Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [to-vb] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was reassured that the nonsense would stop , and that people would use the bikes merely to get to the base of mountains , where the walk in was prohibitive of completing the hill in a day without some means of transport . |
| 2 | He willed himself to sit quietly , allowing his eyes gradually to adjust to the night . |
| 3 | It was fairly clear that there was going to be some smuggling as well but , even allowing for the often-repeated story that other ships lay over the horizon and sent boats in to add to the stock on board the single ship , the net profits from the ship could hardly have been much more than twice those of the slave-trading . |
| 4 | The Home Office took more than six weeks even to respond to the points made , by which time the situation in my constituency had already exploded out of control . |
| 5 | The following day brought several more guests and with two days yet to go to the start of the conference , Darlington Hall was filled with people of all nationalities , talking in rooms , or else standing around , apparently aimlessly , in the hall , in corridors and on landings , examining pictures or objects . |
| 6 | They allow leading firms continuously to adjust to the collapse of the timescales for the diffusion of products around the world ; people all over the world are increasingly aware of what others are buying . |
| 7 | And er got three suggestions really to add to the criteria that Professor Lock 's put forward . |
| 8 | This was the origin of the myth that workers had to put their hands up to go to the lavatory . |
| 9 | As befits a killer debut , it 's a shit-kicking brag that warns competitors not to step to The Undertaker , or face the lyrical consequences . |
| 10 | We 've been there ourselves and now feel that it 's too easy for churches simply to add to the guilt of those who have abortions . ’ |