Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Coronation Street , a downmarket soap , has lots of viewers , Granada , the firm that makes it , has to sell it to other ITV companies for a mere £100,000 per episode . |
| 2 | I want to help them to enlightened self-expression , and to develop their imaginations — to rid themselves of repressions through self-expression . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 4 | Some companies have sought mergers , others have sold off their defence factories or tried to convert them to other work ; some have simply shut them down . |
| 5 | But her urgency seemed to provoke him to lazy slowness . |
| 6 | In Britain , for instance , Waste Management International , Shanks & McEwan and Severn Trent/Biffa are enraged that the government has decided to postpone the introduction of the landfill standards in the 1990 Environmental Protection Act , and refuses to apply them to existing landfills . |
| 7 | Priene was rebuilt near the mouth of the River Meander about 334 B.C. Because the town was not of great importance under the late Roman rule , few alterations were made to adapt it to Roman needs , so much of the Hellenistic building has survived . |
| 8 | I mean , as I said to my hubby later on , we did n't scrimp and scrape to send her to Hutchy Girls so she would grow up to give us grandweans saying merr , flerr and sterr . |
| 9 | They went mad , they told us that we 'd got to take it to National Tyres , took it there , twenty three pound fifty it cost us . |
| 10 | Reports of ‘ untoward occurrences ’ — anything from an allegation of assault to a staff member having a cold — were not going directly to Mr Thomson , who was legally bound to report them to social services within 24 hours . |
| 11 | He began to take her to antique shops , sought out trade exhibitions of fabrics and contemporary furniture , bought her books on design — on Bauhaus , which brought him back to his own youth , on the Viennese Secession with its decorative flights and insistence on utility . |
| 12 | Always remember to return them to non-working position after completing the woven fabric . |
| 13 | A Department of the Environment report on the condition of local authority housing in 1985 said that in England alone almost £19 billion needed to be spent to restore it to good condition . |
| 14 | There are problems with designating these as new phyla , not least that nobody can define a phylum objectively , and my own view is that , marvellous though these animals are , we should still try to relate them to other organisms ( fossil and living ) . |
| 15 | I came into a bit of money when my grandmother died and I decided to put it to good use . ’ |
| 16 | If you have a regional accent , do not attempt to change it to standard English . |
| 17 | This determines how much money , time and effort should be spent to bring them to acceptable levels . |
| 18 | I took a basket of eggs into church last Sunday because I was so afraid I should forget to give them to old Mrs Baldwin on my way home . |
| 19 | He waded through it with a non-stop grin and managed to turn it to political advantage . |
| 20 | For MAS , whilst the disclaimer will state what we have and have not done , we may still be associated with the data if we are asked to present it to potential buyers or if our name is mentioned in the document . |
| 21 | And I spring out of bed , naked as I am , and I just start to tear him to fucking pieces . |
| 22 | Our children will suffer — but not those of rich parents who can afford to send them to public schools . |
| 23 | If , for instance , Ms Intrepid acquires a small cafe and wishes to convert it to high-class tearooms and this necessitates minor internal building works and extensive redecoration , planning permission will not be required , since the alterations are purely internal and do not alter the use to which the buildings are put , nor do they materially affect the external appearance of the property . |
| 24 | We use words to give voice to our thoughts and feelings and to attempt to convey them to other people . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , there are many things about the Demoiselles that serve to relate it to other painting of the period and , more particularly , to the contemporary work of Matisse . |
| 26 | Have you had successes in the past using this method of , of trying to bring it to public attention ? |
| 27 | The doors are tough and durable , and they require almost no maintenance , a quick wash down being all that is required to restore them to pristine condition . , , . |
| 28 | New insulated containers keep the food hot for five hours , far longer than the staff need to send it to neighbouring schools like Uplands Primary in Stroud . |
| 29 | With the intention of seeking comfort and support , she rode over to Mayfield Cottage one evening on the bicycle she had acquired to transport her to previous assignations . |
| 30 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |