Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv prt] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Although Milken could have received up to 28 years in prison , most observers were surprised by the severity of his sentence . |
2 | Sir Geoffrey Littler , a former senior Treasury official and a director of NatWest Investment Bank , together witha group of eight City worthies , will have reported back to another committee established by the Exchange giving an interim assessment of the issues involved . |
3 | Even if I had been sufficiently knowledgeable about the NHS funding system to counter his arguments , I still would n't have felt up to political sparring . |
4 | They could have applied up to five years . |
5 | When it was on scheduled service , the jumbo would have had up to 450 passengers and 12 crew on board . |
6 | A stone of about eighteen inch four by four with the appropriate heading I would have thought up to four names , depending on how many names there is in the |
7 | So the old ones they 'd have taken back to that yard place would n't they ? |
8 | I said , ‘ Goodness me , if you were really ill , you could never have stood up to this trip the way you have . |
9 | Doctors performing illegal abortions and their assistants would have faced up to two years in prison , although the woman undergoing an abortion would not have been punished unless she had performed it herself . |