Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin .
2 ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’
3 ‘ Bumface came here to tell me that he was going to fight the War Office and that he was not having the WO Instruction for me to report forthwith to the Ski Battalion at Bordon .
4 So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead .
5 My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’
6 ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’
7 The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com
8 He says the two main benefits for shareholders are that the perks are a ‘ bit of fun ’ that it ‘ enables them to relate more to the company . ’
9 The reason is that erm the question of membership seems to me to relate essentially to the ministry of the whole people of God .
10 I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service .
11 ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ?
12 This is a short-cut walkers are not supposed to take , to prevent erosion , but it would have taken a man with a Rotweiler and a machine-gun to stop me , so desperate was I to get back to the car and home .
13 Twomey sent old Lizzie with the summons : " Mr Twomey says , Sir Dermot says , for ye to come down to the morning room — the young gentlemen are here . "
14 Although I would have kept all the notes and drafts and I could , therefore , reconstruct how a poem is written , it 's my experience that once it 's been written it 's very hard for me to imagine back to the time when it was n't written .
15 He wants you to go up to the villa . ’
16 The young man know as Sandro appeared at the house and his parents said ‘ we do n't want you to go back to the Hare Krishna movement ’ .
17 ‘ I want you to go back to the house and telephone the Incident Room .
18 ‘ What on earth possessed you to go down to the sea ? ’ asked Mrs Ridley .
19 " Did Comrade Andrew tell you to go down to the picket ?
20 Wycliffe said : ‘ I want you to come back to the Incident Room with me where you will be asked to make a full statement . ’
21 Question six asks you to listen carefully to the music of bars fourteen to nineteen .
22 Question six asked you to listen carefully to the music of bars fourteen to nineteen and say where the player takes a breath .
23 Talking of your first P-bass , what originally inspired you to get on to the instrument ?
24 ‘ I want you to get back to the docks and get everybody out as fast as you can .
25 I want you to think back to the story of Mufaro
26 Lay some stones to allow you to step in to the wheel to pick your herbs .
27 Were we to adhere strictly to the interpretation of our tradition as " theoretical " , there would , for our purposes , be no need to go beyond Schopenhauer .
28 Meanwhile , he was anxious for me to contribute further to The Criterion , and he remained hopeful that I would write something more substantial .
29 This irritates the worms sufficiently to cause them to crawl up to the surface immediately , where they can be collected easily in daylight .
30 Although other countries had wanted to specify the end of 1992 as the deadline , the UK persuaded them to refer instead to the schedule outlined in the Treaty which provided that the Treaty could come into effect later than Jan. 1 , 1993 , if the ratification process were not completed by then in all states .
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