Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evenings are their weakest time since they soon begin to feel fatigued and want to go to sleep relatively early . |
| 2 | I shut my eyes and try to go to sleep , but there 's too much going on to sleep . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ he has written , ‘ some western writers are longing for subjects provided by violent historical change , but I can assure [ them$ that we , ie , natives of hazy Eastern regions , perceive history as a curse and prefer to restore to literature its autonomy , dignity and independence from social pressures . ’ |
| 4 | Certainly , the market crash of ‘ 87 put the whole matter into perspective and help to propel to prominence the small print in the Government advertisments that investments can go down as well as up . |
| 5 | She worried that Chris might fall and break his leg , that Annie might swallow a stone and have to go to hospital , that Alan might give himself an ulcer through working too hard . |
| 6 | If somebody keeps on going abo on about how much they love you , if somebody keeps on going on about they care for you and how much they 'd like you to enjoy yourself and er all that kind of thing and you subsequently feel hurt , upset , abused and need to go to casualty , that 's probably a lot more difficult to understand because it does n't fit the script . |
| 7 | And remember that some of us are ‘ larks ’ who find it easy to be bright and efficient early in the morning but need to go to bed relatively early at night . |
| 8 | The new DEClease offerings comprise the OpenVMS Alpha Migration Lease for users that need an OpenVMS VAX but plan to migrate to Alpha at some point , and the OpenVMS Alpha Upgrade Lease for those that wish to incorporate Alpha as soon as possible , but want top-end computing today . |