Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became increasingly attached to an almost Greek sense of the hero , but recast in a mould similar to Nietzsche 's superman . |
| 2 | As he got up to go to the microphone , I asked him what he was going to sing . |
| 3 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 4 | He got out to speak to them and an argument started which led to a fight . |
| 5 | Again he tried unsuccessfully to struggle to his feet , but failed . |
| 6 | At first he tried halfheartedly to appeal to me not to send the story to England for ‘ the sake of the side ’ . |
| 7 | Disappointed by her dull response , he moved away to talk to Muriella . |
| 8 | Algernon Peckham glanced at him , and there was a momentary pause before he moved on to speak to James Pegg . |
| 9 | A good four inches taller than his companion , he bent down to speak to her . |
| 10 | If he played strictly according to the rules , the king had to combine some of the qualities of general , prize fighter , judge and monk . |
| 11 | In Russia he 'd mostly listened to the progressive rock records that cool Russian youth adored . |
| 12 | ‘ Doctor Andrews told me that he kept on saying how much he wished he could have left you enough money to live on ; but , as you know , nearly everything he possessed he 'd already bequeathed to that French museum which he started himself . |
| 13 | He 'd just spoken to Detective Inspector Balfour in his hole on the Foulness road , but there was n't much news on that front . |
| 14 | He 'd earlier referred to discrepancies in gathering evidence which , while they had no bearing on this case , might affect future prosecutions |
| 15 | It took quite a long time to climb up to his preferred perch on the monster , even using the bits of wood and string he 'd painstakingly tied to it … him . |
| 16 | He 'd always gone to the fields long before Edward was up for school , but today he was still wrapping his lunchtime bread and cheese in a cloth . |
| 17 | ‘ He said he 'd always wanted to be a dad ’ |
| 18 | He 'd always wanted to be a blacksmith and he learned by doing the job . |
| 19 | He was using his soft , reasonable tone now , his professional lecturer tone he 'd always switched to when he wanted to wield authority . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'd better go to the zoo and live with the animals . |
| 21 | So I told him to take these tablets and says if he felt no better he 'd better get to doctors , well he did n't even move out of bed , apart from summat to eat |
| 22 | Finding that broking in political power was more fun than selling milk , Horsley self-importantly told Kinnock he 'd better stick to his socialist principles after being elected Prime Minister , or there 'd be trouble from NoS . |
| 23 | He 'd only got to be told by Charlie that he 'd be leaving the High Street by the bridge and walking along the local river . ’ |
| 24 | And er he 'd only got to sort of look at you and er that was it . |
| 25 | I 'll be like Geor Geo George 's mother one year and his mo and his mother was in her seventies he came in says to daddy ho gosh ! |
| 26 | As for the 500 million yen in illicit political donations which he acknowledged having received from Watanabe , he claimed not to remember to whom it was distributed , and suggested that his secretary , Masahisa Haibara , who had directly received the money from Watanabe , should be questioned on the matter . |
| 27 | Both she and Graham agreed there was little else they could do that night and when he telephoned through to report to UNACO headquarters he was told a company Cessna would be waiting at six o'clock the following morning to fly them on to Geneva , the nearest airport to Lausanne . |
| 28 | He walked along talking to himself . |
| 29 | But he was a tough boy and he determined not to go to pieces . |
| 30 | Firelight generally ate a bit of her haynet and by the time he settled down to go to sleep she lay down as well . |