Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is never a moment when Dustin gets as worried as Gary Cooper in High Noon , although , like Cooper , he has to cope singlehandedly with a number of killers , and is only saved at the final moment when his wife blasts the last opponent with a shotgun . |
| 2 | More so at that time when companies were culled from post-war part-blackout part-music hall Britain to cling together for a while on what usually became the wreckage of a production . |
| 3 | He was ready to go alone among a crowd of suspicious strangers , but what he stood to gain from this risk it was impossible to guess . |
| 4 | Sometimes problems arise from the fact that his relationship with his own mother has been unsatisfactory , and he is faced with the hard task of learning from scratch how to relate successfully to a woman of the older generation who has joined his household . |
| 5 | If not , she could try to find somewhere for a cup of tea . |
| 6 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 7 | The UUUC candidates consented to work together as a group at Westminster . |
| 8 | At last , the hand — held European anti — tank missile BRITAIN , France and West Germany have decided to work together on a family of new missiles that will destroy , tanks . |
| 9 | Its quest is for an active invention of a whole pattern of ‘ effective partnerships ’ , to help Northerners and northern agencies of all kinds to work together in a co-operative of enlightened self-interest . |
| 10 | It 's clear that the many non-party political groups which sprang up in the wake of the election , bodies such as Common Cause and Scotland United , are now prepared to work together in a coalition to stage further events highlighting the deficiencies of the current constitutional arrangements . |
| 11 | If cimetidine ( or the hypochlorhydric condition it creates ) as in fact carcinogenic to the gastric mucosa , gastric cancer incidence should be expected to increase only after a period of time after initiation of treatment . |
| 12 | ‘ Belgium have won all their four games so far and we need to come away with a share of the spoils . ’ |
| 13 | Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway . |
| 14 | Management developers will need to help managers to work comfortably within a clash of values . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's too many for us to frighten away with a show of force . ’ |
| 16 | The President-elect got straight down to work yesterday with a meeting with the team responsible for easing his passage into power on January 20 . |
| 17 | During the past two or three years more wives had gone out to work usually as a result of increased economic Pressures on the farm . |
| 18 | Several times on my pilgrimage through Biomorph Land I seemed to come close to a precursor of my insects , but , then , in spite of my best efforts as a selecting agent , evolution went off on what proved to be a false trail . |
| 19 | Whilst recognising that such a survey would be of only indirect relevance to their present situation , the firm has a long history in the area ( since 1890 ) , and its management has an acute awareness that the present local employment situation is likely to deteriorate further without a mix of public/private initiatives . |
| 20 | Staffing standards therefore exceed the 4/73 baseline by a fifth and that should be welcomed so far as it is an attempt to provide favourably for a group in need . |
| 21 | Gas consumption on the other hand , is likely to increase slightly as a proportion of total energy demand , with new supplies contracted from the USSR , Algeria , Norway and the Netherlands . |
| 22 | Nor can democracy be expected to work smoothly in a society with rigid divisions , producing a permanent majority and a permanent minority . |
| 23 | The archbishop was too compromised to stand convincingly as a champion of the church against the crown . |
| 24 | The ability to work well as a member of a team is a life skill and one which is increasingly valued in the world of work . |
| 25 | Neither should one underrate the rig 's ability to work well with a processor in order to create the kind of modern guitar sounds which , in a mix , are voiced at exactly the right point to cut through … |
| 26 | How could a discrepancy between the actual and the natural unemployment rates be made to persist simply as a result of the actions of the monetary and fiscal authorities ? |
| 27 | ‘ I used to come here as a kid with my parents . ’ |
| 28 | Following the thought of my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) , may I invite the Minister to come there for a walk with his dog on Christmas day to envisage the damage that the new road will cause ? |
| 29 | With some misgivings , Wolfgang settled down to work steadily at a stream of compositions , beginning with the Italian serenata Il sogno di Scipione ( Scipio 's Dream ) for the ceremonial enthronement of the new archbishop on 14 March 1772 . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got to try again in a couple of hours . ’ |