Example sentences of "to go [prep] school " in BNC.

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31 He would have preferred Grégoire to go to school and mix with other children .
32 He defended the Masai 's right not to go to school , and opposed their forcible recruitment into the King 's African Rifles during the First World War .
33 Soon be time to go to school , ’ said Tom , placing a paper bag on the table .
34 By now , with the termination of Mr M 's role as tutor to the girl who refused to go to school , she was receiving no education at all .
35 Once a new tutor was appointed for the girl who refused to go to school , Mr and Mrs M drew back a little .
36 I was too upset to go to school .
37 Olga and Joe had been able to go to school , though they had plenty of farm chores as well .
38 The eldest child is a pioneer : it is she/he who first undertakes to make contact with the outside world , to go to school , and to make friends not only for her/himself but sometimes on behalf of younger siblings as well .
39 Problem No. 10 : One week to go to school holidays .
40 And when I was n't with her , like when I had to go to school and she had to stay behind in my bedroom until I came home , she was all I could think about .
41 ‘ Mum , I really do n't want to go to school today , ’ he wailed .
42 These considerations can be a factor in deciding whether to provide an individually based integrated situation which gives the visually handicapped pupil the chance to go to school with neighbourhood children .
43 Would you like to go to school again ? ’
44 Perhaps I would n't like to stay there very long , because , as I said , I might want to go to school again .
45 When she was older , he had paid for her to go to school , proud of her ability to read and write and work out figures .
46 And knitting needles that to my little fingers were like rolling pins you know and they were long and they got under my arms and I always used to have a tummy ache on knitting day cos I did n't want to go to school .
47 A parent refused to be bound over , saying : ‘ When I send him out of the house in the morning to go to school , I do n't know what he 'll be doing all day ’ .
48 ‘ In one case a parent refused to be bound over , saying : ‘ When I send him out of the house in the morning to go to school , I do n't know what he 'll be doing all day ’ .
49 Under-5s show stress by not eating or sleeping , while 5s to 11s may be reluctant to go to school because they are worried about what might happen while they are away .
50 He aimed for me to go to school but brass he could n't pay ,
51 But she did n't envy people who had to go to school .
52 By the time you were four and old enough to go to school you were practised at enticing the dogs in to be fed , undetected .
53 Do n't you remember , she used to make me wear them in my shoes to go to school when it was raining ?
54 Now the Masai are torn by the need to go to school ( schule in Swahili , a leftover of German occupation ) and the understanding that young people who go to school are lost to the traditional ways .
55 Yeah , there 's probably two points I would want to say , one is that , what about the children and young people tha that refuse to go to school ?
56 I want to go to school and get qualifications .
57 ‘ Would you like to go to school ? ’ he asked finally .
58 You know , as she had no family or friends , he was kind enough to pay for her to go to school , and found her a job here with your uncle .
59 When she had taken the trouble to go to school , lessons had often been called off because someone had vandalized some necessary piece of equipment .
60 as if about to go to school .
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