Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he never grew much above 5′5″ , Bremner was always in the thick of disputes and played according to the old motto , when the going gets tough , the tough get going . |
| 2 | She snapped off the light between the beds and lay listening to the night . |
| 3 | But he lived another seven years and continued working to the end . |
| 4 | I urge members , Chairman , not to hide behind this shabby amendment but to vote according to their consciences and their beliefs and to vote according to the views of eighty percent of the population that we represent and I urge other members to be as brief . |
| 5 | There were , he said , 180 parks , forests and chases belonging to the queen , and the rights proposed to be leased in them were worth far more than £40,000 a year . |