Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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1 | Each time she does so , the male has to dig down to the buried vegetation and cover it over again . |
2 | Harris Corp 's Fort Lauderdale , Florida-based Computer Systems Division has moved up to the second generation 88110 version of Motorola Inc 's RISC family with the Night Hawk 5000 series — which ca n't be called Night Hawk in the UK . |
3 | Suppose the night porter has gone through to the kitchen to make a sandwich . |
4 | The effect of this change in responsibility has been that in many schools the provision of meals and the supervision of children during the mid-day break has drifted out to the margins of importance and there has been , in general , a gradual decline in the numbers of children receiving cooked meals on school premises . |
5 | The Clinton administration has faced up to the fact that NASA 's plans for the space station threatened to swallow the agency whole . |
6 | He looked apologetic. ‘ … since nightfall , the wind has backed around to the south , with sea swells of some ten to fifteen feet . |
7 | He then noticed Mrs Wilks at the telephone box and , in his rear-view mirror , he saw that the grey saloon car had pulled on to the hard shoulder and was heading towards her . |
8 | This beggar had come in to the fitting shop , corner at the back corner , where he should n't have been . |
9 | The Victorian stoneware ‘ suite ’ from Mr Twyford 's manufactory was decorated with flowers in willow-pattern blue but paint flaked off the walls and the linoleum had worn through to the floorboards . |
10 | Only one figure had subsided on to the ground , his face to the wall , and all their gazes were on him , terrified and arrow-sharp with hatred . |
11 | TWO student chefs from Darlington College have won through to the finals of a national catering competition . |
12 | The Swedish influence has continued up to the present day , where the Faunus Kennel has a great influence on the breeding stock in Norway . |
13 | Now what was required then was that although the job was in a rush , the management had to telephone down to the Admiralty in Bath to get the appropriate sanction you know , to , to accept the cylinder with the er bigger gauge bore . |
14 | It was n't just today the boy had come up to the wood but yesterday as well . |
15 | Postpone Match — If the ( human ) player needed for the next match has nipped out to the bog or something , the match can be postponed until the end of the week 's fixtures . |
16 | This same process has continued down to the present , now with the next generation of Hirmers , Albert and Irmgard , supplying many new plates , especially of the recently restored churches at Wies and Dießen . |
17 | The fat man over to his right had leaned down to the floor . |
18 | The lid had collapsed on to the remains , the sides had fallen outwards , but the two end pieces remained upright . |
19 | By last week the consultation process had fanned out to the Department of National Heritage , the Scottish Office , and all points of the book trade compass . |
20 | Ari 's spirits rose slightly once the group had bundled on to the highwire . |
21 | ‘ This is only the second time Derry has got through to the final in 35 years , so tickets this year are like gold dust , ’ he said . |
22 | Thank you very much I think er councillor said that in er Tory erm motions goes against er Conservative er national policy but what it does identify is a very worrying sub text to the Tory policies of the moment because w means testing for hou for housing welfare has gone back to the worst aspects of the nineteen thirties politics basically . |
23 | The trouble is that so are a lot of other people , and classy people at that , which is why old Joe ‘ I'm-a-dealer-in-architectural-antiques ’ Soap has climbed on to the pricey bandwagon . |
24 | Then , once I am at home , I usually think the whole of it was splendid , and hate having to settle down to the monotonous , lonely life of a writer . |
25 | Water had dripped on to the paper so that it had become sodden and merged with the lettuce leaves . |
26 | His wife had come out to the island on his first posting and , before she decided to return to London , she had bought the bungalow and furnished it . |
27 | In the medieval period many towns were administrative centres , especially the larger ones of the later Middle Ages , and this role has continued through to the present day with the county towns and district centres . |
28 | When the realization of this news had permeated through to the remotest island , the initial market euphoria subsides , as does the level of output . |
29 | Later , when it was time to take Eddie back to school , Louise had kissed him at the gate and his father had walked up to the main door with him . |
30 | and on Friday , on that Friday Mother used to go to Eastwood Hall to collect the er er the wages that my Father had to pay out to the men . |