Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 2 | Trying to find somewhere to live in a strange country may also be a concern . |
| 3 | If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise . |
| 4 | Yet , embittered pigeons have a great tendency to come home to roost at a later date , wreaking merry havoc as they zoom in on perceived injustices and ensure that all and sundry realise the iniquities of their previous employer . |
| 5 | It is hard enough , as we have discovered , for people to know how to behave as a bereaved person . |
| 6 | Sally-Anne loved a dare , and Terry Rourke 's appeal had been frank and animal — he had excited her , and it had been simple for her to lie to her mother , to set out to go to a girlfriend 's home on the following afternoon and meet Terry instead . |
| 7 | Everyone is able to choose how to behave in a given set of circumstances , although many people operate on the assumption that they can not choose and never give the alternatives a moment 's thought . |
| 8 | The best place to go like to go for a wee dance , the only place you could go for a wee da , that 's the . |
| 9 | She did n't want a life of isolation stuck out here in a housing estate , only allowed to go out to work as a favour . |
| 10 | ‘ It is time for Drew to go back to work for a living , ’ said his manager . |
| 11 | Nurse Eileen Farragher said : ‘ Physically he 'll be okay to go back to work in a few weeks — but mentally he 's still shocked . ’ |
| 12 | The boycott was sufficient to force both to testify before a special session of the lower house budget committee on Feb. 25 . |
| 13 | Some policies will also include eventualities like job loss or having to stay home to care for a sick relative . |
| 14 | These were lean times for Spain 's biggest heroes — Jorge Martinez suffered technical frustrations in the 125 series , Alex Criville took much of the year to get up to speed on a 250 , while Sito Pons and Juan Garriga never got near the front of a 500 GP . |
| 15 | ‘ I think if I was to get up to dance at a party , Kate would say , ‘ Oh , do n't dance , Dad — you 're a parent , you 're not supposed to do that sort of thing . ’ |
| 16 | Like other major times of life , old age is a time when you have to learn how to deal with a changing lifestyle without losing your dignity . |
| 17 | ‘ A priority now is for us to learn how to live in a democratic society . |
| 18 | Victorian victuals VISITORS to the Westminster Antiques Fair will be able to learn how to cook in a recreated Victorian kitchen , and taste a selection of cakes , biscuits , ice creams , sorbets and other delicacies from the era . |
| 19 | The Royal Air Force gave me emergency rations , advice on medical supplies , and a day at RAF Cranwell to learn how to navigate with a bubble sextant . |
| 20 | I it it 's oh no , we do n't want war , we 're all against war , but nobody is prepared to bother actually to go to a meeting or , or pay a small subscription and , and then you w you could of had a very strong United Nations now the same as after the first world war , but it 's the people that did n't do it . |