Example sentences of "they [verb] [to-vb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of our discussion in Chapter 2 , it could be argued that in so doing they failed to get to the root of the problem . |
| 2 | They agreed to come to the negotiating table and Robert Carnwath , with their counsel , drafted terms of agreement under which a settlement could be worked out . |
| 3 | The mixture will leave young cricket-lovers wondering whether they want to ascend to the spotlight or make do safely with their humdrum jobs . |
| 4 | Before he fired the man , Judge Shindler heard from the rest of the jury that the wayward juror had DRUNK and SWORN during the trial and DISTRACTED them while they tried to listen to the evidence . |
| 5 | Slowly they came to conform to the Catholicism of their Italian subjects . |
| 6 | They began to apply to the revolution the techniques and approaches , the concern with social history and with quantitative methods , already being widely applied in less sensitive fields . |
| 7 | They began to walk to the bus stop . |
| 8 | Each of these faces absorbs us within their sphere of reflection where , although the formality of their titles and their professional roles in the artist 's life is relaxed , they continue to respond to the person who was in our vantage point at the time , the photographer . |
| 9 | Encourage them to take every opportunity they find to listen to the language . |
| 10 | Manchester City4 , Leeds0 THE WHEELS came off Leeds United 's hitherto solid championship challenge at Maine Road in a match which , paradoxically , they could easily have collected the point they needed to return to the top of the table . |
| 11 | And it was on that basis that they decided to go to the point near Sand Hutton where provision has now been made for them . |
| 12 | But , though they hesitated to return to the assault , many members of the party continued to hold this stand against me . |
| 13 | 4 to 5 is relatively easy and if someone starts off at 5 they do n't need any persuading at all ( attempts to persuade them may irritate them so much that they start to move to the left ! ) . |
| 14 | A great talk show guest , she 's a regular on David Letterman 's show , which is where she and Madonna started those rumours by announcing that when they went out together , they liked to go to the Cubbyhole , a tiny lesbian bar in downtown Manhattan . |
| 15 | In other words , the image I present of the Shavante is the one they choose to present to the world . |
| 16 | And so er they had to go to the workhouse you see and I can see it now in this er this cobbled street and this er cab er drawn by a horse of course , hansom cab . |
| 17 | With luck the senior Girl would tell them precisely what they could or could not do , and when they had to return to the Club . |
| 18 | During the study days , the patients were fully ambulatory and could follow their preferred daily routine except that they had to return to the laboratory for their meals . |
| 19 | Alexandra wondered if there was a feature in it : successful younger women , the varied careers it was possible for them to take up these days , the chances they had to rise to the top in their chosen professions , whether or not those professions were less orthodox than the ones chosen by their male counterparts . |
| 20 | The male chimps hunted with spectacular success , catching a big colobus monkey , which they had to bring to the ground to eat , rather than remaining in the trees as they usually do . |
| 21 | and erm Wickham Market had erm Machine Centre erm , that was used during the war for erm certain courses er particularly for erm tractor drivers , they used to er have a week 's course , they had to apply to the Education Committee and er we got these applications in and erm they spent a week at Wickham Market , then in they used to stay in lodgings if they came from great distances and erm they would learn about the maintenance of erm of tractors and er , I suppose it 's quite a good thing really because er , it was difficult to get any repairs done in those days |
| 22 | Mercutio is in high spirits , teasing Romeo about his love as they prepare to go to the Capulet masked ball . |
| 23 | And so therefore if anybody has amendments that they wish to make to the deliverance as it is , we will take them if necessary one by one and vote for them as they are presented to us , and then we 'll come to any other counter motions that may be on hand . |
| 24 | Staff remain with the horses at the races — but they have to pop to the loo now and again . ’ |
| 25 | The Spaniards are by nature noisy and vociferous , especially in the mornings when , like cocks crowing , they have to announce to the world that they are alive and doing . |
| 26 | Well , they have to correspond to the lecture , so the lecture this week was , world population . |
| 27 | This chapter examines whether employers have the right to require employees to move when the company relocates and whether employees are entitled to receive redundancy payments if they refuse to agree to the transfer and are dismissed . |
| 28 | That 's right , yes and t to , to line the walls , and paint the exterior , they 've got virtually , well they got nine hundred and fifteen pounds ' worth of work they need to do to the hut . |
| 29 | Horses paddocked on a hillside will normally spend more time running along the higher boundary than the lower one — they need to get to the top of the hill for visual freedom . |
| 30 | Their nods of acknowledgement became full bows which were held uncertainly while they attempted to adjust to the fact that they were , unexpectedly , in the presence of a member of the Royal Family . |