Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the ruminants then set to work they eat down to the lower , leafier parts of the vegetation . |
| 2 | After the working day they sit down to supper and the master sets the tasks for the morrow : Quoth Maister — Lads , work hard I pray , Cloth mun be peark 'd next market-day , And Tom mun go tomorn to t'spinners , And Will mun seek about for t'swingers ; And Jack tomorn , by time be rising , And go t'sizing mill for sizing , And get your web and warping done That ye may get it into loom . |
| 3 | He offers no explanation , as they sit down to dinner , and Anne and Millie talk about other things . |
| 4 | The people in wheelchairs , it 's fair enough that they ca n't get their own dinner , but they should at least go to the back of the queue like we have to , but they push straight to the front . |
| 5 | They bind preferentially to the T7A1 promoter then to lac UV5 and least well to gal 9A16C . |
| 6 | They correspond respectively to the ‘ heroic ’ view of evil as something external to be resisted and the Boethian opinion that evil is essentially internal , psychological , negative . |
| 7 | Fourteen partial or complete sets are known , especially from graves in Kent , but also from the upper Thames valley where they tend not to be complete . |
| 8 | It is n't their height but their shapely form that attracts discerning hillgoers , and since many of the tops are not included in tick lists — some of the Scottish ones do n't even get Corbett status — they tend not to be as popular as their loftier neighbours . |
| 9 | As a rule , they tend only to be recommended for people starting a plan within five years of their retirement . |
| 10 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 11 | TECs do not themselves provide programmes ; they contract out to training providers . |
| 12 | Well Maples , they contract out to this |
| 13 | They flock along to in-service courses . |
| 14 | The lunchtime ceremony was introduced by Chris Green , InterCity 's managing director , who recalled the backing that The Scotsman had given the railways in their early days , and pointed out the multi-million pound contribution they make today to Anglo-Scottish business . |
| 15 | They grow up to 3ins ( 7½cms ) in length and up to 3/4 inch ( 2cms ) in width . |
| 16 | Parents have such high hopes for their offspring and then they grow up to be a big disappointment . |
| 17 | And like instead of running forwards while they grab on to you if you step , walk backwards it makes them fall over . |
| 18 | 9 Write in the names of the plants where they fit in to the pattern and draw a circle round them to indicate the extent of their final spread . |
| 19 | They leap on to their host , guided in the final stages by the host 's body heat and the carbon dioxide in its breath . |
| 20 | They report back to the manager on the progress of the batches . |
| 21 | They report periodically to the centre on their total PONC and on the PONC eliminated so far this year and the cumulative total to date . |
| 22 | ‘ They have a very complex structure and at first sight they appear not to be connected in any way , ’ said Professor Mann . |
| 23 | Further , firms ' employment policies may be discriminatory even when they appear not to be . |
| 24 | They appear only to be concerned with the present and future quality of the labour market and the need to have a better and more highly trained workforce . |
| 25 | If you do afflict them , and they cry out to me , I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath will burn , and I will kill you with the sword , and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless — ( Exod. 22:21 -4 ) . |
| 26 | Byrd and Philippe de Monte ; Byrd and Taverner ; Byrd and keyboard composers of Redford 's generation ; Byrd and Tallis ; Byrd and Parsons : Byrd research has brought these and many other connections to light , and they cry out to be the stuff of records called ‘ Byrd and his contemporaries ’ . |
| 27 | Bangladeshi babies are thought to be vulnerable , and they sleep close to other people both day and night ; at night they are either in the mother 's bed or in a cot next to it , a practice also reported by Farooqi et al . |
| 28 | They read them and yes they send away to several and then you have to score , you have to have something better than somebody else . |
| 29 | Mr Yeo sent us her CV — the one they send out to prospective clients . |
| 30 | They provide up to two-thirds of the party 's money ( though Michael Pinto-Duschinsky , of Brunel University , calculates that in 1981 this was 90% ) . |