Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] to a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them .
2 My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek ..
3 ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’
4 After primary school I moved away to a different High School but I have the photographs and certificates of achievement that I have worked for .
5 One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball .
6 I staggered back to a cold bed but Margot and Phoebe had fled .
7 On Easter Monday 1972 , I woke up to a new view of the world .
8 Meanwhile , my apologies for not being with you today and I look forward to a FANTASTIC reunion with you all at Crystal Palace in November .
9 I look forward to a comparable result for trust-status hospitals in Scotland .
10 I look forward to a positive and enthusiastic response from my right hon. and learned Friend the Solicitor-General .
11 Once I get on to a good thing I keep it going until I run out of luck .
12 Now I only hope I get off to a winning start with Leeds . ’
13 When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening .
14 As the sea is calm I turn in to a narrow cleft on the headland , cutting the engine and gliding in between the faces of grey rock to let my passengers get the flavour of the sights and sounds of a Shetland geo .
15 Surkov , in a Yale T-shirt , was sitting alone at a table when I went down to a late breakfast .
16 The do that in wonderful community centre , I went there to a good function the other evening , very good fish and chips and as well .
17 Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number .
18 When I was living in my former role I went along to a lesbian meeting , thinking that might be what I was , but what I wanted was a relationship with a woman as a man .
19 I was feeling low and I gave in to a mad impulse . ’
20 I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity .
21 It was painted while and there was an untidy hedge in front of it , divided by a rickety gate which led on to a short path to the front door .
22 It was the beginning of our curiosity about each other which led ultimately to a mutual understanding and respect upon which our friendship became firmly based .
23 There was a trap-door in the centre of the kitchen floor , which led down to a deep cellar .
24 The dining room has a thirty foot wall of glass which enables guests to view the attractive landscaped garden and which looks out to a small patio for guests to enjoy in the summer .
25 The weather was perfect , the room inviting and comfortable which added up to a happy atmosphere .
26 And furthermore , do n't bother with guidebook descriptions or the like , just find the crag and climb the rock , dappled with lichen , tinged with red and bristle-tufted with pink-and-dark-green heather , which soars up to a narrow apex .
27 On the third floor , she led him to one of four doors , which opened on to a firelit bedroom , with a great canopied bed , steaming water-jugs and wash-basin , and a garderobe in the thickness of the walling with candle-shelf , stone seat and chute .
28 These constraints lead decision-makers to deviate considerably from the comprehensive rationality model , but in six ways which add up to a positive theory of decision-making .
29 Neither side has given any estimate of the extent of the anticipated cuts but the expectation is that hundreds of the 2,200 jobs , which add up to a monthly £2 million pay bill , will have to be sacrificed .
30 Exquisitely furnished with antiques and fine paintings , it has impressive lounges and a bar which opens on to a large terrace where dancing can be arranged .
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