Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin . |
| 2 | Initially , all that is required of volunteers is for them to go along to a clinic where a small sample of blood is taken . |
| 3 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |
| 4 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 5 | ‘ Bumface came here to tell me that he was going to fight the War Office and that he was not having the WO Instruction for me to report forthwith to the Ski Battalion at Bordon . |
| 6 | He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them . |
| 7 | My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek .. |
| 8 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 9 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
| 10 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
| 11 | ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’ |
| 12 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 13 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 14 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 15 | The citizens charter sets out a comprehensive programme to improve the quality of public services and make them answer better to the wishes of their users , where that can be done , by providing choice for the citizen . |
| 16 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 17 | The destruction of the temples and the towns round them led directly to a rebuilding programme . |
| 18 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 19 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 20 | He says the two main benefits for shareholders are that the perks are a ‘ bit of fun ’ that it ‘ enables them to relate more to the company . ’ |
| 21 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 22 | She tied a big red-and-white-striped drying-up cloth around each of their waists and made them kneel up to the table on chairs . |
| 23 | The reason is that erm the question of membership seems to me to relate essentially to the ministry of the whole people of God . |
| 24 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 25 | I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service . |
| 26 | They were beings like Miach , a crowd of them walking down to the shore from the forest . |
| 27 | I gazed across to the rising ground beyond the farm buildings . |
| 28 | He twisted the throttle , 20 knots or more , skimming across the waves , while I clung tightly to the gunwhale , and Graham sheltered his daughter , Abigail , from the spray . |
| 29 | I clung hard to a sapling with my eyes closed , waiting for things to get better , telling myself that if I fell down again it would be much much much worse . |
| 30 | I tottered across to a cottage on the edge of the loch and asked for a pot of tea and a bite to eat . |