Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not unusual therefore for the contract expressly to deal with the time for payment and the time for delivery but to be silent about the time of the transfer of property . |
| 2 | However , there is little doubt that a number of facilities already developed will prove of value educationally : devices which allow the user effectively to draw upon the screen , such as the light pen or the graphics tablet , have great potential . |
| 3 | The minister 's entourage and assembled media swept into the narrow office building only to grind to a halt on the stairs while he and Mr Fallon shut themselves off for a brief chat . |
| 4 | The man altered course impatiently to deal with the interruption ; just under six foot , he looked smaller because of the width of the powerful sloping shoulders which even good tailoring could do little to minimize . |
| 5 | I was reassured that the nonsense would stop , and that people would use the bikes merely to get to the base of mountains , where the walk in was prohibitive of completing the hill in a day without some means of transport . |
| 6 | If ‘ The Hollow Men ’ traces the degeneration of ritual to a final babyish ‘ whimper ’ , then Sweeney Agonistes attempts to reconstruct the most basic rituals only to end in a bang . |
| 7 | Although you have to cart the cylinder around with you , there is a bonus in that a blowtorch can be used upside down to get under a pipe which is being fitted in situ ; turning a cartridge-fed blowlamp upside down can cause problems as it will flare . |
| 8 | Newsagent Jeff McKenna who runs a shop in Murray Street , Hartlepool , wants local traders and residents to club together to pay for a policeman to patrol their area exclusively . |
| 9 | Maura and Margaret became a pair , the friendship only to end with the death of one of them . |
| 10 | Outside a car revved up its engine as it changed up a gear only to screech to a halt at the corner and roar off again . |
| 11 | Neil get out of his aircraft obviously to go to the telephone . |
| 12 | And secondly a lot of er a number of consultants want to leave their bonuses in to accrue during the year . |
| 13 | You feel light enough to float on a cloud … |
| 14 | Small enough to squeeze into a box 22ins square — or the minuscule engine bay of a Formula 3000 racing car , having been designed by TVR 's Al Melling primarily as a racing engine — the ‘ AJP8 ’ thumps out 350bhp in road trim and up to 130bhp more as a racer , along with class-beating torque . |
| 15 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
| 16 | INSTONIANS — The return of David Wilson from France and the availability of Tim Taylor , Johnny McBride and Mark Irwin strengthens the squad and prompts coach Denis Guiler not to feature as a stop-gap this season ! |
| 17 | This must be the first review ever to end with a load of balls ! |
| 18 | With just over two months still to go before the opening of the fair , 517 of the 540 stands available have been sold , and the remaining 23 are expected to be taken up shortly . |
| 19 | Make it a rule always to check with the scorekeeper before going on to the area . |
| 20 | He willed himself to sit quietly , allowing his eyes gradually to adjust to the night . |
| 21 | The issue of whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned is also a question of judgement , and it would be somewhat unusual for a court erm perhaps erm months later to go against the policeman 's view , a view formed in the heat of the moment , where he had a firsthand erm taste of what was going on . |
| 22 | I doubted it because whatever the efficacy of Dr Gyggle 's treatment and however convincing his explanation of how a lonely and fucked-up boy built up a delusion both to compensate for the lack of a father and punish himself for his own Oedipal crime , I still could n't convince myself that I was entirely rid of my mage . |
| 23 | It was n't my intention originally to go to the flat , it was my intention to reconnoitre the area in order that I could supply the officers who were going to do the actual operation with up to date information as to erm the methods of getting in to the block of flats because they had a coded key door erm and to acquaint myself of the actual physical erm presence of lifts , stairways and that sort of thing . |
| 24 | Miles 's voice was hushed , and Bernice saw his helmet tilt as he craned his neck upwards to look at the Bridge . |
| 25 | At one point the driver slammed on the brakes causing the police car behind to run into the back of the vehicle … the car was badly damaged … the two officers inside were taken to hospital for treatment to whiplash injuries . |
| 26 | Mr Byrne visited Amiens , which is twinned with Darlington , a few months ago to look into the possibility of setting up a link . |
| 27 | Suzanne left school eight months ago to look for a job . |
| 28 | ‘ I like to get pictures as if the horse is about to blink or breathe , the nostrils about to expand or contract , the legs about to break into a trot or canter . ’ |
| 29 | It is shocking and horrible , and it requires a sense of irony almost to reflect on the fact that this is 1991 — towards the end of the 20th century . |
| 30 | ‘ Stay where you are , Judy ! ’ she cried , as she saw Judy on her hands and knees about to crawl under the wire to Mandy 's rescue . |