Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long have we got to ? |
| 2 | So have you got to , is that burning or |
| 3 | I do not keep him tied to my apron strings . " |
| 4 | Working outside gets him acclimatized to meeting other people before being released . |
| 5 | Diluting our principles will not get us elected to power . |
| 6 | Well the first few levels are just to get you used to the game , but , the other 100 levels will test you to your limit with the addition of elevators , boiling acid , lasers , lava acid and anti-grav . |
| 7 | But no sooner had they got to the city than they heard a loud shriek of a girl 's voice . |
| 8 | He was still there right up until the moment of the shooting , because Michael Banks , who did n't know his lines , was still delivering them correctly and therefore still having them fed to him . |
| 9 | Hardly had he returned to Malaya in 1935 than he was again on the upward ladder : in 1937 in the conventional testing ground of an African secretariat , Lagos , followed in 1939 by promotion to the difficult post of chief secretary of troubled Palestine . |
| 10 | Never once had she referred to it at all . |
| 11 | Never once had it occurred to her that being a waitress might be hard . |
| 12 | If we can get you a job in a store , we might later on get you married to one of the floorwalkers . |
| 13 | She 'd been sitting motionless for over an hour , conducting an inner battle over the need to alert the board of Chester 's about Guy 's perfidy , with the stubborn hope that somehow she might be wrong keeping her glued to the spot , torn with indecision … |
| 14 | I have also had it explained to me by other feminists campaigning for equality of treatment of wives under social security laws , that their concern was only with the wives of claimants , not of company directors — thus accepting the DHSS principle that wives should be means tested on their husbands ' resources , regardless of the extent of their access to them . |
| 15 | They probably , they probably get it given to you on your school pizzas |
| 16 | Poppy visiting the feeding station , set up to get her used to a routine . |
| 17 | Only later had it occurred to him to wonder whether he should feel alarmed by Charlotte 's anxious tone or flattered that she felt she could turn to him for advice . |
| 18 | Although she loved her work , never before had she wished to be on duty on a day off . |
| 19 | Only now had it occurred to him that it was moving along quite different channels . |
| 20 | Long I have lingered by the banks of the Ness , looking on the town clinging to and rising above its banks ; often have I gone to the castle hill to trace the windings of the stream , which was ever smiling back or reflecting the sadder tones of the sky , and to gaze on the distant land of mountain and plain ; and I have also spent many hours in rapt admiration of the sylvan pictures that render the walk through the islands on the Ness a walk of walks : it yielded a joy as deep as that I received from the walks on Goat Island , within hearing and seeing of the rapid-flowing waters of Niagara . |
| 21 | Where so far have you got to in , not recruiting at this time , but actually attempting to sell advertising in this particular area . |
| 22 | I do n't want him shaken to death , and we ca n't take him off these things . |
| 23 | Erm things you would and you would n't want them connected to the mains , stuck in your mouth . |
| 24 | But they have n't got it quantified to such a point where they can actually distinguish a tonsillectomy which might have a lot of procedures but actually takes about half a minute with er other things that are , you know , much much more complicated and the cost of tonsillectomies is unreasonably high compared with erm , you know , with |
| 25 | Even had they wanted to , the producers would not have accepted them . |
| 26 | It is hard to believe that a more adventurous policy would not have been justified ( even had it led to more mistakes and power cuts at the winter peak ) . |
| 27 | Well have you spoken to Sergeant to alleviate all the paperwork , and |
| 28 | How dared he come to his , Philip 's place , and act like a bird shooter . |
| 29 | David battled for three minutes to restart his heart , then had him rushed to hospital where last night he was critically ill with burns and internal injuries . |
| 30 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |