Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin . |
| 2 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 3 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 4 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
| 5 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
| 6 | ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’ |
| 7 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 8 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 9 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 10 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 11 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 12 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 13 | She tied a big red-and-white-striped drying-up cloth around each of their waists and made them kneel up to the table on chairs . |
| 14 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 15 | I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service . |
| 16 | They were beings like Miach , a crowd of them walking down to the shore from the forest . |
| 17 | I crept around to the back of the house and watched as he carried her through the kitchen and into the garage . |
| 18 | In the dead of night I crept down to the breakfast room , the nerve centre . |
| 19 | I led on to the subject of the probability of his having shortly to be released from his pain and suffering and hoped that his trust was in his Saviour and he replied , ‘ Oh yes , it is ! |
| 20 | I sit down to the table , and watch me , real men are n't like that are they ? and it locks |
| 21 | Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage . |
| 22 | So , at half-past eleven that night , Sapt and I rode out to the house in New Avenue . |
| 23 | Anyway , I got through to the finals , that was really nerve-racking , and my mum and my boyfriend came along to see me in it . |
| 24 | But I must have felt the need for some support , because I found I 'd grabbed hold of one of my hammers — a geologist is always armed with a hammer — and when I got through to the back of the house he was there already , at the kitchen window . ’ |
| 25 | and rung the A A , so as I got through to the A A man I says erm , you know , I says I , where I was parked and all like that and where I was stood and the chap says oh I 'll get a , a van up to ya as soon as I can , but I says wait a minute , I says my car 's just arrived and Joan was the mechanic , he lifted bonnet up and touched something and you brought it down did n't you ? |
| 26 | As I suppose was inevitable , the story gradually became that Eric would set fire to them , not just their pet dogs ; and , as was probably also inevitable , a lot of kids started to think that I was Eric , or that I got up to the same tricks . |
| 27 | On Monday , the first day of the fair , Mum took me down to The Market Place after school and , armed with my fare , I got on to the children 's roundabout . |
| 28 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 29 | And then I got on to the , I was convenor of the housing allocation committee for very many years . |
| 30 | ‘ I got on to the hospital and then the local police lab and said I was from her insurance company and we operated a no pay clause if drink-driving was involved . ’ |