Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to the limit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob and I are progressing as a piano/clarsach duo , and of course some of the accompaniments to his songs tax me to the limit , or have to be vetoed altogether . |
| 2 | Write your answer , name and address on a postcard and send it to the Limit 's Kylie competition , Daily Mirror , 1 Thavies Inn , London , EC88 1AB , to arrive no later than Monday , August 31 . |
| 3 | Naturalists took on enormous workloads , driving themselves to the limit both physically and mentally . |
| 4 | And she adds , ‘ Sometimes I even get the feeling that he 's deliberately working up to a smack ; almost testing me out , pushing me to the limit ! ’ |
| 5 | You 're pushing me to the limit , ’ she whispered , cringing into the brocade settle and holding her drink in front of her defensively . |
| 6 | Charles had pushed himself to the limit in the armed forces and had insisted upon doing the full training that his fellow officers did — despite protests from his superiors . |
| 7 | He had pushed himself to the limit . |
| 8 | Laidlaw had always been the unit 's fitness fanatic , pushing himself to the limit to keep his lean , muscular body in shape . |
| 9 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 10 | In fact Polanski , unconventional at the best of times , takes us to the limit — and beyond . |
| 11 | But to stretch himself to the limit should be the pride and destiny of every man , and she shared , in that part of her being that was not maternal , Paul 's disappointment at being excluded from such a brotherhood . |
| 12 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 13 | For those with an undying desire to stretch themselves to the limit , the Raid Gauloises should fit the bill , according to Jeremy Hart . |
| 14 | He was taking himself to the limit and then pushing on from there . |
| 15 | It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one 's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one 's ability and beyond , so that thereafter one has new standards by which to judge oneself . |
| 16 | The contractors , having racked themselves to the limit to fight off all other comers , may be forced to cut back on programme spending , to the detriment of exactly the kind of endeavours which may give delight to many but have no great appeal to the masses . |
| 17 | He had fixed his star on the great Shakespearian roles — that , in his professional life , was what he lived by , that was how he tested himself to the limit . |
| 18 | It stretched you to the limit . |
| 19 | In such a situation , it is hard to believe Zarei 's claim that he is still enjoying running , but an essential part of the make-up of any top ultra runner is a fierce determination to test themselves to the limit . |
| 20 | If migrating birds are caught up in a storm , or blown off course , it can be disastrous for , even undisturbed these vast journeys stretch them to the limit . |
| 21 | The Ballymena and Antrim team , though , pushed them to the limit , finishing just two points adrift . |
| 22 | ‘ We have to help ourselves by never stretching ourselves to the limit when taking out a mortgage or borrowing money . ‘ |
| 23 | Again , three or four times a week he would push himself to the limit , galloping across the countryside with the hounds , risking life and limb in another of the most physically exacting sports known to man . |
| 24 | There are many members who are uncomfortable shaking a can in public but would be more than willing to man a City of London style distribution , counting and recording centre while the enthusiastic collectors stretch themselves to the limit . |