Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin . |
| 2 | There was nothing to go back to the flat for ; the building would be empty , and here in the city centre she was , at least , among people . |
| 3 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 4 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’ |
| 6 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 7 | I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service . |
| 8 | ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ? |
| 9 | This is a short-cut walkers are not supposed to take , to prevent erosion , but it would have taken a man with a Rotweiler and a machine-gun to stop me , so desperate was I to get back to the car and home . |
| 10 | Twomey sent old Lizzie with the summons : " Mr Twomey says , Sir Dermot says , for ye to come down to the morning room — the young gentlemen are here . " |
| 11 | Prior to 1916–17 , prior to the crisis brought about by the demise of his father , the process of schooling was merely an extension of family life , a childhood means of emulating a successful father , the arena in which to live up to the expectations of a demanding father-figure . |
| 12 | Although I would have kept all the notes and drafts and I could , therefore , reconstruct how a poem is written , it 's my experience that once it 's been written it 's very hard for me to imagine back to the time when it was n't written . |
| 13 | He wants you to go up to the villa . ’ |
| 14 | The young man know as Sandro appeared at the house and his parents said ‘ we do n't want you to go back to the Hare Krishna movement ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I want you to go back to the house and telephone the Incident Room . |
| 16 | ‘ What on earth possessed you to go down to the sea ? ’ asked Mrs Ridley . |
| 17 | " Did Comrade Andrew tell you to go down to the picket ? |
| 18 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I want you to come back to the Incident Room with me where you will be asked to make a full statement . ’ |
| 19 | Talking of your first P-bass , what originally inspired you to get on to the instrument ? |
| 20 | ‘ I want you to get back to the docks and get everybody out as fast as you can . |
| 21 | I want you to think back to the story of Mufaro |
| 22 | Lay some stones to allow you to step in to the wheel to pick your herbs . |
| 23 | This irritates the worms sufficiently to cause them to crawl up to the surface immediately , where they can be collected easily in daylight . |
| 24 | If I 'd have thought that Mrs Carrow would take it on herself to go down to the beach with little Celia that morning when one of my younger brothers came for me because my mum was ill , well I 'd never have gone , however much I was needed at home . |
| 25 | Charity exchanged a few pleasantries , then , at a look from her mother , excused herself to go off to the kitchen , leaving Leonora alone with Mrs Vaughan . |
| 26 | But at last , as a tongue probed an aching tooth , she forced herself to think back to the scene at Brynteg , and found the exercise distasteful and painful , but reassuring . |
| 27 | Second , at the very tip of their abdomen they possess a hook-like structure which enables them to hold on to the shell . |
| 28 | A year ago Nicky , Rob 's girlfriend of about eight months convinced him to go back to the ice pack that nearly killed him . |
| 29 | I 'm an Army officer and all I want to do is persuade him to go back to the Army . ’ |
| 30 | I rang the owner Gary Harris , and arranged with him to go out to the USA and view the aircraft , after which we came to an agreement and I purchased the Corsair . |