Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But I have more chance of improving that than knocking 10 years off Gregory or adding speed to Fox . |
| 2 | Mr. Gordon stumped off the field , holding the two pieces of broken club and giving vent to language ill-befitting the lay-reader son of a clergyman — ‘ my best bloody driver , my best bloody driver . ’ |
| 3 | The green men in their cloaks of leaves and branches then discovered them , and came down to the beach and circled Dulé and his companions where they lay prone , and shook their fronds and squatted on their haunches and kicked their legs and tossed their heads and slapped palm to thigh , in order to rally them and send them off again ; pouring spirits and water into their faces to invigorate them , beating out a rhythm with their feet . |
| 4 | However , instead of dispersing , the Uzbeks rampaged into the city centre , smashing cars and setting fire to houses , shops and buses along the way . |
| 5 | The main prosecution witness , former Bank of Crete chairman George Koskotas , was in prison in the United States and fighting extradition to Greece where he himself would face charges . |
| 6 | In an attempt to further his rugby career , McKenzie loaded up his car and headed north to Sydney and arrived at Randwick . |
| 7 | Without this we can not engage in any worthwhile legal work or provide access to items . |
| 8 | He liked to tell one that he was a dilettante , ‘ I 've never written a line for publication nor put brush to water-colour , in short I never did a stroke of work , except for those few years teaching at Harvard , and I must admit that I enjoyed every moment of them — in retrospect . ’ |
| 9 | This new product range involved a change from skilled technical configuration and test work to volume assembly , with short cycle times on individual operations . |
| 10 | Volunteers who give their labour free provide an important part of work done by Citizens Advice Bureaux , law centres , marriage guidance , youth work and teaching English to foreigners . |
| 11 | Desiderius was well-educated in the law and became treasurer to Chlothar II ; he succeeded one brother , Syagrius , as governor of Marseilles , and subsequently he was elected bishop of Cahors in place of his other brother , Rusticus , who had been murdered . |
| 12 | Slowing down at all corners and giving way to pedestrians . |
| 13 | There was a mirror above in whose reflection she saw Ted Tipper advance down the corridor and meet face to face with the police . |
| 14 | They themselves might ‘ motor ’ down to their country retreat at the weekends but they looked with signal disfavour on the idea that the vast mass of the populace might enjoy a similar mobility and have access to pleasures which for the moment were peculiarly their own . |
| 15 | Being less official than the Review Panel and the Institute 's Practice Regulation Directorate , it was better able , in a firm but cooperative style as an Institute committee and speaking member to member , quietly to ‘ promote ’ and ‘ encourage ’ the adoption of the highest technical standards . |
| 16 | In this view from early 1981 , 76047 has just deposited its train in the BSC exchange sidings and returns light to Rotherwood . |
| 17 | Downward pressure on fees , together with a decline in the property market and escalating overheads , had driven some firms to the edge of bankruptcy and tempted solicitor to theft . |
| 18 | In this context the declaration noted , however , that prospects for economic assistance would be enhanced if the Soviet Union decided to " shift resources substantially away from the military sector and to cut support to nations promoting regional conflict " ( the latter being an implied reference to Cuba ) . |
| 19 | There is one for every school , of course , and this psychologist should have had more training in perceptual handicaps than an ordinary classroom teacher , and should be available to help assess the child and give advice to teachers and parents about how to help them . |
| 20 | The management company will make the detailed investment decisions , accept funds from investors , issue certificates of unit ownership and pay income to investors as appropriate . |
| 21 | Similarly , does size have a greater effect on reproductive success in female Weddell seals compared to land or pack-ice breeding species because they breed on fast ice and defend access to water holes ? |
| 22 | ‘ The biggest problems occur when you shirk responsibility and allow resentment to fester . ’ |
| 23 | It has also meant a greater love for one another as we can share our faith and come face to face with who we are . |
| 24 | ‘ Right , let's spread out a bit and get back to back , ’ said Yanto with a grin , ‘ you ready Bill ? ’ |
| 25 | Despite the failure of similar tactics on the Madrid front , it had been planned as another Moroccan-type , head-on attack along the first line of Republican defences , with the aim of breaking through at two points , advancing as far as the second line of defence and laying siege to Bilbao from there . |
| 26 | Just before church take gate into churchyard and follow path to kissing-gate on far side . |
| 27 | Among other things , these regulations require operators of hazardous installations to draw up on-site and off-site emergency plans and to give information to members of the public who live or work near such installations ( Houston 1987 ) . |
| 28 | The method relied heavily on prior survey , which was supposed to reveal the directions which the plan should take , the plan being essentially of allocating land ( zoning ) , establishing patterns of communication , ensuring open space provision and giving coherence to community grouping . |
| 29 | Information has been collected on households ' patterns of donating money and volunteering time to charities , individuals ' motives for giving , their attitudes to charities , and their knowledge of and views of covenanting and bequeathing money to charities . |
| 30 | Deep in the basement of the Foreign Office , a team of junior diplomats is on hand to answer queries and give advice to people returning from Iraq and Kuwait . |