Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [adv] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for me , so , I 've arranged to go back to the dentist then . |
| 2 | Surely Baldwin , whatever his desire earlier in the imbroglio , can not at this stage have wished to go back to the Cabinet on the following morning and announce that a wayward King , who had already compromised his position with most opinion both at home and in the Dominions , had suddenly changed his mind , at least temporarily , and , having attracted the maximum publicity to his preference for Mrs Simpson over the Throne , was now prepared to ditch her and try to pick up again the pieces of kingship . |
| 3 | They are expected to report back to the software house and tell the programming team about any bugs they find , any inconsistencies , and so forth . |
| 4 | Under George Bush , NASA was committed to go back to the moon and on to Mars , and the space station was arguably a step on that road . |
| 5 | There was no clue to contemporary thinking at the DTp throughout the 1970's : indeed , it was not until 1987 that a new standard reference work was published which could reasonably be expected to provide up to the minute advice on traffic planning in existing urban areas . |
| 6 | He might be banished during cleaning , but he was still permitted to jump on to the bed . |
| 7 | Furthermore , such modes of discussion are expected to conform also to the rules of professional literacy discourse . |
| 8 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |
| 9 | Taking these two elements together then , pay differentials are considered as only proper because someone with better qualifications and a longer service record may be expected to contribute more to the company . |
| 10 | Nothing could have been better designed to ram home to the Scots that monarchy as they understood it was a thing of the past . |
| 11 | I am shortly to find out , for I am booked to fly out to the Falkland Islands in a few days ! |
| 12 | Such , in essence , was the Word that the Holy Spirit could confidently be expected to take home to the hearts of the hearers . |
| 13 | The time had come to splash out to the tune of forty quid a head for the eight members of his party who had travelled with him from the Forest of Arden to Sussex by the Sea . |
| 14 | There is an obvious parallel with " decreolisation " , where a " non-standard " variety is modified to become closer to the standard . |
| 15 | So , for example , someone met initially at work may be brought home to a meal , or arrangements may be made to go out to the theatre , perhaps . |
| 16 | Now since I 've just about learnt the difference between the sharp end and the blunt end of a boat , I 've decided to go straight to the top and get some expert advice from the R Y A and who better than the R Y A's national coach John , Hi John . |
| 17 | A police spokesman said all four people held had now been released without charge , although some had been bailed to report back to the police at a later date . |
| 18 | But he went down to Suffolk very often , much more often perhaps than he would have done had Wyvis Hall been destined to pass back to the Berelands or on to one of those cousins in the United States . |
| 19 | And and and and across the board there has been a cut of er , er of of of just below fifteen per cent , that that the that er er , our cut is forty five per cent , and and I mean , it er , it it it does er er create problems , there 's no doubt about it , and that I I got the letter from er which er , Rod instructed to come along to the department to me yesterday , in fact , I did refer very briefly to it , 'cos I 'm gon na just before the meeting that er er it it sets out saying that it was a very generous set settlement for ninety-three , ninety-four . |
| 20 | She secured her garage door and , having decided to walk round to the front of the building to find out what Naylor was so furious about , she turned around — and found she had no need to go anywhere . |
| 21 | Where a decision is made to remit back to the licensing board , the interlocutor should include any specification or modification required under subs . |
| 22 | In so far as the polytechnics today do in fact offer a wide range of advanced courses on different bases of study , they can also be said to live up to the description of being ‘ comprehensive ’ in that respect . |
| 23 | With the sails furled , the device could be made to fold inward to the mast for loading and unloading I would suggest that here , a good idea lies begging . |
| 24 | Now that the party can no longer call on state finances , it will have to streamline its bureaucracy , and has already decided to hand back to the nation all superfluous assets , including the party 's holiday homes , hotels … and its headquarters . |
| 25 | It 's had to go away to the makers . |
| 26 | If we fell off the rope we would have had to go back to the start . |
| 27 | We were woken up at 5.30 am , and Alex and I were told to go over to the kitchens to fetch the breakfast . |
| 28 | After a fortnight we were told to go down to the airfield for a possible lift into Assam , but often refugees went in the morning but were back in the evening as the planes were so busy taking out wounded soldiers . |
| 29 | Eels are not thought to go down to the abyssal depths of the Atlantic where they could get such indications from the sea floor . |
| 30 | And she 's got to go downstairs to the kitchen . |