Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They decided that it was very strange and exciting , and a very good reason to gallop around , and to snort and buck , and to carry on like madmen . |
| 2 | We 'll have a look at decimals because you need to need to know what you 're doing with decimals but decimals are fractions and until you I mean I think you 're very happy with fractions now you 're probably ready to go on to decimals . |
| 3 | Many sixth-formers , of course , left a maintained school to go on to universities , but only 10 per cent of these went to Oxford or Cambridge , compared with nearly half of the university-bound sixth-formers from the Public Schools . |
| 4 | The hearings are likely to go on for months . |
| 5 | Today 's ‘ continuous ’ culture processes are designed to go on for months without completely emptying the fermenter . |
| 6 | And one man who seemed to go on for years was Cecil Dunford or " Slap " as he was known , an active man in all his pursuits in the village . |
| 7 | Luke thought that it was probably a mistake , at this stage , to go on about sonnets . |
| 8 | Er because I do n't have a group of accountants in front of me I 'm not going to go on about debits and credits and so on and so forth . |
| 9 | ‘ The first time ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ I poured half a tin of Golden Syrup on to the seat of the chair the Trunchbull was going to sit on at prayers . |
| 10 | It would be much more constructive for a consortium of donors to sit down with governments and review their need for aid finance over , say , the next three-year period . |
| 11 | This , at its most exalted , represented the aspiration of Owenism ; and though few Owenites would have heard the song , when the time came for the countless host to stream in through gates of pearl , that surely is what they could have sung as they marched . |
| 12 | I hope to go in with songs we are all happy with , the arrangements agreed and the musicians properly prepared . |
| 13 | And then , at half past eight , we used to have to get everything ready for breakfast and have it all ready ; and then we had to go in for prayers . |
| 14 | But the Greeks , though they enjoy buying the products of other people 's factories , are stubbornly reluctant to go in for factories themselves . |
| 15 | My , my watch is the one Irene bought me gone wrong , it 's had to go in for repairs . |
| 16 | The ability to visit libraries and information services , to sit in on programmes etc permits a sound basis for a valid advisory and consultancy role . |
| 17 | During this same period , the trainee may also be asked to sit in on interviews in their bureau . |
| 18 | If the person who does the interviewing is not the person for whom the new employee will be working then it is essential that that person should at least be allowed to sit in on interviews and have an agreed say in the final decision . |
| 19 | We invited colleagues to sit in with students on our classes . |
| 20 | ‘ At work you 've got to go along with things more . |
| 21 | The Danes will not have to go along with plans for a single currency , or with plans for a common Euro-defence policy . |
| 22 | Erm used to go down to weddings , at the register office on a Saturday morning , and hope that they 'd turn up without witnesses , because then you had to be compensated , , for giving your service . |
| 23 | Difficulties were encountered both in finding small mammal bone to work on in caves , and in identifying , with sufficient precision , the processes acting on the bone . |
| 24 | For some elderly people who have no family or who ( quite reasonably ) do not feel that they need to hang on to capital to pass on to relatives who are themselves well provided for , the purchase of an annuity can be an advantage . |
| 25 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 26 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 27 | After a wee dram or two to ward off the winter chill , hardier types venture forth carrying lumps of coal to pass on to others as good luck tokens . |
| 28 | HAVE YOU A FAVOURITE RECIPE , HANDY HINT TO PASS ON TO OTHERS ? |
| 29 | The Bulletin , which gives impartial advice on medicines to doctors , says more GPs and nurses should learn these skills to pass on to patients . |
| 30 | This , of course , is subject to the question of whether the producer should have recalled the furniture if the risk was great , or issued warnings to retailers to pass on to consumers . |