Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Sutherland and Cressey do go on to include a consideration of poverty , unemployment , bad housing , and the like , under the heading of ‘ social situations which are most conducive to crime ’ . |
| 2 | It mounted the kerb , where it struck Miss Chui and then carried on to hit a fence and a lamp-post before coming to rest in the middle of Elmstead Road . |
| 3 | Her parents refused consent for an operation to remove the obstruction , although there were no grounds to suppose that if the outcome of the operation was successful , Alexandra would not go on to enjoy a life of some longevity . |
| 4 | Since then the search has been on to acquire a Lockheed Constellation for the collection . |
| 5 | She went on to issue a challenge to parents : ‘ The Government is allowing Essex to spend as little as £62 per child for a whole year . |
| 6 | Pugh goes on to paint a picture of an industry with a lot of technology on its hands and an unclear view of the future . |
| 7 | The state is called on to perform a number of functions necessary for the smooth development of the capitalist system . |
| 8 | He went on to obtain a commission in the Regular Army , which involved sitting the final examination at Sandhurst , although he had not been a cadet . |
| 9 | But as the search goes on to find a replacement for peat scientists are optimistic . |
| 10 | Again and again , the European Court has noted the narrowness of the English test for reviewing the merits of official decisions , and has gone on to find a breach of the convention by the UK . |
| 11 | Investigators went on to discover a drawing also entitled ‘ La maison de Mimi Pinson ’ at an auctioneer 's in Limoges in central France . |
| 12 | The novel Lust for Life by Irving Stone , published in 1934 , is the most famous of these productions , popularising a vein of interpretation established early in the century by some of Van Gogh 's first advocates , such as the taste-maker Julius Meier-Graefe , who defended Van Gogh in 1906 , and went on to write a book in his praise in 1921 called Vincent . |
| 13 | when we down to London last week , we went in to see a friend of ours , she works in the sandwich bar |
| 14 | To give the walk some point , Will Simpson had decided to call in to see a patient whose son farmed the fields beyond the Heights . |
| 15 | My sons have been booked in to see a speech therapist . |
| 16 | One day when he was extremely unrealistic and euphoric , I really became upset ; it was like going in to see a stranger — he was receiving a high dosage of morphine at that time — and I called his pulmonary doctor and requested that something be done or an explanation be given . |
| 17 | Many Japanese families today are sitting down to enjoy a meal of dolphin , perhaps eating it raw , or salted and pickled in miso , or dried with seasonings and made into sausage . |
| 18 | What about getting those children as they go out a voucher that their parents can bring them along to see a show at a reduced rate . |
| 19 | It 's cramped if there are four of you , but the atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed — neighbours popping in to borrow a cup of sugar or a 50p coin for the electricity meter , children running along the balconies or playing on the thin strip of grass between the blocks . |
| 20 | ‘ I just popped in to borrow a book ’ perhaps ? |
| 21 | There would be no reserves to call in as the army started to push the enemy forward and nobody to call in to support a fall-back . |
| 22 | Alerted by an ominous creaking sound coming from near his feet , Dauntless glanced down to see a trapdoor in the floor being opened from beneath . |
| 23 | But anyway , my Dawn , Dawn 's mother went down to see a show in London not so long ago , stayed er , stayed two nights in a hotel , it was o it was only like ninety odd pound for them . |
| 24 | Dulwich went ahead after 22 minutes when Hewitt found acres of space down the left before cutting in to drive a shot into the net via the inside of the far post . |
| 25 | ‘ We had a girl came in to report a rape , just got up enough courage to do it . |
| 26 | Then she sat down to write a letter to an old friend , the editor of her chosen journal . |
| 27 | twenty six forms which police had to fill in to prosecute a thief . |
| 28 | ‘ I bent down to smell a brose in my garden , ’ replied the woman . |
| 29 | It 's got ta make me jump up and down and make me want to knock walls down to secure a deal . ’ |
| 30 | Plans for the wetland , which represents a quarter of Tokyo 's remaining natural shoreline , to be filled in to provide a refuge for local people in the event of an earthquake are being opposed by local campaigners . |