Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] to [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you actually had to go on to a smaller boat ? |
| 2 | Jennifer remembered Tristram 's face grinning through the wall , and the firm warm clasp of his hand as he reached through to her ; she remembered a night when the moonlight was like mercury on the trees — and she remembered her own sudden cry of love and joy , which Mrs Prynn had thought was the deadly shriek of a mandrake and which had caused her to go down to the lower scullery to see if Jennifer was safe . |
| 3 | I think to come back to an earlier question of what should you teach them , and what is normal , is that ideally a child wants to grow up in an environment where his or her parents enjoy here , where the relationship is enjoyable on both sides and not shot through with anxiety about how well this child is developing , providing the development is within the normal range . |
| 4 | I think to come back to an earlier question of what should you teach them , and what is normal , is that ideally a child wants to grow up in an environment where his or her parents enjoy here , where the relationship is enjoyable on both sides and not shot through with anxiety about how well this child is developing , providing the development is within the normal range . |
| 5 | The debate is a profound one and it is only just beginning to reach out to a wider audience . |
| 6 | It was superbly performed and I found it enjoyable , although it did seem to hark back to an earlier period of American modern dance . |
| 7 | It makes good sense to switch over to a lighter routine , just as you adapt to the warm weather by wearing lighter fabrics . |
| 8 | Many men battled valiantly with what they conceived of as temptation and strove to live up to a higher ideal of married life , and few women , including leading feminists , would have thought of demanding more . |
| 9 | He has a tendency to give abstract theory in unnecessarily dense language without examples ; this is difficult to absorb , and consequently , when we reach the extended analyses in Chapter 5 , there is a temptation constantly to flick back to the earlier chapters to try to clarify the theory . |
| 10 | The expressions and ideas of religion — that of the Fatherhood of God , for instance — belong in the category of image , and it is the task of the philosopher to break through to a clearer conceptualisation , refining the images into concepts . |
| 11 | These fry are ready to move on to a larger tank . |
| 12 | It sounded an ideal way to explore some of the remoter parts of this region , but our time was limited and we wanted to move on to the higher mountains . |
| 13 | Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life . |
| 14 | Very briefly to move on to the further thing now , What about myself as your prospective candidate ? |
| 15 | He wants to move down to a smaller house in Weybridge . |
| 16 | The Gib'Sea family of yachts allow you to move up to a larger craft as your requirements progress — you can select from the comprehensive range , 24′ to 52′ , while remaining loyal to a marque you can trust . |
| 17 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 18 | The reigning Commonwealth middleweight champion Stevens was forced to move up to the heavier weight following a knee injury and a prolonged viral infection . |
| 19 | Successful inmates can hope to move back to a lower category C security , or even a Category D open prison . |