Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] [to-vb] to the " in BNC.

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1 BUT when the system loosened up slightly under pressure from Gorbachev 's reforms , some groups started to return to the cafes .
2 Except in winter , when heavy snow sometimes delayed us and another engine had to come to the rescue , we generally arrived on time at Parma. just occasionally a tram car went off the rails ; perhaps Camera was overcome by the thrill of speed .
3 Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) .
4 The results displayed in Fig. 3.14 show that these subjects continued to orient to the light over the course of 16 ten-trial sessions .
5 Because several tutors failed to keep to the new time table for applications the Board has decided that they will have to revert to the original dates for the Written Examination entries .
6 That same Heinkel managed to escape to the Firth of Forth , turn , and move back for another attack run .
7 Most people continued to go to the cinema occasionally , and about two-fifths of C2 and DE audiences in 1986 claimed feature films were their favourite TV programmes .
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