Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] to [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My feet were sore , I was roasted like Sunday pork , and I did n't even have the money to leap on to one of the buses that flashed past me . |
| 2 | They are not going to go back to those of the heady days of the late 1980s . ’ |
| 3 | Erm , I 'd like to go back to some of the comments that were |
| 4 | If there is time , students should now be encouraged to go back to some of the more difficult Tape Units dealing with connected speech ( say from Tape Unit 12 onwards , missing out Tape Unit 15 ) ; they will probably discover a lot of things they did not notice before . |
| 5 | I had finally resolved to stage a roof coup , to climb on to one of the forbidden roofs iii the probably vain hope that the prospect of being left behind might change Melinda 's views , when suddenly a metal door opened and arms reached down to pull us up . |
| 6 | Hundreds of vintage tractor enthusiasts are expected to turn up to one of the biggest auctions of its kind . |
| 7 | Plans to airlift up to half of the wild Javan rhinos to new reserves have proved controversial . |
| 8 | Occasionally she would allow her gaze to drop on to one of the other patients with a look which Theodora could only interpret as startled amazement . |
| 9 | It is vital to face up to some of the problems inherent in the situation and to be as honest as possible about all the relationships involved . |
| 10 | In a similar way , his When the wind blows enables the reader to face up to some of the appalling possibilities and realities of nuclear warfare in a way that is just bearable . |
| 11 | It is particularly helpful , despite the weaknesses associated with them , to think back to some of the arguments presented by Cockburn and Dearlove which were discussed in section 4.2 . |
| 12 | The unique feature is that social workers were given authority to spend up to two-thirds of the cost of a place in residential care in order to support an old person in his or her own home , who would otherwise require such a place . |
| 13 | The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has plans to move up to 26 of the rhinos to two new reserves in Indonesia , and to the USA , where a captive breeding programme will be undertaken . |