Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to check on some of her cultures before they left the building , so they went up to the third floor and along a corridor lined with rooms numbered for experimentation and behavioural study . |
| 2 | ‘ So they went up to the village pub and had a few drinks . |
| 3 | Well , I think , I do n't know if they went back to the pits and sort of left , but he did n't want to stay there and and got this job as a gamekeeper . |
| 4 | It would be seven and sixpence for the consultation if they went down to the surgery . |
| 5 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 6 | You watch underneath Tim , see if they come up to the top . |
| 7 | Old maps help , especially if they go back to the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries , and surveys of earthworks can also show early elements . |
| 8 | They would chat away to her about their day until they got down to the schoolwork . |
| 9 | I ordered a double portion of chicken and a Seven-Up and went to a table while they went back to the late movie on Channel 4 on a portable television . |
| 10 | High-density lipoproteins ( HDLs ) are ‘ good ’ since they latch on to the LDLs and absorb them through the artery walls to be disposed of by other organs in the body . |
| 11 | Interestingly enough , broadside probably derives from the naval tactic of firing all the guns from one side of a ship of war at once , without giving the recipient the necessity of awaiting installments Such sheets are of historic importance , since they date back to the sixteenth century , when popular poems and ballads were issued in this form ; and royal and official proclamations took to the streets in this guise almost from the first days of printing . |
| 12 | Whether they break through to the next level will make interesting watching : the forthcoming exhibition and David Sylvester 's catalogue raisonné may prove influential . |
| 13 | Before they went through to the staff room to take up positions when the parents arrived . |
| 14 | Before they got on to the subject of the commune they had been discussing which item of Hilbert 's former property they should sell next . |
| 15 | The traffic into Belfast was heavy , and it was a while before they got on to the motorway . |
| 16 | before they got down to the autographs . |
| 17 | No details yet ( although a possible game against Italy has been mooted ) however , and it seems the national side may not have an engagement before they square up to the World Champions in November — gross score from the last two encounters being Wales 9 Australia 101 . |
| 18 | How much more suffering and waste will there be before they move on to the human victims of their research ? |
| 19 | Somehow , she 'd have to end it before they moved up to the room , or the suite , or whatever Charlie 's contact had lined up for them . |
| 20 | He opened the window after they turned in to the country . |
| 21 | The Wolfwood was as dark and as secretive as it had been when they journeyed through to the Forest Court with Nuadu , but here and there , deep within the Trees , Floy caught the darting movement of green and gold ; the rustling of silver-tipped leaves that looked , for a moment , like the trailing hair of a creature almost Human … |
| 22 | There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both . |
| 23 | And then when they went over to the other side of the road which I do n't walk on very often |
| 24 | When they went up to the study Ethel and Mary waited outside with the little trays of sundries , catching glimpses of the people in the room , all of them nervously talking in high voices . |
| 25 | In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river . |
| 26 | tying them up but when they went out to the end of the estuary that was just a case of get there first to get the job ? |
| 27 | But the wards are staffed twenty four hours a day , nursing staff are always about , we have dedicated security staff who can be called at a minute 's notice , and staff are obviously aware on kid 's wards how sensitive security is , and will be challenging people when they come on to the wards . |
| 28 | He 'd send them then , he every dock was numbered from one to hundred and thirty and he 'd say righto , number one so and so , number five so and so and of course when they come back to the pool , they 'd go on the end of the rota . |
| 29 | the , the the green erm coats when they er , when they go up to the main school . |
| 30 | When they get back to the start again . |