Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sometimes the Earl would ring me at home at night and ask me to drive back to Althorp because the Countess was in floods of tears . |
| 2 | During the 1980s , there has been a marked decline in the proportion of secondary students who gain the Sudan School Certificate which enables them to go on to higher education or enter the civil service . |
| 3 | Having reached the last four of the Tennents Scottish Cup , it is not beyond them to go on to beat Aberdeen or Clydebank at Tynecastle next month and pursue a piece of silverware that has not been seen in the boardroom at Easter Road since the turn of the century . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not my intention to stay cooped up in here , waiting for them to go on with their little games . ’ |
| 5 | This sets out the draft proposals and erm will after this meeting go to all members of the Council for them to go through with a toothcomb as well as you . |
| 6 | But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin . |
| 7 | But Grace would n't need them to go out to sea on the ebb tide . |
| 8 | Her children were both obviously too little to understand more than the tone of her voice , and as she dressed them to go out with her to the shops she was saying " and when Daddy comes home , we 'll show him , shall we ? |
| 9 | Initially , all that is required of volunteers is for them to go along to a clinic where a small sample of blood is taken . |
| 10 | Old Señor Freitas coughed , before he said , ‘ Sometimes señoritas have families who want them to go back to their own country . ’ |
| 11 | A couple of tins of peas left out , try and find a space for them to go back in again . |
| 12 | So they would actually be in a lesson with tutors we would nominate who you 'd want them to go in with so I 'm not saying do it now you 've all got your programmes I assume , sorted for the first half term anyway an erm , pretty well tied up , should be erm so really it 's down to saying who they 're gon na go in with er |
| 13 | With relegation now a virtual certainty , Hankin has nothing to lose by including the likes of Reed , to prepare for next season . |
| 14 | It 's , it 's , it 's e once , once you get over this shock of , aargh I have n't got a number , oh what am I going to do , nothing to cling on to it 's all letters , ooh I ca n't do it , I ca n't do it . |
| 15 | Such persistence is not easy because there is nothing to go on except the general hunch that there ought to be an opportunity somewhere about . |
| 16 | There was nothing to go on at all . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's nothing to go on with . |
| 18 | There was nothing to go back to the flat for ; the building would be empty , and here in the city centre she was , at least , among people . |
| 19 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 20 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 21 | I 've no-one to go out with . " |
| 22 | Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance . |
| 23 | ‘ You ca n't make love to me like that and then expect me to carry on as if nothing 's happened . |
| 24 | If I 'm not careful , I 'm going to have nothing to fall back on . ’ |
| 25 | In less than a year I would reach retirement age and I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 26 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 27 | She had no other interests in life , nothing to fall back on . |
| 28 | If the cash crops fail for any reason , he has nothing to fall back on . |
| 29 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 30 | Walking with his gauche , bouncy tread , his shoulders hunched , Nicola 's husband led Blanche and Dexter down the steps into the kitchen and gestured for them to sit down round the kitchen table . |