Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This high turnover means that they come on to the unemployment register for short periods and so distort the figures . |
| 2 | So I did the unforgivable , which was to suggest to my boyfriend that they go on to the summit without me . |
| 3 | The fact that they tapped in to the rapidly expanding European market undoubtedly helped the giant US firms to offset some of the effects of slow domestic growth . |
| 4 | That they carry back to the crevice |
| 5 | So that they floated down to the next district and they would n't have to bother . ’ |
| 6 | So that they float down to the next district and you do n't have to report them ? ’ |
| 7 | Flowers visited by passerines are twisted such that they face back to the peduncle , on which the perching bird stands : hummingbird flowers differ in being tubular and sticking outwards making them readily accessible to hovering birds . |
| 8 | She wanted to check on some of her cultures before they left the building , so they went up to the third floor and along a corridor lined with rooms numbered for experimentation and behavioural study . |
| 9 | ‘ So they went up to the village pub and had a few drinks . |
| 10 | I think just the fact that my wife knew what was going on , and knew the problems exactly you know , they had their own meetings and the food parcels that they could organize , you know I would n't have a clue how to go about it , the fact that various shops refused to have collection points inside , and they wrote off to the management of these shops and got that changed . |
| 11 | Above the uproar , Gerrard signaled furiously at the men with the microphones , and they fell back to the sides of the studio , pulling the microphones away from eagerly reaching hands , and Gerrard began to walk backward toward the dais , looking from side to side as he went . |
| 12 | He met Pilger in the foyer and they went up to the room . |
| 13 | She was most solicitous ( scheming bitch ! ) so he told her that his wife was cured and they went back to the same old routine . |
| 14 | The water lapped about their feet , and they went back to the posts . |
| 15 | Strolling , they pondered public education versus private schooling ; Johnson wondered why boys from England had been sent as far as Aberdeen to be educated , with ‘ so many good schools in England ’ , and they went back to the New Inn , to be joined there by Sir Alexander Gordon , an old friend of Johnson 's , who had sent a card in advance , and through Boswell we join their conversation as it drifts back to the stocking-making . |
| 16 | ‘ Still — ’ murmured Juliet , and they went along to the haematology department . |
| 17 | He arranged an abortion which went wrong and they went off to the South of France to recuperate . |
| 18 | For a while the man stood muttering and cursing as he clanked his heavy ring of keys , but at last he found the right one and they stepped on to the moonlit track which ran down like a strip of silver through the overhanging trees . |
| 19 | She ran , jumped on her girlfriend 's motorbike and they roared off to the house in the middle of the ricefields where they were staying , the bike slewing around in panic . |
| 20 | so anyway , she hires so he hires this prostitute and they , they go upstairs and he gets a bit hungry so sarnie and they get down to the serious business |
| 21 | Children from the local primary school cycled the path to attend the ceremony , but when Walter and Ted started reminiscing about bike rides to Newcastle in the 1920's , their patience ran out and they scampered off to the village hall for their free tea ! |
| 22 | Devlin got up and they walked out to the terrace . |
| 23 | Nails replied with some very bad language , which somewhat alienated Shirl , and they walked back to the police-car in silence , and Nails was locked in the back . |
| 24 | Juliet laughed , and they walked back to the car . |
| 25 | At midday all the people from Amantani dress up in traditional costume and they go up to the two centres . |
| 26 | And she 's just like , this really officious and then , she just said , everybody goes round , and they try and get the cheapest price and they go back to the place that are giving the cheapest price , whatever . |
| 27 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 28 | The children began to worry , and they climbed down to the mouth of the tunnel . |
| 29 | Five or ten pounds is the price that has to be paid for them and they last six months and they move on to the next , extraordinary approach . |
| 30 | And they comes up to the edge of the box and they 're growling and barking . |