Example sentences of "of [verb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the big names since then — including Clint Black , Alan Jackson , Trisha Yearwood , Reba McEntire and , especially , Garth Brooks — have made a virtue of sticking close to country 's roots . |
| 2 | Conspiracy was an old common law offence , frequently charged and much in need of bringing up to date . |
| 3 | A multi-tribal alliance of their own is their only chance of hanging on to power when white rule ends at last . |
| 4 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |
| 5 | If you have another part-time job , or domestic commitments , then bank nursing can be a very flexible way of keeping up to date professionally . |
| 6 | At present the fiction that each MP acts on his own judgement and takes a discriminating part in legislation is preserved by insisting that members must be present and pass through the lobbies night after night , though in fact such activity makes no material difference , but seriously impedes MPs in their task of keeping up to date with their special interests and with their constituency work . |
| 7 | Instead of driving back to Broom House , she went into the village . |
| 8 | After many hours of listening solely to CD , I was also surprised at the sound quality of records played on decent equipment . |
| 9 | Many people are put off by the thought of heading abroad to backpack , but with a bit of careful planning , it 's within anyone 's reach . |
| 10 | But on the eastern margin it keeps its own counsel : instead of heading out to sea to follow the line of the Easter Island Ridge , this Pacific Ocean boundary stretches ( with only three minor hiccups ) directly down the American coasts , from Attu Island in the Aleutians to Diego Ramirez Island off Cape Horn . |
| 11 | A British youngster from a poor background who gained higher school certificate had at least a chance of going on to university or technical college , with fees and maintenance paid . |
| 12 | but Bob and I did , I could , I could remember the day we moved in to a hundred and eleven er we 'd never , never been upstairs in a house before you see we 'd been brought up in a bungalow and we 'd never ever been upstairs and the thoughts of going upstairs to bed , you know , was fantastic |
| 13 | ’ Growing up is not just the pain of going away to school ; it is also the acceptance of the values of the adult world . |
| 14 | He 's scared stiff of going away to school and all this ‘ Irish ’ nonsense is just an excuse to get out of it . |
| 15 | One night , ten days after the funeral , as Louise was thinking of going up to bed , Nora began to talk about Constance and her future . |
| 16 | If you feel that you have quite enough on your plate with a small child , then the idea of going back to education may not appeal , and many mothers I talked to said they had no such plans at present . |
| 17 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 18 | The Women Returners ' Network is a group of working mothers who got together to help women with the challenges of going back to work . |
| 19 | Okay , go back to work , fully recovered , okay , if within six months of going back to work , they 're off again , due to the same or related condition as the last claim , then we wo n't install , or employ the deferred period , we 'll treat is as a continuation of the previous claim . |
| 20 | So if within six months of going back to work , they 're off again . |
| 21 | When I have been entertaining Shirley and Terry Jones doing an evening meal on a Saturday or a Sunday and sometimes both to help Shirley when she was getting into the run of going back to work I found that one of the cheapest of dinner party deserts was lemon meringue pie . |
| 22 | Yes , yes When I have , have been entertaining Shirley and Terry , doing an evening meal on a Saturday or a Sunday , sometimes both to help Shirley when she 's getting into the run of going back to work I found that one of the cheapest of dinner party deserts is lemon meringue pie |
| 23 | ‘ Mummy , I 'm thinking of going back to college . ’ |
| 24 | Can I just clarify , what , what you 're saying is that in a sense there is this overall aim of getting through to socialism but the means of getting there have now changed so that we 've gone from absolute egalitarianism , which is , is an immediate step tow towards socialism you 've gone away from that and the position is now to create a rich peasant economy in order to industrialize , in order to get through to collectivization , I E into socialism . |
| 25 | And , anyway , doing the band had become less of a time thing , more a psychological matter of getting down to writing . |
| 26 | All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all . |
| 27 | My thoughts were interrupted by Jock saying very quietly , ‘ If you are thinking of getting back to H.Q , Piper , I advise you to piss off as soon as you can . ’ |
| 28 | Other Commissariats were accused of holding on to rolling-stock that should be handed back now the war was over . |
| 29 | Miguel had provided a carriage and pair for the newly-weds , and they had the privilege of riding up to Casa Madrid , where they rested and freshened up while the rest of the guests walked up the hill . |
| 30 | Today the town shows some signs of coming back to life . |