Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we 've settled down to a pattern of events now which schools have actually indicated to us is what they want to see . |
| 2 | Brian Tustian is one of the organic farmers who have responded enthusiastically to an arrangement that bypasses wholesalers and sells straight to the public . |
| 3 | The measures will be even tighter than those instituted for all flights from French airports a week ago — which include the X-raying of all hold baggage , new controls on hand baggage , and body searches — that have added up to an hour to flight checks-ins . |
| 4 | It is easy to be unaware of the pressures we are under until they have built up to a head . |
| 5 | Since so much capital has external sources , the bourgeoisie have not come through the same phase of saving and investment , as did their European counterparts , but have moved straight to a consumption stage . |
| 6 | Parents have handed over to an outsider to solve a problem he or she never has to face . |
| 7 | Ticket sales for this year 's Ryedale Festival have got off to a record start with more than £16,000 netted in the first three weeks and some events are already sold out , says director Geoffrey Emmerson . |
| 8 | We have slipped back to a state of affairs which would be intolerable even in Naples . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Looking for you — Mick and Terry have gone on to a club . |
| 10 | I was only able to come because all the men have gone off to a meeting with Romanies from other camps . |
| 11 | Since this Act came into effect , deportations have increased threefold to a rate where over 300 Black people are being deported every month . |
| 12 | Rising incomes have led both to an increase in wealth and an increase in borrowing . |
| 13 | This tendency was reinforced in the mid and late 1980s in which the blockbuster box office hits have been , for example , the Indiana Jones films and Ghostbusters and the Stallone and Schwarzenegger films which have catered especially to an audience in their early teens , and use plot as an excuse for a succession of spectacular events . |