Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] to [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pennethorne protested that since 1845 , he had devoted himself entirely to the Office 's work and now found that he had lost all his work . |
| 2 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 3 | When it fell to Dukes to introduce the second stage of the Bill empowering the referendum , he was forced to address himself specifically to the bishops ' arguments in their letter ( text , Irish Times , 15 May 1986 ) . |
| 4 | And at temperatures of 40°C plus , the insect can orient itself parallel to the Sun 's rays to reduce the amount of body surface facing the Sun . |
| 5 | Today many live on something close to the Church 's minimum stipend of £12,200 a year and their accommodation is more likely to be in the council semi mould . |
| 6 | In the form in which the proposals on community service appeared in the Bill they owed something also to the Government 's hope that the new measure would be seen as a credible alternative to custodial sentences , thus contributing towards the aim of bringing down the prison population . |
| 7 | She entered her life 's work full of joy at being allowed to give herself wholly to the Lord 's service . " |
| 8 | And she 'd to go to , to get her into the pony and cart and get her away to the doctor 's and get it stitched and , oh boy . |
| 9 | Agrippa excused himself whilst Catesby took Benjamin and me across to the Queen 's spacious chamber on the second floor of the Tower just next to St Stephen 's Chapel . |
| 10 | The drug also finds it way to the mother 's milk and so could exert its effects on newborn children . |
| 11 | But the longing will draw its follower into hard places , so Hilton quotes Matthew 16:24 : Si quis vult post me venire , abneget semetipsum , et tollat crucem suam , et sequatur me [ If any man will come after me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross , and follow me ] and relates it explicitly to the anchoress 's mode of religious life : This is the way she shares the work of redemption which is Christ 's . |
| 12 | His son , Guardsman George , freely admits that the Fawcetts helped themselves judiciously to the region 's edible game . |