Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Stich said later : ‘ I want to get back to the world top 10 — that 's my goal . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Thanks anyway but I want to get back to the hotel and soak my shoulder in a hot bath . |
| 33 | Unless there are any snags , I want to get back to the workshop . |
| 34 | I want to get back to the farm . |
| 35 | ‘ I want to get back to the office . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ There are a few details I want to clear up with the other girls , ’ she told me . |
| 37 | When it goes past I want to run over to the other side of the bridge , but there 's too much traffic to cross the road , so I just watch the trail of water it leaves behind . |
| 38 | For the last 100 feet I seemed to drop out of the sky — the flat roof of a house came rushing up at me , and just as I was about to land on it , it dodged to one side and I ended up in a little patch of green wheat . |
| 39 | No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain . |
| 40 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |
| 41 | Having set the scene , it was about 2 years ago whilst I was being taken for a walk through the village by our springer dog , that I happened to meet up with the Church Warden who , after passing the time of day suddenly said ‘ Ah Bob , you do a bit of woodwork , do n't you ? |
| 42 | I happened to look in on the Private Office before going home in order to see whether there was anything I ought to take account of . |
| 43 | I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway . |
| 44 | To harmonize my body language with Alison 's , I turned to look out of the window . |
| 45 | Slowly , I began to swim along under the castle walls . |
| 46 | I began to climb back into the limo . |
| 47 | In splinters of thought , unconnectedly , I began to look back over the past three weeks . |
| 48 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 49 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 50 | ‘ I like to go down to the Albert Dock but I ca n't manage it very well without the scooter . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ I like to go out among the diners and discuss the menu with them . |
| 52 | It is not simply a question of availability of space , but of a belief that , as one mother put it , ‘ I like to wake up in the night and see all my family around me . ’ |
| 53 | The afternoon er I like to get up in the morning I like to talk and sing be happy ! |
| 54 | I like to get out on the road when I can or go to the studio . |
| 55 | ‘ I like to get down to the sea and talk to the waves , ’ one housewife said to another , on the bus . |
| 56 | I am still firmly of the belief that I like to walk out of the client 's house with a cheque , because that 's a commitment , and then the next premium comes out of the direct debit . |
| 57 | ‘ By when do I have to get out of the house ? ’ |
| 58 | So I decided to go on to the council . |
| 59 | Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went . |
| 60 | I decided to go back to the block and rest for a little . |