Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening Friday went out to look for a turtle for meat and eggs . |
| 2 | Once it was dark , Jane went out to sit on a low wall where she could have a good view . |
| 3 | In time , Keating shuffled off to spectate for a rival weekly but , as a kindly man , he offered encouragement to his successor . |
| 4 | A trap door in the wall then swings open and the Voord tumbles through to perish in a pool of acid hundreds of feet below the centre of the pyramid . |
| 5 | The Russian village community belongs to the youngest type in this chain , ’ [ Hobsbawm , 142–3 ] , and in the same letter Marx goes on to refer to an ‘ all American author ’ as one of his authorities for such a statement . |
| 6 | Hun Sen went on to call for a meeting of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) in Bangkok . |
| 7 | ‘ It is time for Drew to go back to work for a living , ’ said his manager . |
| 8 | A bumpy ride : Major flies in to fight for a key marginal . |
| 9 | George and Bute set out to press for a policy of peace and lower taxes , which recognized the great strain the economy had been asked to bear . |
| 10 | Before I had completed a question about whether he would like to be Chancellor , MacGregor broke in to say with a smile , as he had to : ‘ But I am enjoying being at transport . |
| 11 | Eliot goes on to wish for a combination of religious , anthropological , and neurological knowledge as exemplified by Rome , Cambridge , and Harley Street . |
| 12 | There was a row of bright enamel saucepans , an Italian coffee pot and two or three painted ceramic jars on the shelves ; Melissa bent down to peek into a cupboard and saw an array of packets and tinned foods and several types of pasta in glass jars . |
| 13 | Nithard went on to speak of a " pact " ( pactum ) between the two royal brothers and the primores populi , that is the " leading men " who presumably swore the oaths in person . |