Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |
| 2 | On the evening of March 26 there will be a celebratory dinner at the Campana Restaurant in Marylebone High Street for everyone involved to really let their hair down . |
| 3 | A lot of them want to just talk , to feel secure that they 've seen a policeman . |
| 4 | I guess what I would really like is if I could get my own club and have everyone come to where I was ! |
| 5 | Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own . |
| 6 | but I mean to even think of it , you know , is not very nice ! |
| 7 | By subvert from within , I mean to actually be on Top Of The Pops and compromising in little bits so that they have big hit records . |
| 8 | Well , you 've had all you 're getting , my sweet little stepsister , and that 's the reason I 'm here today — to assure you that I intend to finally put an end to your grubby manoeuvres to extract money from my family ! ’ |
| 9 | But before I clap eyes on his miserable face , I intend to down as many cups of sack as I can ! |
| 10 | ‘ I intend to now . ’ |
| 11 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 12 | Well I went to Morrisons we had , I 'd got to do my shopping , so by time I got to here |
| 13 | Well it probably would , but I got to anyway . |
| 14 | then I went , I went into town a bit later on , come down Manstral Road and there was like a load of traffic there and I got to where the traffic lights are just before you get to the big turning at Manstral Road |
| 15 | I , I got to where , I got to where the glove was , and took me scarf off my hand and my thumb was just yellow at the top . |
| 16 | I , I got to where , I got to where the glove was , and took me scarf off my hand and my thumb was just yellow at the top . |
| 17 | So I got to even up the score and have a wonderful , if demanding , week of fun acting . |
| 18 | ‘ I got to later , ’ said Sam , ‘ or she 'll ring my mum . ’ |
| 19 | I did n't really understand then but when I got to about five my mum and dad told me . |
| 20 | I fell in love with snooker when I was about fourteen , but when I got to about sixteen or seventeen , I started travelling around and playing in junior competitions and realized that I was very good . |
| 21 | You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there . |
| 22 | Well I noticed it soon as I got to there . |
| 23 | I 've just been , I got to there . |
| 24 | Anyway I got to virtually the lat rung and of course I was smack up against the wall . |
| 25 | Pitching : the flysheet is erected first and took a little longer than I expected to up on my own — six minutes . |
| 26 | ‘ I hate to even ask , but Dr Marlowe , can you see one more ? |
| 27 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 28 | ‘ I tend to when the same story appears time and time again , ’ she retorted . |
| 29 | You know , when you go straight there , and sometimes you get it , it 's not constructive , you know , but if I 'm getting jumped on , I tend to perhaps jump , jump down on the people below me . |
| 30 | But what I objected to most was the all too often blanket opposition to change . |