Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday .
2 quite a few people have seen the conditions here and asked to go back to where they came from
3 The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet .
4 if one of the eldest wakes up got to go back to bed .
5 at Univ , got to go back to University .
6 She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says .
7 my Lord I can I 'm sitting early tomorrow because a witness is being cross examined by Mr got to go off to so tomorrow he simply could not er , he si simply could not be released but er with your clerk er we 've been able to speak to Mr
8 He also agreed to go round to Maidstone 's apartment to see how he was .
9 Davis agreed to go up to 200 guineas , and in the event secured the unseen yearling for a mere 160 guineas .
10 PARIS — The wave of strikes that has gripped France for a month showed some signs of abating yesterday as prison officers agreed to go back to work , writes Sarah Lambert .
11 One evening I reluctantly agreed to go back to school and attempt to teach him the solo .
12 Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period .
13 I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs , and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors , begging our way for the love of God , so that we might be beheaded there … .
14 I agreed to go out to Passy .
15 But no in those days if you had children er young children at any rate you , you , you never expected to go out to work at all .
16 Let me go to er where I expected to go now to John the County Planning Officer .
17 After you 'd had this erm punishment ere you expected to go back to your lessons straight away , how long did it hurt , did your hands
18 As soon as he 'd seen Buzz safely on the plane to Nice , he planned to drive back to London , where he would telephone Annabel in New York before seeing Miranda .
19 The company has promised much in the past but to date failed to perform up to the market 's expectations .
20 Logically , it would make sense to assume that the aircraft failed to come up to the standards of performance and aggressive capability which the Soviets expected of it .
21 If somebody failed to come up to her own high standards the directness she had inherited from her Australian background meant they would soon know .
22 If the pH failed to come up to 5 after 20 minutes ( 1200 seconds ) , the acid clearance time was regarded to be 1200 seconds .
23 Britain prefers absolute standards , which would exclude all products that failed to come up to the minimum acceptable level .
24 SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after tests , it has been revealed .
25 SAFETY measures at a Darlington car park failed to come up to standard after vital tests , it has been revealed .
26 Although Mr Brown , the anti-establishment populist , failed to come close to his win over Mr Clinton in Connecticut two weeks ago , he will undoubtedly fight on as a spoiler until the final primary in California in June .
27 In my 14 years of support I finally got to come close to her in 1991 at Wimbledon when she took time out to meet her fans .
28 The Algiers agreement failed to work out to the satisfaction of either side .
29 But I cooled him out and he agreed to come along to a new rehearsal place that we 'd found , The Rose And Crown in Wandsworth .
30 Three of the men agreed to come back to the captain , and we put the others in my cave .
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