Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since a much-used living room has to stand up to a lot of traffic , it needs a superior quality , heavy duty carpet of either 100 per cent wool or 80 per cent wool/20 per cent nylon . |
| 2 | A territorial sunbird can time its visits to a particular flower such that its nectar has built up to a high level . |
| 3 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 4 | By Stage three , marketing has moved up to a position of equality with sales . |
| 5 | While I admire the saddle-stitching on the suitcase , Karl has moved on to a conference about the length of Gisela 's fringe . |
| 6 | Well er he 's , she 's got two kids , little ones and has moved in to a house du n no whether it 's with her or not but he 's very touchy about the subject when anybody asks cos Johnny said oh I 'm sorry to hear about you and he g he go goes oh I suppose you know it all do you ? |
| 7 | Many a Jewish courtship has got off to a somewhat greasy start over pickled brisket sandwiches and chips on fine evenings outside the deli . |
| 8 | What has been designated Industry Year has got off to a predictably silly start . |
| 9 | TV Quick , the German interloper in the British TV listings market , has got off to a flying start . |
| 10 | The second half has got off to a good start , with slightly higher orders for October . |
| 11 | I feel the Trust has got off to a very good start under your directorship . |
| 12 | Oxford University 's Matthew Syed has got off to a flying start in the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Italy , winning both his opening matches . |
| 13 | THE Weightman Rutherfords Liverpool Competition has got off to a tremendous start with 54 wins coming from the first 72 fixtures . |
| 14 | PETER Scudamore 's neighbour Nigel Twiston-Davies has got off to a tremendous start this season with 24 wins in the bag already . |
| 15 | The Grand National meeting at Aintree has got off to a tragic start with two horses dying in the first race . |
| 16 | THE fuss about BSE — mad cow disease — has died down to a whimper . |
| 17 | When a cut has to extend up to a wall , for example , the sole plate can be moved back , out of the way , by turning just one central screw . |
| 18 | It 's estimated the case trial has cost up to a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 19 | The International Institute for Educational Planning held an important and , I understand , effective regional seminar on education evaluation in Dar es Salaam in 1975 which has led on to a certain degree of follow-up in a number of countries . |
| 20 | The medal , presented by the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace , is awarded each year to a holder of a City & Guilds qualification who has gone on to a senior management position in their chosen field . |
| 21 | As I write , the invitation has gone out to a thousand mainstream church leaders to attend a London conference , ‘ to equip church leaders who desire to develop the gift and ministry of prophecy . ’ |
| 22 | Lastly , windblown sand has accumulated up to a height of 150 metres , where rock-cored hills with gentle slopes lie close to beach or eroding dune areas which furnish a steady supply of sand . |
| 23 | She 'd booked in to a hotel on the Place Gambetta , had a leisurely bath to iron out the kinks of the journey , then followed the receptionist 's directions to the old part of the town , a maze of narrow streets where old timbered buildings leaned amiably towards each other . |
| 24 | But I 'm , but I 'm sure it 'd got up to a hundred and something pounds . |
| 25 | I 'd got through to a girl I said extension two three six and then oh and the feller said er |
| 26 | I must have fallen on to a sharp stick , I thought . |
| 27 | Unless — do you have to go back to a hospital with it , or anything ? ’ |
| 28 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
| 29 | Fred Clasper may have moved on to a new fighting ground but he , and men like him , left behind their destructive trade-mark on Britain for more than a decade . |
| 30 | Expenditure on the programme will have built up to a minimum of £200,000 a year by 1986/87 . |