Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes back to the major earthquake , magnitude 7 on the Richter scale , which rocked Greece in February 1981 . |
| 2 | The base goes back to the RAFin SEptember 94. it 's not yet known what will be done with the land but many local people hope it 'll be used the upper H |
| 3 | Although the policy review will be endorsed by the conference , giving Neil Kinnock the freedom to go on to the offensive against the Conservatives in the run-up to the next general election , there are a number of areas of potential conflict . |
| 4 | She begs her sister to go up to the top of the tower of the castle and look out for them , and keeps calling out to her , ‘ Anne , sister Anne , dost thou see nothing coming ? ’ |
| 5 | I attend the Assembly as a Member of this House and I should like the opportunity to report back to the House , during a proper debate , on what I am doing in the Council of Europe . |
| 6 | The massive shoulders and chest tapered down to the lean cowboy hips and long legs . |
| 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 | Our sympathy goes out to the player and his family . ’ |
| 9 | In another account of youth work , Hubert Secretan rehearsed the same complaint : ‘ Every boy 's sympathy goes out to the lithe and resourceful crook … |
| 10 | ‘ My sympathy goes out to the people of Gateshead who have suffered a similarly sickening attack and I believe the government must now ensure that there is a positive and rapid response to meet the concerns of local residents . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The origin of the synagogue goes back to the Babylonian period . |
| 13 | There is nothing what actually says , only when that cheque goes back to the bank , there 's nothing anywhere apart from the bank who says that cheque is actually made out to . |
| 14 | You 've got ta get the stu the smell goes in to the liquid then you chuck the liquid away . |
| 15 | ‘ I need a few hours to report back to the office , then my time can be my own . |
| 16 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 17 | Times to go down to the pits and the sun came out . |
| 18 | Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’ |
| 19 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
| 20 | Fahey , whose international experience goes back to the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 , when he lost the bronze medal in a jump-off , qualified for last year 's World Cup Final , but decided his horse was not then ready for it . |
| 21 | ‘ Do I have your permission to go up to the belvedere and look around ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Brother , ’ he whispered , ‘ we have the Regent 's permission to go down to the Springall house now , to examine and take anything we wish . |
| 23 | I used to go out on bike rides up to the lake but I do n't any more . |
| 24 | Mr Wishart hurried off to the refreshment room , luckily got served straight away and with difficulty got back to the compartment just as the guard was blowing his whistle ; the old lady took one of the paper cups of tea and murmured her thanks . |
| 25 | Hun Sen sold out to the Vietnamese , and is now selling out to Thai businessmen as well , it says . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The work of solicitors goes back to the 15th century and as time has gone on they have become increasingly influential . |
| 28 | The it in the second sentence refers back to the ball . |
| 29 | The road continues south , climbing over a rise with a good retrospective view of the full length of Kingsdale and then makes a long descent to Thornton in Lonsdale after a branch turns off to the right for the A65 at Westhouse . |
| 30 | WHILE my heart goes out to the parents in the baby-swop drama , I have to agree with the midwife interviewed on TV who said that it was ‘ a disaster waiting to happen ’ . |