Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb base] [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science . |
| 2 | In more than one crunch game when the pressure was off and the ball was in the opposition 's half , Frank would climb on to the bar and endear himself to the Celtic faithful by pretending to sleep on the woodwork . |
| 3 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 4 | We would brave the icy blast , stagger down the hill and stuff ourselves to the gills with scrambled or poached eggs on buttery toast , or light-as-air omelettes , followed by giant sized mugs of good , strong tea and thick slices of bread and farm butter , all priced to suit the hard-up airman 's pocket . |
| 5 | The vampiros , which have wingspans of more than three feet , swoop into their thatch huts late at night and attach themselves to the sleeping miners ' heads , necks and feet . |
| 6 | It was n't immediately evident from some camps whether the idea was to continue in a serious vein of rugby competition or subject themselves to the physical demands of the concentrated social calendar . |
| 7 | Some men tire of the journey and throw themselves to the sea . |
| 8 | So what I propose is that we put the notion of happiness back in its box and restrict ourselves to the word ‘ happy ’ , which people do in fact use in everyday circumstances . |
| 9 | Sooner or later , he would have to flesh out his identity and define himself to the French people , by stating his views on difficult and often divisive issues . |