unconsciously , divided his friends into two categories , serious and fun — and was aware that he belonged to the first . |
| 21 | and the boy would next morning would pass on the outside of the gate offering a reward of five pounds to anyone who would in other words five pounds for Oliver Twist I never in for this in my life said the in the white , white coat as he locked the gate and he went to the next morning . |
| 22 | Exasperated by what he saw as Theo 's heartless neglect of him , he unleashed a volley of angry questions to a brother he relegated to the third person : ‘ Why does n't he write ? |
| 23 | In attempting to deflect opinion from the disappointments of the previous winter and the lack of prospect of an early end of the war and to revamp morale through blaming others for Germany 's misfortunes — much as he had done in the years before 1933 — Hitler had lifted a corner of the veil of the ‘ Führer myth ’ and revealed a glimpse of the arbitrary , dictatorial , and irrational way he responded to the first reverses he and the nation had had to suffer . |
| 24 | He descended to the fourth floor platform and stopped to scrutinise the dimly lit , fog shrouded alley below , searching keen eyed for signs of the hidden watcher he knew would be there . |
| 25 | He pointed to the second shelf , a third of the way along from the left . |
| 26 | He pointed to the next building . |
| 27 | Immediately after his generalization about " " eelde " " he returns to the first person plural — " " owre olde lemes " " ( 3886 ) — and within two lines is back to " " ik " " . |
| 28 | When he comes to the first dramatic event he appears to be reaching towards a dramatic present here comes but is constrained by the prevailing past tense of the narration . |