Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Gordon stumped off the field , holding the two pieces of broken club and giving vent to language ill-befitting the lay-reader son of a clergyman — ‘ my best bloody driver , my best bloody driver . ’ |
| 2 | In an attempt to further his rugby career , McKenzie loaded up his car and headed north to Sydney and arrived at Randwick . |
| 3 | Without this we can not engage in any worthwhile legal work or provide access to items . |
| 4 | He liked to tell one that he was a dilettante , ‘ I 've never written a line for publication nor put brush to water-colour , in short I never did a stroke of work , except for those few years teaching at Harvard , and I must admit that I enjoyed every moment of them — in retrospect . ’ |
| 5 | This new product range involved a change from skilled technical configuration and test work to volume assembly , with short cycle times on individual operations . |
| 6 | Volunteers who give their labour free provide an important part of work done by Citizens Advice Bureaux , law centres , marriage guidance , youth work and teaching English to foreigners . |
| 7 | Desiderius was well-educated in the law and became treasurer to Chlothar II ; he succeeded one brother , Syagrius , as governor of Marseilles , and subsequently he was elected bishop of Cahors in place of his other brother , Rusticus , who had been murdered . |
| 8 | There was a mirror above in whose reflection she saw Ted Tipper advance down the corridor and meet face to face with the police . |
| 9 | They themselves might ‘ motor ’ down to their country retreat at the weekends but they looked with signal disfavour on the idea that the vast mass of the populace might enjoy a similar mobility and have access to pleasures which for the moment were peculiarly their own . |
| 10 | Being less official than the Review Panel and the Institute 's Practice Regulation Directorate , it was better able , in a firm but cooperative style as an Institute committee and speaking member to member , quietly to ‘ promote ’ and ‘ encourage ’ the adoption of the highest technical standards . |
| 11 | Downward pressure on fees , together with a decline in the property market and escalating overheads , had driven some firms to the edge of bankruptcy and tempted solicitor to theft . |
| 12 | In this context the declaration noted , however , that prospects for economic assistance would be enhanced if the Soviet Union decided to " shift resources substantially away from the military sector and to cut support to nations promoting regional conflict " ( the latter being an implied reference to Cuba ) . |
| 13 | There is one for every school , of course , and this psychologist should have had more training in perceptual handicaps than an ordinary classroom teacher , and should be available to help assess the child and give advice to teachers and parents about how to help them . |
| 14 | The management company will make the detailed investment decisions , accept funds from investors , issue certificates of unit ownership and pay income to investors as appropriate . |
| 15 | Similarly , does size have a greater effect on reproductive success in female Weddell seals compared to land or pack-ice breeding species because they breed on fast ice and defend access to water holes ? |
| 16 | ‘ The biggest problems occur when you shirk responsibility and allow resentment to fester . ’ |
| 17 | It has also meant a greater love for one another as we can share our faith and come face to face with who we are . |
| 18 | ‘ Right , let's spread out a bit and get back to back , ’ said Yanto with a grin , ‘ you ready Bill ? ’ |
| 19 | Despite the failure of similar tactics on the Madrid front , it had been planned as another Moroccan-type , head-on attack along the first line of Republican defences , with the aim of breaking through at two points , advancing as far as the second line of defence and laying siege to Bilbao from there . |
| 20 | Just before church take gate into churchyard and follow path to kissing-gate on far side . |
| 21 | The method relied heavily on prior survey , which was supposed to reveal the directions which the plan should take , the plan being essentially of allocating land ( zoning ) , establishing patterns of communication , ensuring open space provision and giving coherence to community grouping . |
| 22 | Information has been collected on households ' patterns of donating money and volunteering time to charities , individuals ' motives for giving , their attitudes to charities , and their knowledge of and views of covenanting and bequeathing money to charities . |
| 23 | One of the most common practical problems at the time of someone 's death is that there are lots of extra expenses involved and yet it is not possible to get hold of cash or obtain access to funds because financial accounts have to be reorganized following the death of the person concerned . |
| 24 | Black Agnes would leave along with her brother and sister , having no wish to co-operate in the treachery of her peculiar husband nor to act hostess to Edward Plantagenet . |
| 25 | British Gas has been swiftly building up its interests in the new developments to build up a new earnings stream and gain access to supplies . |
| 26 | This is as much a story of internally generated reform and state genuflection to Oxbridge as it is of institutional conflict and change . |
| 27 | The first was a treaty incorporating the minimum of enforcement provisions to be accompanied by a separate section whereby as many FEC countries as possible would sign a treaty with each other and with Japan , the purpose being to prevent aggression and to afford protection to Japan . |
| 28 | Attention — leaders initially pay attention and give time to subordinates . |
| 29 | Pop to the toilet if you feel the need and say farewell to family and friends , ensuring you arrange carefully how to meet them afterwards . |
| 30 | As the struggle progressed he came to see the inadequacies of the term and realized that it was too constricted in its meaning and gave rise to confusion and misunderstanding . |