Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " 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 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’ |
| 5 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 6 | I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . " |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He wants you to go up to the villa . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I want you to go back to the house and telephone the Incident Room . |
| 14 | ‘ What on earth possessed you to go down to the sea ? ’ asked Mrs Ridley . |
| 15 | " Did Comrade Andrew tell you to go down to the picket ? |
| 16 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I want you to come back to the Incident Room with me where you will be asked to make a full statement . ’ |
| 17 | Talking of your first P-bass , what originally inspired you to get on to the instrument ? |
| 18 | I want you to think back to the story of Mufaro |
| 19 | Lay some stones to allow you to step in to the wheel to pick your herbs . |
| 20 | This irritates the worms sufficiently to cause them to crawl up to the surface immediately , where they can be collected easily in daylight . |
| 21 | Second , at the very tip of their abdomen they possess a hook-like structure which enables them to hold on to the shell . |
| 22 | A year ago Nicky , Rob 's girlfriend of about eight months convinced him to go back to the ice pack that nearly killed him . |
| 23 | I 'm an Army officer and all I want to do is persuade him to go back to the Army . ’ |
| 24 | To get him to go out to the Lock with her , Marie had told Simon all sorts of lies . |
| 25 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |
| 26 | They all turned towards her when she entered and way was made for her to go up to the counter . |
| 27 | He wanted her to go down to the river with him . |
| 28 | Before the Collector continued about his business , Dr McNab asked him to come over to the window for a moment . |
| 29 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
| 30 | The queasiness which had first compelled him to come back to the house that evening clawed him again , and kept him in the chair under her fond glances and bids to intimacy . |