Example sentences of "managed [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he had managed to crawl on to the bed , dragging such scarves as he could find to shield his eyes , for the curtains were only flimsy cotton of a summer rented house , all annoyance , all regret for the wasted day , all intentions , all straining for activity , was gone , absorbed into the panic that connected — as if there was a piston rod — his throbbing head , the lights crossing behind his eyeballs and his churning stomach . |
| 2 | Defries , Johannsen , Ace and Daak had managed to climb on to the top of the pod 's nose . |
| 3 | One of the ‘ leaders ’ even managed to climb on to the roof of government buildings , where he desecrated the state flag . |
| 4 | While Chancellor Kohl 's CDU-CSU alliance holds 309 of the 652 seats , far more than its closest rivals , the Social Democrats , who have 239 , it could not govern without the support of Hans Dietrich-Genscher 's FDP — which is why Genscher has managed to hold on to the post of Foreign Minister for so long . |
| 5 | Some countries like Malaysia have , however , managed to hang on to the advantages of being early recipients of such investments by virtue of their installed base of experienced workers who could help attract later entrants . |
| 6 | How she had ever managed to get back to the Shelbourne , she did n't know . |
| 7 | With Mike Taylor in the middle and Bill Brooker as last man , the team finally managed to traverse in to the corner from what is now Titan 's Wall . |