Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb base] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Hersheson then set to work on Pamela 's hair , cutting it into a more tailored and modern style . |
| 2 | None of either type quite come to mind at present but , still , it is the latter bunch who are likely to become rich or famous or both . |
| 3 | It should be noted that the anti-discrimination statutes also apply to termination of partnerships by this means . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , ’ I continue ( while we have it , let's press the advantage home ) , ‘ you know as well as I do that these couplings between the separate spheres always come to grief in the end . ’ |
| 5 | Cases frequently come to light in which submissive children have been treated literally like household slaves , often into late middle-age , by domineering parents . |
| 6 | Will the sanctions placed on Iraq eventually lead to peace in the Gulf ? |
| 7 | Our results show that these genes rapidly respond to exposure to retinoic acid at preheadfold stages and undergo a progressive series of changes in segmental expression that are associated with specific phenotypes in hindbrain of first branchial arch . |
| 8 | Seesaws and swingboats both lead to estimation of weight as children look for a comfortable partner . |
| 9 | Although religious educators often refer to religion in the lives of children and young people , and recommend that religious education draw on this experience in their teaching , little research has been done in the area . |
| 10 | Of course , biopics still have to pussyfoot around the survivors , hence the Bearded Film Director Who Did n't Look Anything Like John Landis in Wired who finds John Belushi ( honorary rock star ) , snorting coke in his Winnebago and then says ( best line delivered in the film ) ‘ John , this is economically unfeasible ’ . |
| 11 | Research done for Philips testifies to the importance that the police now attach to interrogation of suspects and the procuring of confessions from the guilty . |
| 12 | Savage and city alike reduce to childishness in the final babel-like collapse , ‘ London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down . ’ |
| 13 | At their first meeting his innuendo on such words as ‘ fight ’ , ‘ tame ’ , ‘ deeds ’ , ‘ activity ’ ( III.ii.39–59 ) seems to be contagious , for in an encounter unique in Shakespeare two lovers who have previously spoken verse actually descend to prose for their first conversation , to exchange bawdy double meanings on words like ‘ monster ’ , ‘ monstrous ’ , ‘ will ’ , ‘ execution ’ , ‘ act ’ , and ‘ performance ’ ( 62–99 ) . |
| 14 | In any case , here is the felicitous truth : women rarely go to bed with men they do n't fancy , no matter how many restaurants they get taken to . |
| 15 | Some of us are more mentally productive before midday ; others only come to life in the second half of the day . |
| 16 | In Germany , ministers still appear to side with the federalists . |