Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He studied in every spare moment he could find , not because he wanted to but because , in the absence of parents who would pay , he needed to win a scholarship even to get to school . |
| 2 | But then the other faction , the shattered remains of the erstwhile " confident " party , had argued rather differently … far from being a sign of collapse it was , in fact , a sign of the Collector 's resolve , his determination not to submit to oppression , to fight back , in other words . |
| 3 | His journals in particular constitute a moving memorial to a young man of integrity and moral courage , whose determination not to succumb to pain and humiliation was at times heroic . |
| 4 | In the class of primary school pupils interviewed , only four children were told by their parents when to go to bed . |
| 5 | Topping the bill will be the ugliest band ever to get to No 1 — Dr And The Medics ! |
| 6 | It was the kind of coat her father had worn all those years ago to go to business . |
| 7 | The only author actually to attempt to date this medrese appointment is Ismail Belig , who states that Molla Fenari went to Egypt when he was just twenty , then returned to Rum , and , having won the regard of Murad I , was appointed muderris at the Manastir medrese in 770/1368–9 . |
| 8 | Frequently couples at their golden wedding celebration will say something to the effect of ‘ we made it a point never to go to bed angry ’ . |
| 9 | IT IS music just to listen to pianist John O'Conor talk in his Liffey-soused Dublin lilt . |
| 10 | , writes : MY MOTHER , many years ago , used to sing a song about a miner , warned by his daughter not to go to work because she dreamed of a disaster . |
| 11 | Annabel could hardly believe that she had a daughter about to go to university . |
| 12 | Much of the International 's efforts were directed at reinforcing the resolution of European socialists not to go to war with each other . |
| 13 | A wife 's promise not to go to court to seek maintenance from her estranged husband was deemed to be void as being contrary to public policy and , consequently , the husband 's promise to pay her money in consideration of her agreeing not to go to court was made without consideration and also void : Gaisberg v. Storr [ 1950 ] 1 K.B.107 , but see now , Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 , S.34 , below , p. 220 . |
| 14 | erm I do n't think our culture is the worst that 's ever been and I think there 's a tendency sometimes to try to sort of overstate that . |
| 15 | She had much enjoyed her work as classroom assistant in a school for handicapped children , but after an operation and slow recovery to full health , she was persuaded by her family not to return to work . |