Example sentences of "[vb base] to [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 UZ TO KARDIN The realization in childhood that one is the issue of two very large people who married after the prime of life
2 When they get to Italy the teacher decides it 's all a bit cosy : there 's a lot of good work going on in other curriculum areas , and the children are enjoying it , but where 's the drama ? !
3 I 'm reading him the Greek myths at bedtime and I just hope when we get to Oedipus the penny will drop .
4 The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do .
5 ‘ Jerry here will snore his afternoon beer-snore , so I am jus ’ gon na have to put a pillow over my head and pray to God the roof stays on for another winter . ’
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