Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking the candidate to wait on for a few minutes . |
| 2 | Great efforts would be needed to restore the party to its strong position of 1914 and to carry on with the fundamental changes that had been under way then , but the war years had done no lasting damage . |
| 3 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 4 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 5 | You know , my other two other branches were the same , I 'm doing a free appointment at , I 'm at at the moment , we 're supposed to get a two-weekly , when you do a free appointment , they 're supposed to sit down with every two weeks and tell you how you 're doing . |
| 6 | Starting with a bank loan of £4,000 , Roddick had no time to sit down in the early years and draw up a grandiose mission of what her organisation should set out to achieve . |
| 7 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 8 | They refuse to go along with the current vogues to which the impressionable Continentals pander . |
| 9 | In such an optimistic climate it was easier for national governments and interest groups to go along with the economic ambitions of the EEC ; it was not seen as a great threat to their own concerns . |
| 10 | While Judith , Rachel and Karen are sure their partners are happy to go along with the little alterations they try to make , Zelda says that interfering too much can prove to be very dangerous to a relationship . |
| 11 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |
| 12 | ‘ She 'll have to go down in the fattening fields with the cows . ’ |
| 13 | In January of 1825 Barratt had decided upon an ambitious and costly project ; a deep adit level to be driven as a cross-cut , some 230 yds. downstream from Taylor 's Level into the eastern bank of Red Dell Beck and in a northerly direction , to come in below the old workings and to explore the vein , especially below that section expected to be opened up by Taylor 's . |
| 14 | With this as the acquired recording , it was exceedingly difficult — or so it seemed at the time — to slip down from the stress-filled beta-waves of everyday living , to those desired alpha-waves of mental quiet and healing . |
| 15 | To diminish patiently like the white cliffs ! |
| 16 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 17 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 18 | Ask him to write down in a few words what he thinks his present image is , and what he wants his image to be , and he will most likely fail to do it . |
| 19 | Indeed , I wondered whether it was possible for someone who had not shared in their experience to pass physically through the white gateposts into the avenue , and attain the domain . |
| 20 | Most of them would be unlikely to sponsor a wholesale reconstruction of the educational system and were content to work strenuously within the generous limits of the new Act of 1944 . |
| 21 | In a way , failure to come through with the right steps is deception , because most social interaction is based on expectations of behaviour and to set up expectations and then thwart them must qualify as deception . |
| 22 | People are more likely to come home after a few drinks , light a cigarette and then fall asleep , often with tragic consequences . |
| 23 | Preliminary action was initiated in conjunction with the Strategic Study to discover more about the changing perceptions and requirements of clients . |
| 24 | If you 'd like to know more about the other innovations we 're making , Theo van Hensbergen on will be pleased to put you in touch with one of our intrepid experts . |
| 25 | But , realistically , the book is likely to appeal more to the converted , who wish to know more about the sub-order Serpentes . |
| 26 | In addition , the food expert would want to know more about the local conditions and the alternative sources of nourishment available . |
| 27 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 28 | They may have their own computer-based system which again may be unable to communicate directly with the other systems . |
| 29 | His head whirled and he felt giddy , virtually unable to stand upright for the foul vapours about him . |
| 30 | How long they had been ‘ carrying ’ their susceptibility to that cold around with them just waiting to meet up with the right bugs will depend upon the individual circumstances of each of them . |