Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away .
2 But it too manages to find its way down to southern Africa .
3 The end product could be a jointly-owned network ( unless the Reagan administration decides , instead , to sell its satellites off to private enterprise ) .
4 Further , if you wished to sell your Opac on to other libraries we would expect to bring Clause 5 into play and acquire a share in any profits resulting from such sales .
5 In addition , 88open says that software companies using its 88000 certification process have asked specifically for the group to put its stuff up on other architectures .
6 In addition , 88open says software companies using its 88000 certification process have asked specifically for the group to put its stuff up on other architectures .
7 It appears from Jean Piaget 's child psychology that perception has been inseparable from simulation right from the start , and that instead of learning to project my inwardness on to other persons I had to unlearn the habit of projecting it on to the rising sun or a bouncing ball .
8 Given the link the Government has forged between the collection of data for the local tax and the registration of the very same individuals for the vote , the cost of non-payment will be the loss of the remaining political clout the underclass has with which to fight its way back into mainstream Britain .
9 One of the purposes of the Belfast study of variation in ( a ) was to project our observations on to past language states in which patterns of heterogeneity must also have existed .
10 It was n't but a few months ago that I was telling them how bad everything was , how we had to keep our spending down to new lower budgets because if we did n't the next cuts we would have to make would be human ones .
11 As the dance continued , some of them began to snap their limbs about with convulsive movements that Ace would have thought would have dislocated those limbs in an instant .
12 They 're planning to turn their ground into an all-seater stadium when they can find a three-piece cheap suite enough — the only way they 'll raise the money is to turn their pitch over to growing cabbages and start a fruit-and-veg. stall on Birmingham market selling rotten fruit !
13 He had set some water on to boil and rigged up a makeshift affair of branches for her to hang her clothes on to dry .
14 Daisy said , ‘ He told Sister he 'd like our Charlie to stay in the Hall to give him the chance to get his nerve back in easy stages .
15 The temperature rose a little and the snow became impossible ; at every step we had to haul our legs out of deep holes .
16 PARDON me if I do n't break down in tears at the plight of the parents who are having to take their children out of private schools because they can not afford the fees .
17 Forced to move his family out of rented accomodation he 's had to rely on relatives …
18 Oxfam says the problem is that while wealthier nations can afford to bring their citizens back in large numbers , there are poorer ones who ca n't .
19 Smokers have lower levels of vitamin C. It seems they require 2–300mg per day , up to ten times the daily RDA ( recommended daily amount ) to bring their levels up to normal .
20 We melted away again into the mists and learned to make our way back with unerring accuracy to places that were little more than pinpoints on the map .
21 However , it is a good discipline to bring your negotiations down to concise statements so that both have the same expectations .
22 Before you are lured by the blandishments of the banks and building societies to tie your money up in fixed term bonds , think twice — you may be locking yourself out from some excellent investment opportunities .
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