Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 2 | Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period . |
| 3 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |
| 4 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
| 5 | I tried to climb down to the nest once . |
| 6 | ‘ You must excuse me — I promised to go along to the tennis courts . |
| 7 | now if I want to go down to the sea front well I 'll shall get a taxi and , and sha n't be worrying where me next meals coming from because I 've saved it , so , so that 's , that 's no worry , I was saying to Arthur if we went to Butlins well it would take all we had , because it , we could n't go to Butlins under three hundred pounds for two of us , we could n't go anywhere else , if we go to Blackpool , our , our said to , to , to dad , I , I would like to pop to , er I do n't think we will do because , er , the hassle for your dad , but er , I 'd like to go and see aunty Annie , but I do n't want to go to Nelson to do it |
| 8 | After the elections I want to go back to the Institute of Forecasting . |
| 9 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I want to go back to the house for a while , ’ she said at last in a careful tone . |
| 11 | But I want to hold on to the role . ’ |
| 12 | I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded . |
| 13 | I love rap but in the future I want to get back to the funk . |
| 14 | Stich said later : ‘ I want to get back to the world top 10 — that 's my goal . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Thanks anyway but I want to get back to the hotel and soak my shoulder in a hot bath . |
| 16 | Unless there are any snags , I want to get back to the workshop . |
| 17 | I want to get back to the farm . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to get back to the office . ’ |
| 19 | When it goes past I want to run over to the other side of the bridge , but there 's too much traffic to cross the road , so I just watch the trail of water it leaves behind . |
| 20 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 21 | ‘ I like to go down to the Albert Dock but I ca n't manage it very well without the scooter . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I like to get down to the sea and talk to the waves , ’ one housewife said to another , on the bus . |
| 23 | So I decided to go on to the council . |
| 24 | Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went . |
| 25 | I decided to go back to the block and rest for a little . |
| 26 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |
| 27 | So I decided to go back to the ship again , and get some more things . |
| 28 | The painful contractions started before I reached the ward and by the time the ward nurse had brought me 2 paracetamol , I needed to go back to the delivery suite ! |
| 29 | Well I meant to say back to the house , I meant to say . |
| 30 | Dazed as I was , I managed to roll on to the floor and crawl under the table as people crowded over to watch what they thought was a fight . |