Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a violent row in the Bundestag , for instance , when the SPD leader , Kurt Schuhmacher , attacked Adenauer for cosying up to the enemy by calling him ‘ the Allies ' Chancellor ’ in 1949 . |
| 2 | A day of sorrows for Crusaders was capped just before half-time when the usually lethal Sid Burrows was booked for throwing the ball away and referee Alan Snoddy had a word with manager Roy Walker for coming on to the pitch . |
| 3 | The woman who sang wandered over , carrying her sheets of music , and stopped to say a few words to Dr Rafaelo before going up to the little stage and setting up her recording deck to accompany her nightly concert . |
| 4 | After her interview with J. D. O'Connor she had mitigated her whoppers to Matey and Dr Neil by moving on to the West End , where she walked along Oxford Street , entering Mr Gordon Selfridge 's store , gazing as raptly at its wonders as though she were truly the poor girl whom she pretended to be , the whole place seeming quite different now that she no longer had her papa 's bottomless purse at her command . |
| 5 | If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve . |
| 6 | Bolger monopolised the rest of a seven-race programme , compiling his first five-timer at odds of 681–1 and Mrs Payson saw two explosive wins from her home-bred colts Tropicarr and Magic Carr before flying back to the United States yesterday . |