Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then before she resumed her snail-slow progress back to bed she steeled herself to look in the mirror above the washbasin . |
| 2 | the work of the artists who interpreted their historical reality on to canvas , but the importance in Latin America of the art itself should not be underestimated , particularly the iconography of the monarchy . |
| 3 | Appointed more for their academic qualifications and skills than sound political credentials , the new breed of young , educated officials intended to bring their old-fashioned city up to date . |
| 4 | The ante-natal queues were , apart from the baby who fluttered and arched , her nearest approach now to privacy . |
| 5 | The beautifully furnished rooms have lovely views of the waterfront or city , and guests can relax by the pool with its impressive views out to sea . |
| 6 | The moment in the game when the martyr 's soul began its slow slip away to heaven . |
| 7 | It explicitly reversed the accepted Catholic teaching which related freedom only to truth and not to persons , claiming that error had no rights . |
| 8 | Nonetheless these friends will be aware that the sufferer ultimately has to make his or her own way back to recovery and that " helpful " actions should not serve to enable the sufferer to continue the recovery-threatening attitudes or behaviour without organising his or her own responsibility for the consequences . |
| 9 | CONCURRENT MOVES ITS REAL-TIME UNIX UP TO SYSTEM V.4.2 LEVEL , HAS REALTIME X , FAULT-TOLERANT SYSTEM ARRAYS |
| 10 | They watched among the crowd as Eachuinn Odhar was lifted ashore unconscious , and Hector , under David Beaton 's supervision ; and over a hundred others , to be carried or helped by their keening womenfolk up to castle or clachan . |
| 11 | Dorothy Newman nudged her fellow conspirator back to reality , then they ran at breakneck speed to their respective homes . |
| 12 | Leopold put its relative failure down to conspiracy , saying darkly that ‘ powerful cabals ’ had united in opposition to Wolfgang because of jealousy of his exceptional talent . |
| 13 | But behind the scenes the 86-year-old reformer is believed to be working to bring his economic programme back to life . |
| 14 | Stirling was told that a new operation was being planned and that he must bring his entire force back to base . |
| 15 | Ace filled in gaps for her as they talked about his long climb up to Formula One and his present position , and because of her background she was able to fill in the bare facts that he offered . |
| 16 | WALTER SMITH will take his injury-ravaged squad out to lunch today aware that , in the present , stricken climate at Ibrox , food poisoning is one of the few afflictions not to have hit his players before their European Champions League tie with FC Brugge on Wednesday , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 17 | Cassowary put his domed head close to Bower-bird 's beak . |
| 18 | Also the plaintiff 's doctor may be present if he has some active part to play , for example to explain a long and complicated medical history , his own diagnosis or to bring his own evidence up to date . |
| 19 | In a speech to mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of former President Mohammed Siyad Barre , on Jan. 26 , Farah Aydid stated his readiness for a truce , but reiterated his implacable opposition both to Mahdi Mohammed and to the idea of an international peacekeeping force , which he said would serve only to protect the " self-appointed " interim President from the Somali people . |
| 20 | ‘ If ever I succeed ’ he writes ‘ in bringing our native kings back to life in my songs , and Arthur who waged wars even under the earth , or if I tell of the splendid heroes of the table rendered invincible by their bond of comradeship and , oh if inspiration would but come to me , if I smash the Saxon phalanxes beneath the impact of the British . ’ |
| 21 | Language , you see , is always changing and from acupressure to zouk , this book 's all you need to keep your '90s lingo up to date . |
| 22 | Have your best conversationalists around to tea or dinner and Richard would wipe the floor with them . |