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 Hun Sen went on to call for a meeting of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) in Bangkok .
6 ‘ It is time for Drew to go back to work for a living , ’ said his manager .
7 A bumpy ride : Major flies in to fight for a key marginal .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Eliot goes on to wish for a combination of religious , anthropological , and neurological knowledge as exemplified by Rome , Cambridge , and Harley Street .
11 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 .
12 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 .
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