Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday .
2 Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period .
3 The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet .
4 When the doctor had gone , Dot said , ‘ I got to go back in the hospital , ai n't I , Mrs H ? ’
5 Sometimes I got to get up in the night and walk about and
6 Sometimes I got to get up in the night and walk about and
7 I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it
8 I tried to sit down on the bed and wait .
9 I tried to move out of the way but the car kept following me .
10 ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said .
11 When she 'd returned to the office I tried to get on with the writing but could n't concentrate .
12 I tried to climb down to the nest once .
13 On my return to London I tried to find out about the Ober Gabelhorn but there was little information readily available , apart from a couple of references to it as one of the great alpine peaks .
14 ‘ You must excuse me — I promised to go along to the tennis courts .
15 For the last 100 feet I seemed to drop out of the sky — the flat roof of a house came rushing up at me , and just as I was about to land on it , it dodged to one side and I ended up in a little patch of green wheat .
16 No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain .
17 Having set the scene , it was about 2 years ago whilst I was being taken for a walk through the village by our springer dog , that I happened to meet up with the Church Warden who , after passing the time of day suddenly said ‘ Ah Bob , you do a bit of woodwork , do n't you ?
18 I happened to look in on the Private Office before going home in order to see whether there was anything I ought to take account of .
19 I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway .
20 To harmonize my body language with Alison 's , I turned to look out of the window .
21 Slowly , I began to swim along under the castle walls .
22 I began to climb back into the limo .
23 In splinters of thought , unconnectedly , I began to look back over the past three weeks .
24 The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration .
25 With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village .
26 So I decided to go on to the council .
27 Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went .
28 I decided to go back to the block and rest for a little .
29 I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time .
30 So I decided to go back to the ship again , and get some more things .
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