Example sentences of "pen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He composes the storyline first , from beginning to end , before putting illustrator 's pen to paper . |
| 2 | ‘ In so far as the patient was being phased off this treatment , ’ he had begun , pointing with the back of his pen to certain entries on Commander Barnwell 's chart , ‘ it would be technically correct to say that there has been a minor error . ’ |
| 3 | So why not put pen to paper and win a wardrobe of fashions . |
| 4 | The rash combustion , the pyrotechnic spree of the Electric Warrior reduced by the fond stroke of a pen to mere running-boy torch bearer in pop 's endlessly unfurling tapestry ! |
| 5 | Mrs Hollidaye handed the pen to Dot . |
| 6 | SYLVESTRA le Touzel , best-known perhaps as Fanny Price in the television version of Mansfield Park , is a fine actress who has turned her acute eye and pen to caricaturing her fellow actors . |
| 7 | While putting pen to paper , I notice that , though everybody is well aware of his British Open , his record in the US Open is seldom reported . |
| 8 | Among the organizations which had put pen to paper were the Farmers Union of Wales , the Somerset Community Health Council and the regional Youth Hostels Association . |
| 9 | Following article in the last issue on ‘ returning to work ’ felt that there was another side to the coin and felt she had to put pen to paper to balance out various viewpoints . |
| 10 | I 've had my bath , after a satisfying day in the garden , and so I thought this would be a good moment to put pen to paper . |
| 11 | He had not written much since The Complete History of Wimbledon and that book 's rejection by ten publishers ( he had still not heard from The Applecote Press , Chewton Mendip ) had made him a little nervous of putting pen to paper , but he found that if he emptied his mind of everything and forced his hand to fist a biro and then forced that biro across a sheet of paper , some pretty profound and interesting thoughts resulted . |
| 12 | I have put pen to paper sparingly , aware that pictures speak louder than words . |
| 13 | Leith 's history of biology is not too good — there were not fashionable Lamarckian revivals before Charles Darwin put pen to paper , the time gap was too small . |
| 14 | Not until the appearance in United Nations World , dated May 1951 , of an article by Professor Hans Thirring , entitled ‘ Is Peron 's A-bomb a swindle ? ’ , was Richter spurred to put pen to paper But his rejoinder , ‘ Argentina has no atom bomb ’ in the July issue of that journal , was a disappointment to those expecting some scientific enlightenment . |
| 15 | Smiling , he lowered his pen to the paper . |
| 16 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 17 | Dear Guitarist After reading your article on A&R depts , I feel moved to put pen to paper . |
| 18 | Dear Guitarist I feel I must put pen to paper , having just been to an excellent ‘ 30 Years of Jim Marshall ’ evening here in Copenhagen , Denmark . |
| 19 | The letter from Kate Westwood in your February edition prompted me to put pen to paper . |
| 20 | Its good reception encouraged Boyle to set pen to paper , publishing his results in June 1663 , at which time he observed , ‘ Nor is it only by dissection of various animals that the naturalist may promote the anatomist 's knowledge , but perhaps he may do it by devising ways to make the dead bodies of man and other animals keep longer than naturally they would do . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The girl must be busy ’ , ‘ the maintenance course she had been on was probably gruelling ’ , or ‘ she was still too upset to put pen to paper ’ . |
| 22 | Talks are still going on with Witches skipper Chris Louis , who has yet to put pen to paper . |
| 23 | Word is coming in that rival hamlets are already filling in the forms as fast as they can put pen to paper . |
| 24 | He had n't put pen to paper since the day before Martin died , and he doubted if he would ever do so again . |
| 25 | Generation upon unnamed generations of writers have revelled in this fact : they put pen to paper , do the literary equivalent of the ‘ Wham Rap ’ , and get endlessly celebrated by the media . |
| 26 | I decided to put pen to paper and let you know of a few problems some of us have in trying to become machine knitters . |
| 27 | Blues boss Ian Porterfield beat Everton and a string of other clubs with the £300,000 signing of Harford , who put pen to paper in a dramatic midnight deal . |
| 28 | Newspapers printed a photograph of a letter to a flood-control committee bearing Mr Li 's signature , so it was assumed that he could still put pen to paper . |
| 29 | TopLog International has not yet put pen to paper with Univel Inc to support Unixware , as reported last week ( Ux No 399 ) . |
| 30 | The receptionist welcomes the guests with a smile and greeting , hands the pen to them and asks if they will kindly complete the registration form ( Fig. 3.8 ) or sign the hotel register ( Fig. 3.21 ) . |