Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mind turns instead to the communality of this experience , of all those post-war babies competently handled but generally left alone , down the bottom of the garden in their prams , in the fresh air and out of the way . |
| 2 | He drove in silence then and I closed my eyes , pretending I was asleep , my head nodding , and all the time my mind reaching forward to the future , trying to visualise what it would be like on the boat . |
| 3 | My scepticism relates both to the planning and execution of this menu . |
| 4 | My gaze went frequently to the other bearer of that awful secret . |
| 5 | My father reached forward to the only chair in the room , a small wooden one , and placing both hands on its back , brought himself to his feet . |
| 6 | In July he slipped away by train to Dire Dawa and my father wrote despondently to the Foreign Office : " Lij Yasu , during his three months ' stay in Addis Ababa , has succeeded in destroying even the semblance of central government and is dragging down the prestige of individual ministers so that there is no authority to whom the Legation can appeal . " |
| 7 | My brain adjusted slowly to the Russian language and to Victor 's hair . |
| 8 | Julie pulled in and her sister ran across to the two booths , pulling the piece of paper from her handbag , finding Paxton 's number . |
| 9 | Reaction to the overt corruption of much aristocratic politicking in the form of organised Radicalism had little consistent support in the area but its presence contributed both to the increasing strength of popular protest and to the fierceness of the gentry 's reaction to any form of mass criticism . |
| 10 | John Pecham , who gave such authoritative impetus to the Church 's mission to teach the laity , was a Franciscan and his Constitutions and their effect owed much to the dynamic nature of Franciscan spirituality with its stress on the freedoms of love and poverty and the importance of knowledge of the Scriptures . |
| 11 | This revolving of him in her mind led invariably to the same end , the same fear , that he would go away from Hilderbridge without her seeing him and then she would never see him again . |
| 12 | Robyn asked , just a little shakily as her mind raced ahead to the possibilities before her and then retreated with equal speed , because her mind did n't like what it saw . |
| 13 | Their independence adds considerably to the interest . |
| 14 | Their work returned afresh to the problem of social waste in education , and especially to its manifestation in the selective and divided system of secondary education . |
| 15 | Shiona blinked her eyes open , half wondering if this was a nightmare , her gaze flickering automatically to the upper bunk where Kirsty was still lying peacefully asleep . |
| 16 | Emily found her gaze drawn irresistibly to the scene outside , she longed to rush to the auctioneer and put a stop to the proceedings . |
| 17 | Blanche turned to Dexter , her eyebrows uplifted in surprise for a moment before her gaze sank thoughtfully to the carpet . |
| 18 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 19 | Other day-to-day situations that may not be attributed to visual difficulties include the extended time the children may need to complete tasks , their need to come close to the blackboard or to demonstrations , and their apparent clumsiness in certain practical activities and sports such as ball games . |
| 20 | Their appearance owed more to the 1937 Brush-rail railcoaches than the English Electric family , and represented the ultimate and probably most handsome development of the streamlined design . |
| 21 | Leith again came close to physically lashing out at him , and might well have , she realised , had not the object of her aim moved forward to the bed . |
| 22 | Educational Services Incorporated had emerged in the 1950's as a leading agent for curricular reform in the United States , and its development owed much to the concern and dynamism of some of the country 's foremost scientists and mathematicians . |
| 23 | Their behaviour contrasted starkly to the more traditional image of Party members as simple-living , self-sacrificing people . |
| 24 | The General Assembly on Sept. 22 voted by 127 votes to six ( Kenya , Swaziland , Tanzania , Yugoslavia , Zambia and Zimbabwe ) with 26 abstentions , to exclude the FRY from its proceedings and to ask it to apply for UN membership , rather than accepting its claim to succeed automatically to the General Assembly seat formerly held by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRY ) . |
| 25 | He had n't thought it necessary to recall for Dillon 's benefit the tragic death of Sandy , the notebook he 'd found secreted under the seat of her Jaguar parked close to the bell tower . |
| 26 | As Ngo Van Loc drove them northwards , her thoughts against her will returned constantly to the frenzy of that midnight jungle storm and the gnawing fear that she might not have emerged from her folly unscathed . |
| 27 | Yet the successful pressing home of their attack owed much to the advice of the committee of lords established at the beginning of the parliament , and the council of nine nominated in parliament on 24 May . |
| 28 | Her dress fell obediently to the floor around her ankles . |
| 29 | She was already within arm 's length , only the door standing between them to prevent him from reaching her , and she clearly suspected nothing because she was moving in and as her hand passed close to the glass , he could see it in vivid pastel detail . |
| 30 | Indeed it would be more to the point had her will of 1784 been retitled ‘ Funeral Instructions ’ as most of its wording relates specifically to the funeral . |