Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] to the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut down to the bone to avoid excessive wastage . |
| 2 | Just before leaving , glance up to the left to see the glazed window through which Franz Kafka gazed upon Catholic services in church from his parents ' flat next door . |
| 3 | The escort races to the arms cabinet to withdraw the team 's weapons , whilst the others run out to the garage to load the last of the equipment . |
| 4 | I left Reine early , when all the people who live on the outskirts of Paris pour in to the city to work . |
| 5 | No I think we should do the north first , then go down to the south to meet Frank and Dave . |
| 6 | She knew that the Pitts were going to stay with the police , go down to the river to wait if the Chief Superintendent let them , but she did not want to . |
| 7 | No that 's alright then and er I , I got into , I came , came back sort of when mother died , had to come back suddenly in the middle of the week and then erm I brought me family up as I say and , and my hubby he took , he took us Christmas shopping which is twenty one years ago this , this month the sixteenth my daughter-in-law and I and the little boy and that 's the little boy over there that 's now married , the one with the photograph , he took us shopping at Bishop 's Stortford cos we had n't any shops nothing here then , there was nothing when I first came here it was terrible and we went to Bishop 's Stortford and we came home in the , dinner time and I got erm , had our dinner and everything , had our meal , well we had soup and that was gon na cook at night , er you know , dinner at night so we had soup and that and erm he said I go down to the garage to put a tyre on my car , he came struggling back and within half an hour he was dead at fifty six years old that 's all he was , so I was left to bring up those that was n't married , I was left to bring up er the others you know , er I had the twins with me and Roy one of the boys and erm , er Brian the youngest one and I had to bring them up and I , after I , they , they all got married and I moved , before they got married I just got Brian with me the two twins got married , and I moved into my daughter-in-law 's house next door which was no two , seven , five the other side , I 'm sorry , two , seven , five and er I was in my house though three years that four bedroom and I could n't afford to keep you know big house like that going with just three , my , me and my son so we moved into her house and she had the end one which is still in now , we 'd done a swap and then cos er , er in the later years I was in there oh a long , long while and I loved it and I did n't wan na move but then I found , I was handicapped , I would n't get up the stairs to the toilet so I was moved into this bungalow you see and I had a friend living with me and he erm , he come here to live with me , came to lodge with me because he did n't want to go into Stevenage you see and er , after that erm , after that we , I had this bungalow and er I moved into this bungalow and er he moved in here with me and er everything happened when I got in this bungalow . |
| 8 | At the height of the gale I go down to the pier to see how our local boats are doing , but all the anchors appear to be holding firm . |
| 9 | When I go up to the farm to get Mummy 's eggs , I 'll ask if we could use it for our meetings and … ’ |
| 10 | Sam Rollins and Dwayne and Carlos go out to the plane to split the coke . |
| 11 | So when I 've finished the first draft , I go back to the beginning to check that it all hangs together . |
| 12 | I was in the house the night you came back , and I watched you try the french windows , and then go round to the back to find the kitchen window locked , too . |
| 13 | All your horses are out , put your men up they walk round the ring and at seven o'clock you move off to the heath to train your horses . |
| 14 | She had evidently only come down to the foyer to collect her mail . |
| 15 | Then I step up to the bar to order more beer . |