Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very soon , they eat enough to pass on to the next stage of their life cycle . |
| 2 | It was fortunate that they 'd both driven back to the farmhouse after leaving the nightclub , before carrying on to the forest in Adam 's car , so her own vehicle was parked outside in the courtyard . |
| 3 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 4 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 5 | They 've only got up to these ones , we do n't know which numbers they are . |
| 6 | But that 's where they 've all skipped off to . |
| 7 | They had both settled down to non-smoking . |
| 8 | In the last analysis they wish always to go back to ‘ biological advantage ’ . |
| 9 | A group of new-age travellers whose camp site was raided by police yesterday say they have nowhere to move on to . |
| 10 | The regions — they have since come up to London — were miles away from that sort of thing . |
| 11 | They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children . |
| 12 | They have given many parties in their time , but on New Year 's Eve they have always gone out to the gatherings of others — sometimes to several gatherings in the course of the evening , and some years separately , not always meeting even for the magic chimes . |
| 13 | But when a High King or Queen is born , they have always come up to Tara 's gates , and sung him — or her — into the world . |