Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.

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1 A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise .
2 Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected .
3 Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table .
4 I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday .
5 They saw him start and jump back to the shelter of the bank .
6 No sooner was I home and motherly than it was time to dress up and head back to the theatre .
7 ‘ Another job well done , Ralph , let's pack up and head back to the station . ’
8 It was a relief when they could get up and move back to the sitting-room .
9 Children and adults come to learn and face up to the facts of caring and sharing on the principal that we can not survive alone on Earth — we must share it with all the other animals and plants .
10 Also , I learned to appreciate that as a critic you say what you have to say and go on to the next thing in LA you never go on to the next thing . ’
11 At break I was on duty in the corridor telling people to get out and go around to the canteen not through the school .
12 There again , that 's the best of both worlds ; I have a chance to go out and play stadiums and arenas and then I get to go home and go back to the way I was , although with a lot more experience under my belt .
13 Then we 'd dress and go back to the bar , order
14 It was also far too early to simply turn round and go back to the city even if Alain had been willing .
15 He grasped her arm and nodded towards the Land Rover , but Maggie was not about to meekly capitulate and go back to the hacienda like an escaped convict recaptured .
16 It is quite all right for you to get up and go along to the bathroom , but you should put on your stockings and your knickers .
17 Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates .
18 Now tell our pest control officer here to turn round and drive back to the hacienda . ’
19 After a long time I heard him get up and come over to the long wall , near to where I was sitting listlessly in the arm-chair .
20 Er and then when the Second World War started er we , we had to leave there and come down to the er sh to the sh shop really .
21 Listen , have you got to stay on at the track , or is it possible for you to leave and come back to the hotel ? ’
22 I 'll just go and pop up to the other estate agent cos if dad comes in now he 'll have his dinner wo n't he ?
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