Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl who had shown her in turned back to Folly with the question on her lips . |
| 2 | The swimming section was more or less brought back to mind to me the other day when they showed the old Stoke bathing place . |
| 3 | All serious sport kite flyers are advised to join and so keep up to date with their official manual . |
| 4 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 5 | An alternative explanation is that L3 overwinter in the soil rather than on the grass and only migrate on to pasture at some point between June and October as a result of some factor , as yet unknown , perhaps involving ing earthworms or coprophagic beetles . |
| 6 | It was clear then that Noriega only held on to power by two threads — popular apathy and the loyalty of the Panama Defence Force . |
| 7 | In fact , she was quietly grateful for the fact that he chose not to sit down to table with them . |
| 8 | And finally bang up to date with the Red Arrows : they will be just one of fifteen air display teams performing at Fairford . |
| 9 | And finally bang up to date with the Red Arrows : they will be just one of fifteen air display teams performing at Fairford . |
| 10 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 11 | If the urban élites were largely won over to Christianity by about 430 , the masses had drifted into it even sooner . |
| 12 | You 're not turning up to school in this are you ? |
| 13 | She was idolised and soon settled down to life with a British family . |
| 14 | On 4 May 1987 a bank holiday Monday , we had just settled down to lunch before watching A Man for all Seasons . |
| 15 | My initial perceptions of a college of further education might have begun on a lofty plane , but I was soon brought down to earth with a bump . |
| 16 | I have to admit that after three years of using Q&A I have n't memorized all of the mainly function key-driven keyboard shortcuts , but those that I ca n't remember are easily brought back to mind with a tap of the F1 key which lists them . |
| 17 | It will not stand up to examination by the electorate in the coming election campaign . |
| 18 | Assessment shows that the rhetoric of community involvement did not stand up to examination in the way that bids were compiled . |
| 19 | Many people wake up in the night with a wonderful " eureka " idea which does not stand up to examination in the cold light of morning . |
| 20 | The same kind of mistake — usually entirely hidden from the people with the opposing views — can easily creep in to discussion about more serious matters . |
| 21 | Do not go on to fill in the objectives list until you and your partner have begun negotiations on your expectations . |
| 22 | Hey , thanks for trying , but maybe I 'll just go back to bed with my cocoa and my Simply Red CD , if you do n't mind awfully . |
| 23 | That baggage you 've just taken on to help in the bedroom wears one like that and ties her apron right up under her breasts till they nearly pop out , beggin' your pardon , Mr Timothy . |
| 24 | ‘ The players need to feel confident and secure in their positions and we are counting on those players who did not come up to expectation against Scotland , to make up for it against Ireland . ’ |
| 25 | He then came home , but was not allowed back to School for another year . |
| 26 | It 's now clear , my Lord Mayor , what the Labour Party has transferred has transferred it 's opposition to Right to Buy in to opposition towards the new Rents to Mortgage . |
| 27 | Ammonia is the toxic waste produced by the fish and this is initially bacterially broken down to nitrite in your filtration system . |
| 28 | post-interview with the teacher to obtain his view of the lesson outcomes , including particular incidents and pupils — possibly leading on to discussion of the SCAN record and possible inferences from it about the material |
| 29 | He was a short man , still clinging on to youth in his clothes and the cut of his hair . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , ad hoc bibliographies date quickly and are not always brought up to date after initial publication . |