Example sentences of "they [adj] [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies — |
| 2 | On the first morning , after a night in a Lycée bed , they all went to a preliminary reception at the Hôtel de Ville : Clara went , politely willing , but when she got there she found that it was a gigantic , milling , stifling insult . |
| 3 | They all went to the local comprehensive — which I wanted to but , because I passed my 11-plus I got sent to the grammar instead . |
| 4 | The waiting silence was broken by , ‘ I 'd say the train is leaving Carrick now , ’ and they all went to the fields behind the house to catch a glimpse of the train as it passed . |
| 5 | ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’ |
| 6 | That used to be with er a piece of net in and across the top used to have two piece of wire , one way , and two piece the other and you catch a crab open the crab open and they used to put the crab between there and the whelks used to feed on the crab and then when you pulled it out , they all went to the bottom of the net . |
| 7 | She looked at him but made no reply ; then she went out escorted , one on each side , by the two men , and neither of them spoke to her nor exchanged a word with each other until they were crossing the main road , when seemingly out of nowhere stepped a policeman , and they all came to a halt . |
| 8 | They all belonged to an influential group of related families at the very centre of urban life in seventeenth and eighteenth century Northampton . |
| 9 | He had come down to the gallery to join the houseparty , he thought simply to look at a new sculpture , before they all returned to the house for luncheon . |
| 10 | They all relate to the prizes . |
| 11 | The old man got into the car and they all drove to the competition . |
| 12 | They all rushed to the window and looked . |
| 13 | The sooty terns of the tropical Ascension Islands also seem to use the moon to synchronise breeding for they all return to the islands to nest every tenth lunar month . |
| 14 | They all differ to a greater or less extent from each other in their conclusions and emphases ; indeed if they did not differ there would be no need for more than one to be published . |
| 15 | If everybody knows everybody else and they all go to the same parties , then there is bound to be a certain unanimity , if not in their judgements at least in their objects of attention . |
| 16 | She , they all go to the same school . |
| 17 | Did they all object to the style , not the message ? |
| 18 | Each of these forms , or intensities , can be given a separate name , but they all belong to the same basic message : ‘ Clear off , or I will attack you . ’ |
| 19 | They all belong to the Land 's End-John O'Groats Association , set up to monitor and encourage trips between the nation 's two extremities . |
| 20 | It may ultimately be possible to show that they all reduce to a single basic criterion , but here they will be presented separately . |
| 21 | How can we be sure that the topics were put to a number of people in the same way ; that is , were they all responding to the same stimuli ? |
| 22 | ‘ They all reported to the police station they 'd been assigned to and they all went on to stand trial . ’ |
| 23 | Everyone made mistakes , but they all contributed to the team effort , which was a satisfying aspect of the game . |
| 24 | She was continually amazed and depressed by the way that the neighbourhood accepted and appeared to respect her mother 's self-erected authority ; none of them did as her mother did , and yet they all deferred to the solidity of her principles . |
| 25 | Then they all moved to the front of the house to watch the road and wait . |
| 26 | So it does n't matter which way you do it whether you get four twelfths , two sixths , or one third , they 're all the same they all comes to the same thing . |
| 27 | They first went to The Hitman in Blackpool after seeing one on TV and have since been to at least 10 of the shows . |
| 28 | ‘ You help assess a client when they first come to the Home . |
| 29 | They both fell to the ground and Sweeney kicked and struggled . |
| 30 | As they ran out of the house into the sunshine they both skidded to a halt . |