Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb infin] their [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this is the Tetley Bitterworld of BIVOUAC , slightly inbred young Middle Englanders who would much rather plod their way to the top than dance with Nirvana , learns KEITH ‘ Plodcore ’ CAMERON . |
| 2 | Owners of domestic dogs do not normally expect their pets to be out hunting prey , bringing it down and killing it , in the same fashion as their wild cousins — the wolf on the Arctic Tundra or the Cape hunting dog of the African Serengeti . |
| 3 | Such a predicament would be a cue for utter bewilderment or terror in Pynchon , whose characters can not reliably communicate their fears to anyone else but , in Sabbatical , the reaction is a joint decision : ‘ we must shorten scope on both our paranoia and our writerly sense of plot ’ ( Barth 1983 : 53 ) . |
| 4 | And who in the world would not readily sign their names to such an object ? |
| 5 | Those who did not either put their mills to other uses or left the trade . |
| 6 | He says it 's the thin end of the wedge and once they ban motorised vehicles , they 'll probably then turn their attention to cyclists and horse-riders — and obviously we like using the Ridgeway . |
| 7 | Legislation is interpreted by the judiciary and perhaps lawyers at least should now also turn their attention to the form and style of judgments . |
| 8 | As they continue to fight their pop past PAUL BYRNE ! asks Mark Hollis whether they should n't just change their name to Whisper Whisper ? |
| 9 | I suppose there 's always nutters about , but there is something special about the band , and I do n't just mean their liability to lawsuits . |
| 10 | Sufferers from the family disease can no more control their addiction to " self-denial " and " caretaking " by themselves than any primary sufferer can control his or her use of the substance or behaviour of addiction in the absence of support from the Anonymous Fellowships . |