Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees . |
| 2 | I think it 's more likely to happen on the third or fourth flight , once the bird has caught on to the idea of freedom , which is why it 's important to keep it reasonably hungry . |
| 3 | The second psychoanalytic message that has come through to the public is its preoccupation with sex . |
| 4 | ‘ Two other factors will make us a better team this season — Keith Finlay has come back to the club from North Fermanagh and that has stiffened our batting while Tony Johnson from Barbados is a superb all rounder . ’ |
| 5 | Baton Rouge , Louisiana-based Fifth Generation Systems , a little spitfire in the MS-DOS world , has moved on to the Unix scene with its first Unix product , Fastback Plus Unix , a $345 backup and restore utility for Intel Corp 80386 and 80486 machines running UnixWare , Interactive , SCO Unix , System V.3/V.4 and Consensys V.4.2 . |
| 6 | ‘ This is only the second time Derry has got through to the final in 35 years , so tickets this year are like gold dust , ’ he said . |
| 7 | has sold out to the money men . |
| 8 | Because the practice is something in which people share , there are behavioural criteria for saying that someone has cottoned on to the use of an expression . |
| 9 | Over the years it has settled down to the equivalent of ‘ dinner for two ’ , thus about £60 in 1990 in Greenock . |
| 10 | I begin by reminding hon. Members of the reforms that the Minister has brought back to the House . |
| 11 | Suppose the night porter has gone through to the kitchen to make a sandwich . |
| 12 | Fred Couples , the Americans ' man of the season so far but who did not play last week , has gone back to the top amid a wholesale reshuffle . |
| 13 | The Government has gone back to the Appeal COurt tonight in a second attempt to stop Central Television screening the first filmed interview with mass murderer Dennis Nilsen . |
| 14 | Hypnotists working for the police ask an individual , most commonly a witness or a victim , to imagine that he has gone back to the time of the crime . |
| 15 | The actor who played Dirty Den in Eastenders has gone back to the prison where he was once an inmate . |
| 16 | With this the criticism of traditional orthodox formulations , which had long been regarded as absolutely central and essential to Christian belief , came on the stage in a new way and ushered in a debate which has continued up to the present . |
| 17 | This same process has continued down to the present , now with the next generation of Hirmers , Albert and Irmgard , supplying many new plates , especially of the recently restored churches at Wies and Dießen . |
| 18 | The fact that she has fought back to the level that she has now attained is a tribute to the loving care , encouragement and inspiration given her by her parents . |
| 19 | The Clinton administration has faced up to the fact that NASA 's plans for the space station threatened to swallow the agency whole . |
| 20 | Postpone Match — If the ( human ) player needed for the next match has nipped out to the bog or something , the match can be postponed until the end of the week 's fixtures . |
| 21 | ‘ And Mama has written to say how grateful she is that we 'll be able to see how the old house has stood up to the war and cope with any disasters for her . ’ |
| 22 | He looked apologetic. ‘ … since nightfall , the wind has backed around to the south , with sea swells of some ten to fifteen feet . |
| 23 | Relieved Old Trafford supporters celebrated a goal that takes United back to the top of the League , two points clear of Howard Wilkinson 's dogged Leeds . |
| 24 | But by all accounts she 's phoned up to the house four times . |
| 25 | I think Shel 's got down to the beginning again ! |
| 26 | There 's this man on this tree , it 's about 50 feet tall , the tree , and he 's er he 's just crouched on there , sitting there now , with a blue rope round his neck , and it 's tied on to the tree . |
| 27 | Pete 's gone down to the shop and got yourself a bottle whisky . |
| 28 | and she 'll go and get the milk out and say I 've just got myself a glass of milk mum , oh right , okay not even aware that she 's gone out to the fridge you know , fair enough we say ah , you do n't do you ? |
| 29 | And so it 's passed on to the person in the school or college responsible for that . |
| 30 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |