Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ We just want to get to the bottom of things ’ |
| 32 | ‘ We want to find out what happened , we just want to get to the bottom of things . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ It is important we get these things right but basically we just want to add to the enjoyment of the displays . |
| 34 | What I would like to know is : what damage is the soot doing to my fish and do I have just cause to go to the council to get something done about it ? |
| 35 | Individual petty conflicts therefore easily accumulate to add to the differences already apparent between locals and newcomers in terms of background and life-styles . |
| 36 | I 'm not a good runner , I 'm not a fast runner , I just like to get to the finish if I can . ’ |
| 37 | Generally speaking the businesses that obtained government-guaranteed loan funds have produced problems : They require greater monitoring and supervising than the banks normally like to devote to small businesses and , as the type of support is very often a last resource , they must be considered more risky than the norm . |
| 38 | You diet , or perhaps just try to change to better food , or to increase exercise . |
| 39 | Research programmes will be progressive or degenerating depending on whether they succeed in leading or whether they persistently fail to lead to the discovery of novel phenomena . |
| 40 | The Highwaymen have now recorded two albums together , but on stage they largely prefer to stick to their solo turns . |
| 41 | The second consequence is that ambitious left-of-centre politicians no longer need to genuflect to the far left to advance their career . |
| 42 | Bereaved pet owners no longer have to go to a cemetery to give their cat or dog a loving send off . |
| 43 | Often there 's a lot of , that people erm do or do n't do that you , you ca n't erm go along with when people are wanting terminations of pregnancy or , or they 're thinking of leaving their husbands and going off with somebody else then you just have to listen to what they say and put the facts as you see them in front of them . |
| 44 | But to present the full scenario and then vote er on the the different items er so that voting is done on items on the amendment before we then proceed er if you want to we just have to go to amendments to that because of course no two amendments can be on the floor at the same time . |
| 45 | And I just have to go to or I just have to sort of explain that when you pack a van , you do n't pack it like the advert for KitKat . |
| 46 | An elderly sergeant once remarked on his experience of attending a cot death for the first time , ‘ You just have to say to yourself , the next time I will be better equipped to cope with this type of situation … |
| 47 | So you do n't have to touch it , you just have to talk to me and just leave it sitting there . |
| 48 | Assertion you 're clear about what you want , you ca n't there 's no need to get get up about it there 's no need to worry about it this is what you want and this is the way it is , you do n't have to shout , you just have to stick to your point . |
| 49 | I just have to react to what I like and what I can believe in . |
| 50 | We just have to play to the best of our ability and if that 's good enough we may get something out of it . ’ |
| 51 | … the flotsam and jetsam , the people … the kids who 're failing in the system ( and ) uh ( the ) kids who , who 're … probably successful in the system but really just need to talk to somebody occasionally , y' know uh . |
| 52 | All the narrow streets eventually seem to lead to the harbour . |
| 53 | I mean , as a guitar player you always tend to listen to other guitar players , and you can spend a lifetime just doing that , but once you start translating from other instruments , then that 's a whole other thing . |
| 54 | Despite this , we still tend to cling to the traditional . |
| 55 | A spokesman said while they accept they 've lost the copyright battle , they still intend to go to court again in an attempt to get the damages reduced . |
| 56 | I cried over that old letter , that fragment of academe , because it said in part what I had wanted , then wanted and still want to say to you and only to you , and because it expressed in part some of the physical ache and fear and disappointment I had felt , then felt and still ( in an increased measure ) feel . |
| 57 | I mean , that may have been the right impression , and I do n't want to force you to say more than you want to , or really anything , but I 'd like to know if you still want to write to me , possibly just about books , or if you wanted to — |
| 58 | You know how guitar players always say to listen to saxophone ? |
| 59 | You must pray to God to change it , if you ever want to go to heaven . ’ |
| 60 | Do you What do you do do you know if erm if you ever want to get to a phone to see a doctor or wh to get to a the doctor |