Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Colin flies back to England later this week to try to sort out the storm over the Pakistanis . |
| 2 | Throughout the Depression the NUAW clung on to its existence by retaining the rump of its membership — no more than 25000 — in its East Anglian stronghold . |
| 3 | East Grinstead got off to a great start with an 11th minute goal , but in spite of their pressure — they won ten penalty corners to Holywood 's none — they seldom troubled goalkeeper Kyle Thompson . |
| 4 | It is high time that Wolverhampton got round to proposing some reorganisations . |
| 5 | One after the other , Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben got on to their bikes and rode off . |
| 6 | Jim flies out to Bosnia to entertain British troops on Boxing Day and is pinning his hopes on a reunion two weeks into the new year after completing his hectic festive schedule . |
| 7 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 8 | KEITH Curle goes back to his roots tonight as Manchester City face a survival battle . |
| 9 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 10 | It was nearly five o'clock and dark before Detective-Inspector Doyle got back to his home in the village four miles to the north of Cambridge . |
| 11 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 12 | DEC 's announcement that it would concentrate on OSF/1 only for the Alpha range made enough customers angry for DEC to go back to its business plan and think again . |
| 13 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
| 14 | The earliest evidence known to me about the special devotion of the Fabii to Hercules goes back to Fabius Cunctator in the second Punic War ( Plin . |
| 15 | Mr Bates later tried to buy the lease , but instead former chairman Brian Mears sold out to Marler , a property company who were , in turn , swallowed up by Cabra in 1989 for £1.5 million . |
| 16 | So you get the impression here of Lincoln talking about an unusual crisis situation in a letter to one of his mates in eighteen sixty four Lincoln goes on Lincoln goes on to , in his letter to a friend to deny that civil war was fought to , to free the slaves er as a moral crusade , he wants no part of that argument . |
| 17 | Hun Sen sold out to the Vietnamese , and is now selling out to Thai businessmen as well , it says . |
| 18 | Tony Rickardsson cruised through to the Nordic Final stage of the World Championship when he finished third in the three-leg Swedish heats last week . |
| 19 | Pascoe got on to his knees like a man at prayer , and hauled Singer towards him by his hair , punching twice , hard , as he pulled the man in . |
| 20 | When a Masai owned up to cattle raiding and invited punishment he did so in a spirit , not of insolent defiance , but of self-respect . |
| 21 | In more recent years Jim passed on to me his copies of The Nottingham Graduate . |
| 22 | Manager Graham Taylor flies out to Izmir tomorrow afternoon with a depleted squad of just 19 players after Paul Merson and David Bardsley also withdrew through injury . |
| 23 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
| 24 | In the 3rd division Hereford got off to a flyer against Chesterfield at Edgar Street . |
| 25 | After a moment or two Hosanna moved back to the step again . |
| 26 | Trent swam back to the catamaran dragging the fish behind him . |
| 27 | Er I liked to ask you erm about if you , if you think that Harlow lives up to the ideal of the New Town ? |
| 28 | Alexandra sank on to a stool and bowed her head . |
| 29 | Mrs Lersky reported back to Vienna on the day 's events : |
| 30 | When they 'd finished their simple meal , obeying Michele 's instructions , Luce moved back to the couch while he cleared away the dishes and brought in coffee , glasses , and a crystal decanter . |