Example sentences of "[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 | Unlike Schleiermacher , Hegel had a large number of followers who sought to carry on from the point he had reached . |
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 | She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | The company has promised much in the past but to date failed to perform up to the market 's expectations . |
8 | Logically , it would make sense to assume that the aircraft failed to come up to the standards of performance and aggressive capability which the Soviets expected of it . |
9 | Britain prefers absolute standards , which would exclude all products that failed to come up to the minimum acceptable level . |
10 | Kayersbridge Farm in Hurst , Berkshire , was making its second appearance at auction : auctioneer Gary Murphy had sold it in December for £262,000 to a bidder who failed to come up with the money . |
11 | Just two days before the share sale was due to close , the Greater Manchester Council superannuation fund failed to come up with the expected £250,000 . |
12 | Middlesbrough 's shambolic defenders failed to come up with the answers to the riddles posed by Rosenthal 's direct running . |
13 | The Algiers agreement failed to work out to the satisfaction of either side . |
14 | Three of the men agreed to come back to the captain , and we put the others in my cave . |
15 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
16 | But what a pity that , when the heat was on — when the law of the land was being challenged by Labour councillors up and down the country , and by Members of Parliament — the Opposition Front Bench was found wanting , and failed to stand up to the rule of law . |
17 | A distributor or seller who was not the manufacturer ( e.g. a retailer ) could also be liable under the same principle if he was negligent , e.g. if he negligently failed to pass on to the customer a warning label ( ‘ Not to be taken internally ’ ) which he had received with a bottle of medicine . |
18 | The claim is disputed … but it 's still a good excuse for a ballooning festival.So the lawns of the Chase Hotel were busy this evening as the fist arrivals for the weekend event prepared for their ascent.We took up the offer of a flight with Ian Ashpole , who told us he planned to jump out of the balloon when we reached full height : |
19 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
20 | As Fraser tried to drive out of the car park one of the men tried to prise open the sunroof of his car , then kicked the side of it , causing dents in the driver 's side wing and door . |
21 | On the following Monday she proposed to go back to the job she had taken to make it financially possible for Peter and her to buy their little home . |
22 | ‘ You must excuse me — I promised to go along to the tennis courts . |
23 | She tried to catch up with the machine , but she did n't want to attract any undue attention from the IMC troopers , and the thing seemed determined to ignore her . |
24 | ' 'Lo , Olga , ’ she said mechanically and moved to pass out of the same door ; but Mrs Stych wanted to show off her outfit . |
25 | He wanted to roar out James 's name , his own name , to scream for help , he tried to pull up on the sill but his fingers scrabbled uselessly and he dropped back . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence . |
28 | Even though she tried to listen out for the sound of a returning car , the castle and the road leading up to it remained as silent as the grave . |
29 | Nellie bent to look out of the window , parting the curtain with one hand . |
30 | Broussac , on our way home , stopped to jeer in at the lighted windows of Master Ferrebourg 's office . |