Example sentences of "they [vb base] [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's where the sheep go when they want to go to bed . |
| 2 | In fact they are highly competent and by taking advantage of the desire of some of them to work part-time he can use their experience as and when , for instance , they want to return to work after having children . |
| 3 | They appear to take to aquarium life quite readily and adapt to conditions which are obviously vastly different from those into which they have been born and become accustomed in the wild . |
| 4 | The BBC1 blockbuster Civvies — which starts tonight — takes an uncompromising look at ex-Paras as they try to adjust to life outside the Army . |
| 5 | There is , she says , a serious shortage of nursery places which means that , if they wish to return to work , women are forced to rely on other sources of childcare . |
| 6 | In the absence of a minimum wage , many of our constituents earn such low wages that they have to resort to state benefits on top . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it has something to do with the word counselling ; people seem afraid of it — maybe it conjures up the wrong image — that they feel they 've failed in some way if they have to resort to counselling . |
| 8 | To do that they have to come to earth and sit on something solid . |
| 9 | The Russians refer to ‘ buka ’ , the Welsh ‘ barog ’ means spiteful , while the Scots usher forward ‘ boggle-bos ’ , ‘ bucca-bos ’ , ‘ bodachs ’ and ‘ bugbears ’ as the solution for misbehaviour in very small children , especially if they refuse to go to sleep when they should . |
| 10 | Social workers and the courts are facing a problem which has defeated the best efforts of families and professionals ; whatever the wording , few courts will be willing to gamble on children whom they refuse to commit to security not returning to prostitution , burning down a house , or injuring themselves . |