Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Ruth 's bed lay a brown-haired whimpering female child , also draped in a shawl and with dabs of make-up less hectically or successfully applied to its face . |
| 2 | From the mid-1970s in particular the CNAA became increasingly involved in organizing and participating in conferences directly or indirectly related to its role in broadening access , widening curricula and enhancing standards . |
| 3 | Shannon felt the bed sink slightly as he sat down beside her , and suddenly realised to her horror that the towel she 'd wrapped about herself had slipped off as she slept . |
| 4 | Naturally he was eager to do business , and so turned to his training officer for assistance . |
| 5 | This had become a source of irritation to her companions and only added to their resentment . |
| 6 | The Portfolio seminar features several leading figures from both the industry and outside as speakers who will attempt to change the impression that successful women in senior operational roles in the industry need to be single , or divorced , childless and generally married to their work . |
| 7 | In this procedure each model is entered into the reference space and separately connected to its attachment node . |
| 8 | The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way . |
| 9 | I returned home for a late tea and carefully explained to my mother what Dana had done , and tried to excuse the thoughtlessness that had caused her such a shock . |
| 10 | Both men helped found the First International Working Men 's Association , and both contributed to its collapse after twelve years by their attacks on all other forms of socialist thought and their feud with the anarchists over maintaining full-scale industrialization . |
| 11 | When the mourners return , all passion spent , recognising the eventuality of death and now resigned to their loss , the child-like figure can be raised on high in the final Amen ( see page 46 ) . |
| 12 | And now returned to my finger |
| 13 | Nasser maintained his memories of the peasants all his life and often referred to their plight before even he came to power . |
| 14 | As well as its anti-microbial activities , an anti-proliferative function has recently been shown for L1 and tentatively ascribed to its inhibition of casein kinase II . |
| 15 | He lifted the curtain to his lips , kissed it tenderly , and then turned to his audience . |
| 16 | Goods are moved into the warehouse , checked and then transferred to their storage space . |
| 17 | PC Laney made a brief note , and then returned to his tour of duty . |
| 18 | The inability of Mr Frohnmayer to come down squarely on one side of this debate or the other plagued his early tenure , and ultimately contributed to his vulnerability when Mr Buchanan stepped up his attack . |
| 19 | The sleeping-car attendant sighed deeply at so much opulent femininity and philosophically returned to his roomette , and I went on up the train into the next car , where my own bed lay . |
| 20 | She glanced round as Melissa entered , alerted by the creak of the heavy wooden door , but immediately returned to her task of removing faded blooms and replacing them with fresh ones . |
| 21 | Another way of putting this is that Adorno analyses — with great insight — the conditions of a specific mode of musical autonomy but then makes the mistake of reading what is a qualitative change , a historical variant , as an epistemological category ; the truth-content of music is seen as directly related to its degree of autonomy of this kind . |