Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] to [adj] [prep] 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 | I do n't want to go out to much to the side there . |
| 3 | They are not going to go back to those of the heady days of the late 1980s . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , I 'd like to go back to some of the comments that were |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They 're able to hold on to that for the duration of the talk and be able to understand them as concepts and therefore it helps to put over the ideas . |
| 8 | Hundreds of vintage tractor enthusiasts are expected to turn up to one of the biggest auctions of its kind . |
| 9 | Plans to airlift up to half of the wild Javan rhinos to new reserves have proved controversial . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |