Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it does figure that if you were to start out in the home recording business with the comparatively modest gear featured in volume one , then you would probably follow an upgrade path very similar to the one being demonstrated here , and so the whole thing retains a nice , logical pattern . |
| 2 | The only other course of action for a tree-nester is to hop about in the tree , squawking and screeching noisily in an attempt to break the attacker 's concentration . |
| 3 | One of the biggest nightmares for company chiefs is to wake up in the morning to be greeted by Which ? headlines branding their latest product as ‘ rip-off ’ or ‘ death-trap ’ . |
| 4 | Three weeks later , on the day I became Prime Minister , my first impulse was to sit down in the study which had been Harold 's and write him a letter of appreciation and grateful thanks . |
| 5 | But uncle was to creep down in the night and abuse the little girl he was giving shelter to . |