Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the information which the ‘ midyear population estimates ’ provide is limited to sex and age group and is not normally available for a finer grain of spatial unit than the local authority district and health authority area . |
| 2 | All I want is to get to bed as soon as possible . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 'We 're going to Disneyland , ’ Paul says . |
| 4 | Religious programmes such as church services are televised already , however these classes mark the start of increasingly more air time being given to churches . |
| 5 | In January 1975 the contract for the buildings as they now stand was awarded to Messrs A A Quinn of Tandragee at a price of £54932 . |
| 6 | And I remember being called to Caernarfon once , during the time , asking me why did I have such a lot of surplus of points . |
| 7 | If you like being condemned to death and followed around by loonies with slippers on and becoming involved with weird prophecies from the dawn of time , it 's a lot of fun ! |
| 8 | By this method , produce is subjected to waves and particles generated by a radioactive source which kills off all living organisms , including bacteria , as well as delaying the ripening and decay of fruits and vegetables . |
| 9 | The case of Martin Smid — the student whom thousands believe was beaten to death by the riot police just down the road last Friday — was raised . |
| 10 | Forcing her voice through frozen lips , she hid her inner turmoil and quipped , ‘ You make being engaged to Peter sound like just another job ! ’ |
| 11 | Well it 's like all these got these of life in it , come out what 'll happen to her , the first thing they do is turn to God . |
| 12 | They 've bought up two hundred thousand tonnes of the crop … and they 've been asked to fork out for another two hundred fifty thousand tonnes . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been asked to dinner by one of the neighbours . ’ |
| 14 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been sentenced to death . |
| 16 | So I 've been trying , I 've been trying to sort of , I I was arguing saying , I do n't think that 's true . |
| 17 | And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format . |
| 18 | That huge estate in Scotland — ; I 've been listening to Mamma and Mrs Talbot with half an ear , you never know what you might miss — and you do n't hunt . ’ |
| 19 | You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’ |
| 20 | Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week . |
| 21 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 22 | That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’ |
| 24 | We 've known them for a while , they 've been travelling to games solidly for years and are better fans on that score than I 've ever been . |
| 25 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 26 | I 've been going to meetings for a while now ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 . |
| 28 | I 've been going to bed at half past one and I was doing the T M A for two nights , then I 've been doing his V A T for two nights so I 've got to bed really really late and I just and , the thing is , the T M A were all on about my then I just start to relax I had to resort to herbal knockout drops . |
| 29 | You 've been going to bed nice and early have n't you ? |
| 30 | Well the , I mean the thing is that erm over the past erm we 've been recommended to people |