Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am assailed with feelings of irritation mixed with amusement at the number of pilots who , despite cheerfully paying many hundreds if not thousands of pounds on their chosen hobby , carp on about having to fork out three or four quid over the odds in selected landing fees , or as in the case of correspondent K. Foster £46 for a medical combined with an ECG . |
| 2 | Along with learning to scuba dive , swim with dolphins , become an astronaut or climb Everest , one of my ambitions has always been to take time out to become really familiar with the business end of a recording studio . |
| 3 | As bedtime approaches , it 's as well to linger in the toilet to empty your bowels , or if your nerves are causing stomach jitters , take something , such as Imodium , to calm the situation down before going to sleep . |
| 4 | Alternatively , you can switch off by listening to music , or think about something peaceful . |
| 5 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 6 | On Oct. 9 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka presented to the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) the socio-economic programme which her government had drawn up since coming to office in July [ see p. 39016-17 ] . |
| 7 | ‘ It does n't necessarily add up to going to bed . ’ |
| 8 | Inevitably one night she ended up by going to bed with him . |
| 9 | He switched all the door and window alarms on before going to bed and crashing out . |
| 10 | ‘ Help me get out of going to Gran 's on Sunday . ’ |
| 11 | If you went out to dinner , you did n't think of how to get out of going to bed with him , it was how to get out of the car without kissing him . ’ |
| 12 | And er that er very often the criminal fraternity are looking at it as a ways and means of getting out of coming to court . |
| 13 | But is it not a fact in the real world that we prepare for war during peacetime by keeping our armed forces equipped and ready , rather than disbanding them and waiting until war breaks out before beginning to re-arm and train new forces ? |
| 14 | The relativism of values seems so sensible and convincing until we reflect on what this implies , namely that what we feel passionately about with regard to truth or justice or purpose of life has no justification apart from the fact that we happen to think like this . |