Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course to go back to something I think Kirsty or somebody said , erm this could also happen un unconsciously could n't it ? |
| 2 | Erm , er , now of course to get back to the ambulance erm if somebody comes out of an epileptic fit and goes immediately back into another one , then you must call an ambulance , it takes so much from the person , it takes so much energy that the person ca n't possible go into one fit after another , erm without showing some affects and therefore you would have to get them to hospital , if you do n't and they have two or three fits one after another they can die , so they must go to hospital . |
| 3 | The Company is empowered under its articles of Association to borrow up to twice the aggregate amount of the share capital and reserves of the Company and its subsidiaries as indicated by the latest audited accounts , subject to certain adjustments . |
| 4 | So the first point is if you 're going to show something show it , let everybody deal with it let everybody look at it then when you 've finished with that turn it off because you want the centre of attention to come back to you , presumably . |
| 5 | Conscience is a function of the ego ideal , and is critical of failure to live up to the ego ideal . |
| 6 | And er sometimes it takes a bit of courage to walk over to the tap when everybody 's saying there 'll be no water , and for you to turn that tap on . |
| 7 | You 'll need plenty of courage to face up to the fact that trouble is about to strike and then to deter whoever is behind it . |
| 8 | He had , moreover , the trials of business to look forward to before he could get back to work . |
| 9 | The other thing I have done is setting down there is various amounts of stuff to go off to my father |
| 10 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |
| 11 | When she arrives home in the evening , she knows she will have no stimulating exchange of news to look forward to with a husband and family . |
| 12 | Will Douglas ordered Scott of Rankilburn to go back to the now blazing village , the cottage thatches burning readily , and round up a crowd of men , women and children . |
| 13 | These are problems which it is a major responsibility of government to face up to and adopt sensitive policies to foster social cohesion without denying people the right to their own culture and way of life . |
| 14 | Bracken Cottage , which had come to her on Elise 's death , was all very well , but living out in one of the Sherwood Forest villages would have entailed long rush-hour drives twice a day , and already Merrill had gathered that Luke Travis was n't the sort of man to take kindly to excuses about traffic-jams . |
| 15 | The sad truth of the matter is that Group 4 has such low levels of performance to live up to that already , despite its much publicised failures , the Home Secretary is able to claim that it is outperforming the public services it is replacing . |
| 16 | The impetus for suggesting so major an upheaval came from Coleridge , who felt an increasing sense of obligation to live up to the hopes so clearly implied by the Wedgwood annuity . |
| 17 | erm it does take a lot of effort to move over to meeting them as individual people , and once you 've understood that they are individual people and you get to know their interests and get to know your common humanity , then that 's the point where you want to get on and do something more , but it 's very difficult to recognise the common humanity , and a lot of |
| 18 | After a wee dram or two to ward off the winter chill , hardier types venture forth carrying lumps of coal to pass on to others as good luck tokens . |
| 19 | Ever since Kirov had dropped his bombshell , Vologsky had reeled from the shock , his brain free-wheeling in a limbo which offered no thread of reality to latch on to . |
| 20 | He came out of hospital just before Christmas and then began weeks of physiotherapy to get back to his current level of fitness . |
| 21 | We arrive at school , just before nine o'clock and had seven hours of school to look forward to . |
| 22 | ‘ Wish that I did have the courage to kiss you , querida , ’ he rasped , ‘ but I have standards and a level of decency to live up to and they are more important to me than a moment of weakness to prove that I am immune to you . ’ |
| 23 | He 'd plenty of time to go up to Jubilee Wood . |
| 24 | The kitchen clock read six thirty , plenty of time to walk home to his mother 's cottage for a wash and a bit of breakfast . |