Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [adv] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been through the usual bass/guitar/drum formative years , they 've moved sideways to a shiny guitar/keyboard sound which draws on the good bits of the early '80s , without being retro . |
| 2 | You 've got off to a good start , Deirdra , so keep writing — and reading ! |
| 3 | They 've got off to a good start with a pair of eighteen carat gold and turquoise earrings donated by the Elizabeth Gage company of London . |
| 4 | All the little steps have added up to a high achievement . |
| 5 | However , they have come home to a safe place where they know they are loved and that it is safe to have their tantrums . |
| 6 | Marketers in the Anglo-Saxon cultures have moved closer to a pan-European approach than their Latin counterparts , the survey adds . |
| 7 | It will also rekindle suspicions among the Euro-sceptical wing of the Tory Party that the MEPs , led by Sir Christopher Prout , have sold out to a new brand of Euro-federalism , redolent of continental social and industrial consensus politics . |
| 8 | A small number of cooperatives and self-managed enterprises have got off to a good start . |
| 9 | WITTON Gilbert WMC members have got off to a good start with their appeal to provide two guide dogs for the blind . |
| 10 | ‘ Esop fable ’ ( May ) correctly suggests that employee share ownership plans have got off to a slow start . |
| 11 | But once we have left school and have gone on to a different sort of existence , those relationships cease to have anything like the same meaning . |