Example sentences of "four [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Because it is calculated that a retained crew might take four minutes to get to the station the computer calculated other stations could respond quicker .
2 Scholl gave me four pairs to take to the Sahara .
3 Immediate plans were for four parties to leave for the area directly behind the German lines in jeeps , to attack supply dumps and soft-skinned transport .
4 It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life .
5 ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy .
6 It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me .
7 Their son Simon , 16 , was one of four sixth-formers to die in the school outing tragedy at Lyme Regis on Monday .
8 We are allowing our four men to remain at the Palace .
9 The fragmentation of water and electricity industries , further privatization of water and electricity in Northern Ireland and water in Scotland , market testing in the National Rivers Authority , changes in British Gas with four reports to come from the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in July .
10 Then when I was chosen with four others to go to the Folies , we were all excited about going then .
11 The NSLC liaised directly with eight city agencies and nominated four representatives to sit on the NSCDC .
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