Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a [det] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight . |
| 2 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 3 | Fold in flour , cherries and ground almonds adding a little milk to make a fairly stiff dropping consistency ; the stiff consistency will help cherries to remain suspended evenly in cake while it is baking . |
| 4 | Receiving a copy of the AGM Minutes from the Branch prompts Air Mail to give a little space to describe the activities and efforts being made by the Branch Committee , a committee which has been virtually unchanged since the Branch was re-activated six years ago . |
| 5 | The process takes a little time to grasp but very soon you will quickly put down on paper a series of " main points " . |
| 6 | Some of the boys who had just left school used to be mischieful when they brought the farm-horses in , but the smith had a few tricks to put them in their place . |
| 7 | They bring home the inequality of material conditions : at the one extreme old men in filthy lodgings chopping a few sticks to keep warm , and at the other the lady of the manor supported by servants and a companion in her immaculate drawing-room . |
| 8 | She flushed with guilt when Beth took a few moments to reply . |
| 9 | And this really was the basis therefore of the first films , they were really demonstrations that pictures could move , and this was sufficient for people to pay a few pence to come in erm and look at the films . |
| 10 | Miss Honey took a few moments to let this curious statement sink in . |
| 11 | Film superstar Alan Rickman took a little time to settle comfortably into the stage mantle of Shakespeare 's much-wronged prince , as if the echo of his own voice was vying with King Hamlet 's exhortations to do the deed , but this soon gives way to a gentle yet powerful Hamlet . |
| 12 | News concerning the development in style took a little time to percolate through to the country ; a sculptor carving a resurrection scene on a 1707 headstone outside the south door of Uffington church , Oxfordshire , continues to depict the gable-lidded coffin . |
| 13 | Will the Secretary of State take a little time to reflect on a previous answer on non-proliferation ? |
| 14 | I suggest that the Secretary of State take a little time to read our new document , ’ London : a strategy for transport ’ , which might help him and his colleagues to get sorted out on the need for better transport in the capital city . |
| 15 | As yet unsigned , Sunflowers need a few months to diet and define their direction . |
| 16 | her , her mum was having him , but she had a , her mum had a few things to do , so |
| 17 | Sentue takes a few moments to reply . |
| 18 | The logical standard took a few years to agree but , in the late 1980s , was finalised and ratified by the International Standards Organisation as ISO 9660 . |
| 19 | We 've been together a long time and people in the band like Paul and Mark and Gaz have a few things to prove themselves . |
| 20 | The Crown Hotel in Newmilns amy have a few stories to tell as surprise , surprise , one of her friends had organised a ‘ Strip O'Gram ’ to provide some hilarious entertainment . |
| 21 | Royal icing takes a little practice to spread evenly and pipe , but the results are well worth the effort . |
| 22 | Thanks so very much for getting me Bloomfield 's annotated NT , vol I. I 'm delighted to have it , and have just been spending some time revisiting a few cruces to see what explanations are offered . |
| 23 | And I hope that John Major and central office of the Conservative Party study it carefully since it is about party democracy and the Conservative party have a few lessons to learn in that direction . |