Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 2 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 3 | He was then required to go down to the ranges to practise shooting with the 9 mm pistol . |
| 4 | There is one ray of hope — one member of the rescue team , himself an experienced caver , is a Casualty consultant from Suffolk who has volunteered to go down with the party to provide immediate medical assistance to the injured man . |
| 5 | Amid mounting chaos , Iliescu issued a radio appeal to factory workers and others to come on to the streets to defend the revolution . |
| 6 | Mr Thomas stressed that this is the area that WACC-Asia needs to concentrate on in the months to come . |
| 7 | In Jones & Smith [ 1976 ] 3 All ER 54 ( CA ) , the occupier 's son had general permission to enter the house but he did not have permission to come in with a friend to steal two televisions , despite the father 's saying that his son would never be a trespasser in his house . |
| 8 | As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’ |
| 9 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 10 | It notes that if Intel Corp were able to come up with a way to drive 3.8m transistors without frying the chip to a frazzle , Pentium would look pretty good . |
| 11 | After the sinking of HMS Sheffield , the Ministry of Defence asked MEL ( which makes the Abbey Hill equipment ) to come up with a modification to ensure that it rapidly alerted crews to further Exocet attacks . |
| 12 | A ‘ MAGNIFICENT ’ equal third out of a filed of 374 , is how our entry fared in the worldwide competition to come up with a solution to re-seal the ruined Chernobyl reactor . |
| 13 | Indeed , while the restructuring plan casts doubt on the firm 's ability to come up with the capital to finance an ambitious plan to expand its telecommunications operation , the extent of the Kontrax Group 's difficulties are hard to assess as it financed its expansion by means of a maze of inter-company loans . |
| 14 | But the plans came to nothing when council officers were unable to come up with the money to help host the event which runs from March 3–5 . |
| 15 | has to come up to the house to talk to him and erm like he sort of opens the door and just shuts it in his face cos he finds out the other bloke 's a prince and he 's just standing there in the rain . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Crystal Palace winger John Salako may be forced to pull out of the squad to play Turkey with a knee injury . |
| 17 | Enid Nightshade , the new girl who arrived last term and was now their friend , came zooming over the treetops and screeched to a halt so forcefully that her cat and suitcase shot off the back , and Maud and Mildred had to leap out of the way to avoid being run over . |
| 18 | She assumed that , having had time to think things over , he was going to come back with the decision to tell Marc everything that had led up to this crazy engagement of theirs . |
| 19 | As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’ |
| 20 | Do n't put yourself in a situation where the treasurer has to come back to the committee to argue over every last penny . |
| 21 | Lachlan Watt had been about to leave Hamish and Antonia 's party when Fergus had fallen over and Fiona had decided it was time to take her husband home ; she had offered Lachy a lift back to his brother 's house , but when they 'd got there Fergus had seemed fast asleep , snoring loudly and taking no apparent notice of Fiona shaking him and shouting at him ; Lachy had volunteered to come back to the castle to help get Fergus out of the car and upstairs to bed ; Fiona would run Lachy back afterwards . |
| 22 | We were woken up at 5.30 am , and Alex and I were told to go over to the kitchens to fetch the breakfast . |
| 23 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |
| 24 | The baby 's attention is drawn to the potty before being placed on it : the aim was to teach the babies to reach out for the potty to indicate they wanted to use it . |
| 25 | I could n't wait to zoom off towards the seacat to go to France , but in 5 hours I would be . |
| 26 | ‘ I have nearly been killed through having to walk on to the road to see whether it is clear , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The old grandma who was holding the girl 's hand looked across at him as he walked to the window to stare down into the street to watch for Eddie . |
| 28 | So majestic were Forest that one had to look down to the programme to make sure it was n't Robertson and Woodcock and McGovern and Gemmill combining in sweet harmony to carve open Leeds . |
| 29 | I might have to walk up to the pier to find a bin . ’ |
| 30 | I had to walk out into the street to find my way home as if nothing had happened . ’ |