Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I need a few hours to report back to the office , then my time can be my own . |
| 2 | Times to go down to the pits and the sun came out . |
| 3 | It would n't take two minutes to slip up to the attic , Timothy Gedge said . |
| 4 | Our assistance breaks that barrier while allowing for the funds to come back to the Network when the company steps up production and is earning a return on its investment . |
| 5 | As William Gutteridge had pointed out in 1969 , the ability of the new polytechnics to match up to the universities was drastically hampered by their lack of resources of all kinds : |
| 6 | Some financial planners have worked out another loophole , telling their clients to hang on to the part of their income paid in company shares , because taxes on capital gains are unlikely to rise under President Clinton and may even fall . |
| 7 | It took me four to five months to get back to the weight I was before I was pregnant . |
| 8 | He continues the list of what can be seen , using run on lines to build up to the climax : |
| 9 | In perhaps 50 per cent of cases the final diagnosis depends on confirmatory results from the pathology laboratory and these take from two to seven days to come back to the clinic . |
| 10 | It was as though they were marching up great soaring bridges to get on to the screen , where they would enter into the films we had come to see . |
| 11 | Lisa nodded , carefully scooping up armful of bouquets to carry out to the van . |
| 12 | Hands flutter beseechingly ; voices plead ; dollar bills are entrusted to strangers to pass along to the aisles ; low-flying choc ices and cans of Coke come hurtling back . |
| 13 | According to Robert F. Maguire III , President of LACMA 's Board of Trustees , ‘ One of Rusty 's most significant accomplishments was spearheading the museum 's efforts to reach out to the city 's diverse population , mounting exhibitions of multicultural appeal ’ . |
| 14 | Teachers have constantly to buttonhole each other as they pass in the staffroom and tack extra things to do on to the bottom of each other 's already overlong agendas . |
| 15 | The leaflet will target likely homes , inviting would-be vendors to ring in to the hotel for further details . |
| 16 | Sucralose is one of the few products to come out of the Reading research labs that T&L felt it had the resources to develop through to the market . |
| 17 | Bearing in mind the figures and the fact that French farmers regularly burn lorry loads of English lamb and Italian grapes with complete impunity and that it is not possible for an English lorry firm to go to Germany and to load up with goods to bring back to the United Kingdom , should not the European Community try to walk before it tries to run ? |
| 18 | The division of work between the private profession and the law centre has not been based entirely on the choice of clients in deciding which problems to bring in to the law centre . |
| 19 | Back at Templecombe , now over his shock , Mandeville paced around like an angry cat , hurling abuse at Santerre , telling Lady Beatrice to stop screaming and order servants to go down to the village and bring wise women to attend to Southgate . |
| 20 | Ramblers were often trained as weeping standards , with their stems tied to a vertical pole and then fanned out over a series of hoops to cascade down to the ground . |
| 21 | A number of companies have gone to great pains to point out to the shareholders that the goodwill adjustment does not affect the company 's net asset value , but Company Reporting named a number of companies that have actively avoided showing the full extent of losses on disposal . |
| 22 | The Pack spent a busy evening making up gift parcels to take round to the orphanage and to other people on the Guider 's list . |
| 23 | A provision for the partners to bring in to the firm 's account their fees and other remuneration derived from offices and appointments held by them ( see below ) ( Clause 10.06 ) . |
| 24 | The passion of his kisses on her throat were leaving her weak and she had to will her fingers to hold on to the bodice . |
| 25 | Julia was so interested in the cross-examination that she almost disobeyed Anthony 's instructions to go back to the Campo San Maurizio for lunch and spend the afternoon in bed , but , remembering how weak she had felt the previous evening , she did as he said . |
| 26 | ‘ But the difference now is that the profits go back into the game and the WRU are to be congratulated on their decisions to tap in to the funds that are available . ’ |
| 27 | Inside is a plastic platform which is perforated to allow liquids to seep through to the tank in the bottom . |
| 28 | Make sure there are no other ways for the weevils to climb up to the pots . |
| 29 | He had lost his watch back in Victorian London and so had no clear idea of time ; it may have taken minutes or hours to get back to the hole in time . |
| 30 | We 've got about four minutes to get back to the hotel . ’ |