Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thornton was eventually smoothed down and persuaded to stay on condition that the paper find a Chairman at once — a reputable businessman whose name could be used instead of his . |
| 2 | She felt childishly petulant as soon as she said it , and he looked at her wryly , putting the brush down and coming to stand in front of her . |
| 3 | Novell Inc has upgraded NetWare Lite for MS-DOS and Windows 1.1 by improving Windows support : users can now run NetWare Lite and Windows concurrently , and can manage the network from within Windows , rather than having to exit to MS-DOS for their network management . |
| 4 | Macmillan was thus able to pursue his own policies during his second term in office rather than having to concentrate on damage limitation forced upon him by Anthony Eden 's Suez disaster . |
| 5 | Suicide , when someone decides to take their own life by one means or another , rather than waiting to die through illness or accident , is not the same as euthanasia which may be defined as assisted death and which is a subject beyond the scope of this book . |
| 6 | It is best , therefore , to use a conversion calendar rather than attempt to cast from Roman to Gregorian . |
| 7 | Rest of the cast fought him off but the tenor got cut about quite badly and had to go to hospital . |
| 8 | To make a copy , start both machines together from off play-pause and record-pause respectively and run to end of recording . |
| 9 | Published diaries which record a day-to-day chronology of events may not be the most coherent of records , but they do not suffer from being over-edited , tidied up or altered to fit into hindsight . |
| 10 | The pain was intense , breathtaking ; her nose felt blocked and swollen and her eye closed involuntarily and began to stream with water . |
| 11 | You 're packed with vim , vigour and vitality tomorrow and determined to get in shape to either win the love of your life or just enjoy feeling as fit as a fiddle . |
| 12 | The Boundary Commission should be set to work immediately and told to report in time for new constituencies to be in place for the next election — to bring fair representation across the United Kingdom , ensuring that a vote in Scotland is no longer worth more than one in England , or a vote in one constituency worth more than one in another . |
| 13 | Add the shelled eggs to the pan , stir well and continue to heat for 2–3min , until the eggs are piping hot — do not overcook , otherwise they will become rubbery . |
| 14 | Mix well and leave to rise at room temperature for 30 mins . |
| 15 | Through his marriage he acquired the lease of houses and lands here and continued to invest in property . |
| 16 | He was bound to come here and seek to drink in truth . |
| 17 | The casing is much wider than it needs to be , I suppose bigger looks better , and although the top is made of a substantial plastic the base is n't and tends to give under pressure . |
| 18 | A woman I could love as well as want to go to bed with . |
| 19 | I should mention that if for any reason we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 20 | I should mention that if , for any reason , we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 21 | I should mention that if , for any reason , we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 22 | I hurt my wrist in a fall recently and had to go to hospital , which is a teaching hospital . |
| 23 | Germans were confidently walking in the streets when the alarm sounded but they did n't take it seriously and failed to go to air raid shelters . |
| 24 | As is often the case , they contain some truth and can be used constructively when attempting to deal with jet-lag . |