Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After seventy-three minutes of a disappointingly dull game , Lewis pounced on a shot by Cardiff 's Ferguson only to find that the sheen of his new Jersey caused the ball , with its polished leather , to slip from under him towards goal . |
| 2 | Roxburgh said : ‘ The idea was to take Ian along to get him involved with the way of things after his long absence . |
| 3 | This brought Gower in to join Smith , and these two forged the most productive partnership of the innings , adding 85 in 20 overs . |
| 4 | Er do yo do n't you remember us ta taking Iris and Ian down to see her ? |
| 5 | Winning the toss and putting Knutsford in to bat on a damp wicket gave leftarmer Mike Cross the chance to shine with 4–19 . |
| 6 | The supporters did not release Winkie Armstrong only to bring in Billy Whitehurst ! |
| 7 | The solution to this problem was for Mrs Whitehouse personally to take a private prosecution of the play 's director , Michael Bogdanov . |
| 8 | Once inside the priory walls Corbett stayed near the gate , demanding the fellow go and bring Lady Amelia down to meet them . |
| 9 | We may surely placate the shade of Max Beerbohm sufficiently to acknowledge that the danger we run in approaching poetry this way is indeed the danger of one sort of professionalism — specialized and therefore blinkered , inflexible , and humourless . |
| 10 | I dash to Tescos expressly to buy some washing power , spend £40 and 45 minutes in there and forget the Radion . |
| 11 | Dinah thanked her salary for the latter 's white-painted existence , and the fact that she had thrashed Lilian enough to ensure silence among the rest . |
| 12 | Why bring Hunter S. Thompson 's Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas along to read ? |
| 13 | ‘ What you 're saying is , there could be more than one person who hated Angy enough to do that to her . |
| 14 | WHERE was the judgment in paying Derby a record £5.1 million for Dean Saunders and Mark Wright only to discover that Saunders does n't fit with Ian Rush and Wright is n't quite what he used to be ? |
| 15 | Cautiously she looked round , expecting David Markham suddenly to appear . |
| 16 | But it did n't take Jefferson long to find enough money to set up a factory to make golf clubs , and it does n't take a lot of imagination to guess who provided the money . ’ |
| 17 | Small enough to swim under and around , large enough to support a man , and big enough to teach all of us a lesson . |
| 18 | Small enough to squeeze into a box 22ins square — or the minuscule engine bay of a Formula 3000 racing car , having been designed by TVR 's Al Melling primarily as a racing engine — the ‘ AJP8 ’ thumps out 350bhp in road trim and up to 130bhp more as a racer , along with class-beating torque . |
| 19 | Ready potty Small enough to fold down and be popped into the glove compartment , this portable potty is invaluable during potty training days . |
| 20 | Small enough to step over , as Highfield 's step-over trees testify . |
| 21 | After several years , therefore , when the illness recurred , Margaret sent after Richard only to learn that he had died at the hour she was afflicted . |
| 22 | KERRY Matthew ran the race of her life on Saturday only to finish agonisingly outside the English Schools Championships qualifying time . |
| 23 | But when Woodruffe took Woolley in to see it , nobody was looking at the trench-systems . |
| 24 | Developed through having had this magazine of my own since the age of six , and listening to the Top 30 every Tuesday only to run off instantly to the typewriter in order to compile my own personal Top 30 which totally conflicted with how the world really was . |
| 25 | A long-running legal wrangle ensued with Gasco assets ultimately being frozen and a court undertaking secured from St Piran not to reduce its UK assets below £7m , sufficient to cover the SIB claim . |
| 26 | Telling Dora not to leave Roziac . |
| 27 | You bring a request from Dora not to deprive her of — what is the English expression — her meal ticket ? ’ |
| 28 | Coventry manager Gould was advised by West Brom chairman Trevor Summers not to go because police feared a fans ' backlash after Gould 's sacking by the club last season . |
| 29 | And I always feel it 's a reverse situation , you know , about Stanley Morrison saying he would prefer to pay Monotype not to put an ad in , erm to pay The Times not to put an ad for Monotype . |
| 30 | Moreover , I could never understand why , on the very day horsemen were seen outside the priory , you permitted the Lady Eleanor not to attend Compline . |