Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] [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 | They would chat away to her about their day until they got down to the schoolwork . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Before they went through to the staff room to take up positions when the parents arrived . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The traffic into Belfast was heavy , and it was a while before they got on to the motorway . |
| 10 | before they got down to the autographs . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He opened the window after they turned in to the country . |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both . |
| 15 | And then when they went over to the other side of the road which I do n't walk on very often |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | Well we had a old wooden crane aboard the dredger , that was all hand power , that 's just the old wooden derrick and when they got up to the , up to the dock , they had a , cos they had a crane paint with it or a steam crane . |
| 20 | Nelson had planned to take her to town , but when they got up to the car park he could n't get his car to start . |
| 21 | It was a great escape for a team so used to getting caught , but Rough and his fellow revellers chanced their luck and noisily ordered room-service when they got back to the hotel . |
| 22 | ‘ When they got back to the Lodge around eleven o'clock , Pinder ostentatiously said ‘ 'goodnight ’ to the group and went back to his own bedroom . |
| 23 | When they got back to the farmyard the Substitute had vanished . |
| 24 | Jenkins unlocked one of the bedrooms when they got back to the Windorah and switched on the light after he had crossed to the window to draw the curtains . |
| 25 | When they got back to the flat , Mum emptied out all the vegetables and fruit and Pete took the box to his room . |
| 26 | And when they got back to the meadow , Lucie had sent all the people home , refusing every one of their eager tributes . |
| 27 | When they got back to the hotel , Damian strode through the foyer , saying curtly , ‘ I 'd like to go over the minutes you took at the board meeting yesterday . ’ |
| 28 | When they reported back to the branch about the National Conference of Young Conservatives , they were questioned about just the things they had failed to notice . |
| 29 | Vitor suggested , when they emerged on to the cobbled streets again . |
| 30 | Herr Nordern staggered as the night air hit him and Bodo held his elbow as they lurched back to the flats . |