Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know you both think I 'm an egotistical shit , going on about wanting to be famous . |
| 2 | I think Chris on about moving to blinking Gainsborough , now . |
| 3 | She should also be at school , and Noreen threatened to send her back to Uncle Michael who would take her to school every day , if she did n't stop going on about coming to the theatre . |
| 4 | I am assailed with feelings of irritation mixed with amusement at the number of pilots who , despite cheerfully paying many hundreds if not thousands of pounds on their chosen hobby , carp on about having to fork out three or four quid over the odds in selected landing fees , or as in the case of correspondent K. Foster £46 for a medical combined with an ECG . |
| 5 | This brings us to the ‘ Catch 22 ’ situation that we , as designer , find ourselves in with regard to conservation bodies . |
| 6 | The techniques of urban renewal remained to be filled in with regard to housing design and layout . |
| 7 | At lunch-time today he said , I called in with regard to those records they 've placed on order . |
| 8 | Along with learning to scuba dive , swim with dolphins , become an astronaut or climb Everest , one of my ambitions has always been to take time out to become really familiar with the business end of a recording studio . |
| 9 | As bedtime approaches , it 's as well to linger in the toilet to empty your bowels , or if your nerves are causing stomach jitters , take something , such as Imodium , to calm the situation down before going to sleep . |
| 10 | Of course Elmer Rice 's play had been censored and toned down before coming to the screen but Photoplay still needed to ask whether ‘ the public really wants a true cross-section of life presented as it actually happens ’ . |
| 11 | They set off down the passage and the assistant sealed them in before returning to the shop . |
| 12 | Do n't be silly , and erm he just , he just said er that erm that I 've , either he put the phone down from talking to me the agent , our agent rang him , tell us that our buyer has got the cash agreed . |
| 13 | I 'd only just come in from seeing to a sick sow — I 'm a pig farmer ; Mrs Langton here at Broom House knows me well . ’ |
| 14 | I stepped down in going to Norwich even though the supporters were good . |
| 15 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 16 | Skilled negotiators avoid using irritators such as these and keep the emotional temperature down by sticking to the facts . |
| 17 | ‘ Often you will find players being sent off after retaliating to such fouls . |
| 18 | Shirley , 54 , took a year off before returning to the stage . |
| 19 | So make a point of checking if the aid is on or off before talking to someone who wears an aid , and speak slowly and clearly , with your face clearly visible . |
| 20 | And a lot of times , particularly after shooting in the east , they were cut off from getting to Damascus so they had to put their tapes on the boat to Larnaca and up-link it from Cyprus . |
| 21 | Before you do this you 'll need to peruse the title ( see Chapter 5 ) to ensure that all easements , rights and liabilities on the title are disclosed to the buyer , and that any defects or difficulties are disclosed and the buyer shut off from objecting to them after exchange . |
| 22 | In previous years many overseas publishers were probably put off from coming to London by the fact that not all the major players in British publishing were represented at the fair . |
| 23 | We started off by writing to the embassies in London and all of the embassies that we tried were very enthusiastic , but we were surprised a the first country that actually supplied a column was Hungary . |
| 24 | Alternatively , you can switch off by listening to music , or think about something peaceful . |
| 25 | Values such as fairness , honesty , and integrity are values worth pursuing in themselves , and should not be shrugged off by reverting to some contervailing argument such as costs . |
| 26 | We very much hope that on his way there he works out which side of the Government he is on with regard to that amalgamation . |
| 27 | This was put up for vetting to a nominated superintendent whose instinctive response was to deny its submission , suggesting it ‘ looked as if it would be editorially unsuitable ’ . |
| 28 | I's had quite a hang up about getting to the top of it . |
| 29 | Hegerty , 62 , of Park Street , Ruabon , gave himself up after confessing to a priest , but had since tried to kill himself . |
| 30 | Repeated non-availability or failures to show up after agreeing to an engagement are likely to result in a discontinuation of offers of work , and in this sense casual working requires an acceptance of many of the same disciplines as apply to working in a regular fashion . |