Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] to [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 2 | Fair did not seem to Martha to be a colour at all , merely an excuse for a hard old woman to persecute a child . |
| 3 | " This Meeting having considered an overture of the Kirk Session of Bowmore … respecting the procuring of Mortcloths for the better and ordinary Classes of people … do hereby agree to Guarrantee to the said Kirk Session , that whatever sum shall be laid out in the purchase of the said Mortcloths , the Princl. sum and interest shall be reapid to the Session , before they are rendered unfit for use … |
| 4 | She had heard that my father was preparing now to go to Somerset to be with the other Hastings folk . |
| 5 | Irina was wearing a blue-and-brown check low-waisted summer dress with pleats , which Alison had already declared to Franca to be ‘ too smart , too old , and too expensive ’ . |
| 6 | As South East Staffordshire health authority has said , attention to the longest waiters ’ does not equate to attention to clinical priorities . ’ |
| 7 | Under the terms of this sub-clause the authorisation does not extend to decisions to be taken or certificates to be issued under Clauses 6 , 25 , 31 ( 1 ) , 31 ( 4 ) , 34 and 35 . |
| 8 | Levagh put his had up to indicate to Fangio to that he was about to overtake ; Macklin then braked , Levagh caught Macklin 's car and somersaulted over the safety barrier into the crowd . |
| 9 | What Adam does n't see to falls to me . |
| 10 | ‘ But I have n't come to Liverpool to be number two . |