Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took it in turns to breathe in the smoke , as the substance sizzled with a malicious delight . |
| 2 | You need only to look at commercial copy or displays to see how powerfully a type-face complements the message it is conveying . |
| 3 | I noticed that the Barwick men took no chances this time ; as the pole lay in the field it was wired up to an electronic burglar alarm system , but they still took it in turns to sit up and keep an eye on it . |
| 4 | Alexandra , Lyddy and Janet took it in turns to sit up at night with her . |
| 5 | It was a tiny cell , so we had to take it in turns to sit down . |
| 6 | Prean , still unbeaten , showed that he is performing as well as at any time in his career when he outplayed Andrei up to 20-17 in the second game and then comfortably recovered from the disappointment of missing four match points to go on to a 21-8 , 22-24 , 21-13 win . |
| 7 | We took it in turns to see how close we could get . |
| 8 | There were so many journalists covering the Orkney story that they set up a pool system and took it in turns to go in . |
| 9 | The monetary committee offers to carry out regular checks on ‘ a confidential set of indicators … primarily measures of external competitiveness ’ . |
| 10 | He hates the city and longs to go back home . |
| 11 | Lip-curling japes ensure as Newt firs tries to evict the compulsively fanciful Gwen , then agrees to go along with her charade , just to make his intended fiancée jealous . |
| 12 | Gentleman sees the working papers he will discover that no hospital will be able to ask for trust status unless it agrees to carry out the whole range of services that must be undertaken in that area . |
| 13 | This is because section 12(1) of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 states that a " contract for the supply of a service " means : … a contract under which a person ( " the supplier " ) agrees to carry out a service . |
| 14 | And it is significant that the stories she refers to relate not to her unhappy marriage but directly to the Queen . |
| 15 | Posy longs to come out of her shell |
| 16 | Disguised wage work refers to work where one or more enterprises appropriate part of the product of a person 's work without the person officially being an employee of the firm . |
| 17 | The first coordinate value of a pair refers to position down the page from the top , while the second coordinate is the distance across the paper from the left . |
| 18 | The latter has a lyric set round an argument which Bob not so much gives in to , but agrees to differ on … |
| 19 | 10.7.6 In respect of the due exercise of any right or licence ( i ) confirmed or granted or ( ii ) agreed to be granted under the provisions of Clauses 10.7.2 , 10.7.3 and 10.7.4 , each Party ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively a licence under any intellectual property rights in respect of results and ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively to the extent reasonably necessary for such due exercise a licence under any background intellectual property right , and undertakes to procure like grants or agreements to grant from its Related companies . |
| 20 | 10.7.6 In respect of the due exercise of any right or licence ( i ) confirmed or granted or ( ii ) agreed to be granted under the provisions of Clauses 10.7.2 , 10.7.3 and 10.7.4 , each Party ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively a licence under any intellectual property rights in respect of results and ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively to the extent reasonably necessary for such due exercise a licence under any background intellectual property right , and undertakes to procure like grants or agreements to grant from its Related companies . |
| 21 | Though his first wife remains a shadowy and rather pathetic figure about whom one longs to know more , there is plenty here on the crowded , ramshackle household and its often hand-to-mouth existence constructed entirely around the demands of the workaholic , temperamental sculptor — the hoarded treasures , the art and music which pervaded the house , the much loved but somewhat casually raised children , the constantly changing and eccentric cast of live-in models , nannies , general factotums , portrait sitters , studio visitors , plaster moulders , musicians , friends and members of the press who were usually given short shrift . |
| 22 | Other nations , however , are carping about a clause in the suggested new text which would allow the two weapons powers to hide how much civil uranium they buy and stockpile . |
| 23 | then it should be available to all , so anybody who goes to stand in when they 're off with er , broken legs ! |
| 24 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 25 | I think actually somebody needs to sit down and think |
| 26 | Come here love , I think Mummy needs to sit down . |
| 27 | If he wants to sit outdoors sometimes or eat with us . |
| 28 | This patient just wants to sit miserably by the fire , warming the back , or to lie tucked up cosily in bed , and does not want to move around or to make any effort whatsoever . |
| 29 | You stand up on there cos mum wants to sit down . |
| 30 | Nowhere in a workshop is there room for the learner who wants to sit back and be spoon-fed with facts . |