Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the Governments " minute of appointment " in 1961 set as the Committee 's terms of reference to report on and review the pattern of full-time higher education in Britain " in the light of national needs and resources " . |
| 2 | to re to report on , er in all course work to take five percent of our |
| 3 | And I 've nothing adverse to report on either the buses or the trains . |
| 4 | And I 've nothing to report on either the trains or the buses . |
| 5 | And I 've no problems to report on either or trains . |
| 6 | A variety of actors in different towns — Whigs , Tories , Liberals , Conservatives , Radicals , Chartists , Improvers , Economisers , Independents , and a bevy of personal cliques and factions — argued over whether to expand , or to economise on , the provision of public services , ( 1985a , p. 79 ) . |
| 7 | Although one bed looks much like another , it 's the one piece of furniture not to economise on . |
| 8 | The grass seemed to flow on for ever like a millpond sea . |
| 9 | This short chord progression , which in Cream or the Rolling Stones might have been foregrounded , is pushed into the background , the joins between its statements are disguised , and links , an introduction and a coda , are added , so that the music seems to flow on continuously . |
| 10 | Allen told her to ramble on about astrology , a subject Lysette knew nothing about . |
| 11 | This is n't a political or geographical question , and I 'm not going to ramble on about environmental issues . |
| 12 | ‘ Successive pairs of celebrities , one to open the envelope and read out the winner 's name , the other to hand over the bauble , live audience and viewers and listeners at home making fun of the acceptance speeches — brevity is brilliance — and executive types rolled out to ramble on about each different category , with entertainment acts in between . ’ |
| 13 | so be aware that you do n't want to ramble on too long or this appointment could go on for ever and a day . |
| 14 | She did n't want it , did n't need it and who would be there for her when she needed a shoulder to sob on ? |
| 15 | Is he to drive on and if so , how far ? |
| 16 | It would have been irresponsible just to drive on . ’ |
| 17 | His objective had to be to drive on through the tumult and horror as best they could , not to get involved with individuals or groups , not to be sidetracked , so as to reach that further side , there to turn and repeat the dire process , difficult as this must be . |
| 18 | One can say that Niki continued to drive on for McLaren in 1985 . |
| 19 | We sat shaking for some minutes before regaining sufficient composure to drive on . |
| 20 | He wanted me to drive on and I was in no position to argue . |
| 21 | Frank Williams would n't reveal whether he had made last-ditch efforts to persuade Mansell to drive on . |
| 22 | Hospital staff advised him to drive on , but an hour later he turned back when more children and four teachers from Northgate High School , Dereham , Norfolk , fell ill . |
| 23 | Yet if I reflect upon what happened , in what some might call an existential manner , or attempt what physicists might call a ‘ thought experiment ’ to reconstruct my situation , I can see myself as having been assailed by various impulses : to assist the dog and stop the car , to comfort the children , to drive on lest I and they were to be injured in an accident , to avoid the horror of confronting a demented animal . |
| 24 | Only once , last autumn , had there been an unnerving lift , a well-dressed man in a Mercedes , who had wanted Luke to drive on towards Devon with him , had offered him dinner and a night at a hotel , had put his hand high up on Luke 's thigh , and been altogether menacing . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't know it , ’ the cabbie replied , and for one heart-stopping moment Chant thought he was going to drive on . |
| 26 | It rained solidly every single day in fact , and it did n't stop as we were queuing to drive on to the ferry . |
| 27 | The girl in the red jacket looked carelessly down at Gabriel , and told her man to drive on , without even thanking the farmer . |
| 28 | I tried to drive on , but he came at me with some story of having run out of petrol . |
| 29 | His only answer was a wave of the arm , signalling me to drive on . |
| 30 | The easiest way to turn the car was to drive on up to the hardstand by the church , and as he swung about he realised it was in fact the old foundations of small cottages , completely gone with The Bomber . |