Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fans demand the right to sit or stand in a safe ground . ’ |
| 2 | During his career , the Master of Stair showed himself to be willing and able to flow or turn with the prevailing political tide , changing sides as it suited his purpose or ambition . |
| 3 | If the rider 's weight is in front of the horse 's , he may cause the horse to fall or stop in the above instances . |
| 4 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 5 | The excitement that was building up inside her had nothing to do with the fact that Ace Barton was probably just a few feet away from her , she told herself as she tried desperately hard to try and disentangle from the different voices one she hoped to recognise . |
| 6 | An alternative to attacking the enzymes that catalyse important steps in the viral lifecycle is to try and interfere with the viral genetic material directly . |
| 7 | So in 1973 Andy decided to try and qualify for the Open at Royal Troon — and it was here that an incident occurred that changed his career . |
| 8 | He says we are still talking — we have a meeting in February to try and agree on a final solution . |
| 9 | Well somebody sa and they stand facing the wall and they shut their eyes and there 're people at the end and they have to try and get to the other side without the other person seeing them . |
| 10 | Tina occasionally said that sort of thing to try and sound like a normal mother . |
| 11 | The answer too is other than to try and work towards the two communities will agree on something and that 's how your how you 'll like it . |
| 12 | That belief system will be accompanied by values of behaviour and culture , which we are likely to accept and practise to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disturb you , but could you perhaps spare a little time to come and talk to the Chief Superintendent ? ’ |
| 14 | I want you to come and look at a week-old bull calf . |
| 15 | Mrs. Mallett , the typist from the general office , had brought her knitting to work and fortified by an unshakeable alibi — she had sat between the postmistress and Mr. Mason from the general store at the village concert — and with something to occupy her hands , sat clicking away with understandable if irritating complacency until given the order of release . |
| 16 | And er it , it 's much pleasanter to work and to look at a pleasant environment than something that , that is n't . |
| 17 | This ensures that students and staff are well looked after at all times , and staff are well looked after at all times , and they can continue to work and live in an attractive and secure environment . |
| 18 | One view of play ( this spontaneous activity found in the immature animal and in most humans of any age ) is that it prepares the organism to meet and to cope with a wide range of situations . |
| 19 | Since the beginning of the year , I have continued both to meet and to correspond with a wide cross-section of the Northern Ireland business community . |
| 20 | No mention of the Holy Spirit , you notice : merely a foreshadowing of the role of the disciples in being witnesses to the Messiah who had to suffer and rise from the dead so that repentance and forgiveness could be preached to the nations , beginning from Jerusalem ( Luke 24:46f ) . |
| 21 | Millions of Europeans still worked on the land , and the absolute numbers of those dependent on agriculture for a livelihood did not begin to fall until very recently , yet the tendency for population to increase and to accumulate in a few densely populated and highly urbanized regions had already begun to alter the patterns of earlier centuries . |
| 22 | The earlier a pupil is able to find and keep to a comfortable and efficient working position , the better . |
| 23 | Their sports scholarships are excellent , because they allow the athletes tremendous opportunities to train and compete against the best . |
| 24 | This booklet tells you what you need to know and do for a healthy pregnancy , and the delivery of a healthy baby . |
| 25 | He even managed to stand and walk in a new way . |
| 26 | They were made to stand and wait in the first of these . |
| 27 | In this case the librarian may choose to purchase or borrow through the interlending system , depending upon the work 's quality and the likelihood of its being requested and/or used again . |
| 28 | To a great extent their analysis of the problematic nature of the established set — up tends to parallel that advanced by the constitutional authorities in that they are attentive to the political and economic problems of adversary party politics , elective dictatorship , and the overload of conflicting demands . |
| 29 | On a task requiring the subject to detect and respond to a small gap in one of the sides of a square Kinsbourne ( 1973 ) found concurrent verbalisation to lead to a right hemifield superiority and humming to lead-to a bias in detecting gaps in the left visual hemifield . |
| 30 | The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic . |