Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although the policy review will be endorsed by the conference , giving Neil Kinnock the freedom to go on to the offensive against the Conservatives in the run-up to the next general election , there are a number of areas of potential conflict .
2 She begs her sister to go up to the top of the tower of the castle and look out for them , and keeps calling out to her , ‘ Anne , sister Anne , dost thou see nothing coming ? ’
3 I attend the Assembly as a Member of this House and I should like the opportunity to report back to the House , during a proper debate , on what I am doing in the Council of Europe .
4 ‘ I need a few hours to report back to the office , then my time can be my own .
5 Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’
6 ‘ Do I have your permission to go up to the belvedere and look around ? ’
7 It would n't take two minutes to slip up to the attic , Timothy Gedge said .
8 And thirdly increasing emphasis , not on the socialist politics of the Communist Party in the nineteen twenties , but on the development of a nationalist ideology which could appeal to all classes in Chinese society who were interested in getting the Japanese out and who were angered by the Kuomintang government 's inability to stand up to the Japanese .
9 The contract required the buyer to pass on to the seller all the buyer 's rights under the sub-sales contracts .
10 Loopy Lil began piling the tea-things on to the tray to carry back to the kitchen , and Mrs Hollidaye suggested Gloria should go and help bring in the vegetables from the shed for supper , when an insistent bell began ringing out somewhere within the house .
11 Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception .
12 ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago .
13 Our assistance breaks that barrier while allowing for the funds to come back to the Network when the company steps up production and is earning a return on its investment .
14 Some financial planners have worked out another loophole , telling their clients to hang on to the part of their income paid in company shares , because taxes on capital gains are unlikely to rise under President Clinton and may even fall .
15 Deep enough , at any rate , for a boat to get in to the boat-house which was tucked in under the cliff at the southern end of the bay , below the path where I stood .
16 It took me four to five months to get back to the weight I was before I was pregnant .
17 Press any key to get back to the DOS Shell .
18 This mother has forced her tot to face up to the ordeal of withdrawal symptoms because she could n't control her own habit .
19 giving an errand to take out to the place you know because er if
20 Miltiades ' last operation ( in 489 ) against the island of Paros , in the Cyclades , can be seen as an attempt to move on to the offensive against Persia after the defensive stand at Marathon .
21 Hugo was smoking a thin cigarette through a long cloisonné holder which he now began to wave about , causing highly aromatic ash to fall on to the sleeve of his green velvet jacket .
22 Robbie spent the afternoon as Fen had suggested , and when she alighted from the stifling , ancient bus crowded with country folk , she felt in no mood to go back to the boat .
23 He was the first commoner to stand up to the might of the king .
24 Smelling the water , Daisy needed no further encouragement and put on a spurt to hurry down to the river .
25 Tess stepped out of the tomb and managed to persuade Angel to walk back to the house , without waking him .
26 He even test-sailed the course with a friend , allowing the Nancy to drift out to the Beach End buoy and make for Holland .
27 But dégorgement dates back at least as far as Dom Pérignon , who we know kept bottles stored , neck downward , in a bed of sand in order to encourage the sediment to drift down to the base of the cork .
28 He continues the list of what can be seen , using run on lines to build up to the climax :
29 What had happened was that O had been at home , not sleeping , thinking about Boy at six in the morning , and he had called up and said , ‘ Are you watching TV , ’ to which Boy had replied , as the man had heard , ‘ Yes , ’ and then O had told Boy to turn over to the boxing ; he 'd just said , ‘ Get up and change to the third channel .
30 Mr Tim Devlin 's surprise victory for the Conservatives in Stockton South to hold on to the seat he won narrowly in 1987 from the prominent SDP man ( now Sir ) Ian Wrigglesworth was a classic example of the collapse of the centre vote working against Labour .
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