Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be having trouble putting one in front of the other but she did eventually make it to the steps of the disabled bus and fell inside . |
| 2 | in so far as this order purports to have any extraterritorial effect , no person shall be affected thereby or concerned with the terms thereof until it shall be declared enforceable or be enforced by a foreign court and then it shall only affect them to the extent of such declaration or enforcement unless they are : |
| 3 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 4 | Anyone who considers such trivial questions as humour or literary merit is clearly living in a previous century and I can only refer them to the motto of the Punch accountancy department , which is : ‘ If they can read , we do n't want 'em . ’ |
| 5 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 6 | It is possible to imagine that one of them was brightening with the low cunning of unscrupulous greed and that the other was already stepping into that heavy gloom of shame and guilt which could only take him to the hospital or worse . |
| 7 | We had better take her to the mortuary , before the daily hordes come pouring in . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd better take me to the station , then . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , there is no real solution to these difficulties and again we can only leave it to the reader to arrive at his or her own conclusion on the basis of the material presented . |
| 10 | In the case of an only moderately cruel man , the intensification of the pain beyond a certain point will suddenly switch him to the equalization of viewpoints , and his pleasure will lapse . |
| 11 | We do n't only get you to the hospital — we get you there alive ! ’ — commercial for a private medical firm |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd better get her to the hospital , ’ said Comfort . |
| 13 | During the initial development of root definitions these factors should be considered in systems terms only , otherwise the analyst may just relate them to the subject organisation , overlooking other individuals or groups who contribute to the system as defined . |
| 14 | We should just make it to the cabaret — everyone 's there . |
| 15 | Her bedside book , often reread , was Anthony Trollope 's The Small House at Allington but tonight it could no longer translate her to the reassuring , comfortable , nostalgic world of Barsetshire , to croquet on Mrs Dale 's lawn and dinner at the squire 's table . |
| 16 | We tramp across the wet grass and bracken and plunge through the soaking undergrowth with Andy confidently predicting , with all the security of a man who knows his feet are dry and will remain so , that this bushwhacking through chest-deep and sodden vegetation will soon bring us to the crag . |
| 17 | But the disparity lies less in tone than in technique : like rather a lot of modern movies , Bye Bye Blues lacks the capacity to formulate its material rather than just present it to the audience and leave them to do the rest . |
| 18 | For instance , Wordsworth 's famous poem ‘ My heart leaps up ’ is in 6/8 metre , and one could quite easily fit it to the 6/8 tune of ‘ Jack and Jill ’ : Of course , the result is horrific . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll just take her to the ladies ’ . ' |
| 20 | I think you press backspace so that 'll just take it to the end and then if you press again no it 's just gon na delete |
| 21 | As for that girl , if it was my father , he would n't just take you to the CRE , he would also give you a good thump . |
| 22 | Do n't just leave it to the media and politicians to protest — get up and do it yourself . |
| 23 | Do n't just leave it to the marketing people . |
| 24 | I 'll just add it to the end , that 's all I was thinking . |
| 25 | If you could just get me to the nearest station — ’ |
| 26 | I am s one that has just been recently appointed to one of these er regional ecumenical teams and at a meeting that was held for the three presbytery areas in the sort of west coast of Scotland , around the Greenoch area , erm it was , it became apparent that all these people who are being appointed er through their , their churches are in the main clergy and the convenor of the local committee himself a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland expressed concern about this , that there is no real er and I would just put it to the , to the assembly , there is there is no need for these members to be members of the clergy , in fact it would be good if presbyteries remembered when making a nomination eh that it , er it need n't be , it could be a , a an elder or indeed er a lay person holding no particular office within the church . |
| 27 | It is a religiously-guarded principle that small clubs can still make it to the top flight . |
| 28 | If she was already this tired of his witty conversation , he wondered , how would they ever make it to the coffee stage ? |
| 29 | It is doubtful whether Mike will ever make it to the director 's dining-room , to share a table with sons of Conservative peers . |
| 30 | These influences will not always incline him to the view that revelation of particular legal or political material is necessarily in the public interest . |