Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd heard stories about people being attacked and their handbags stolen and so decided not to walk across town alone . |
| 2 | Groups of different markets ( as well as different firms in the same market ) are sufficiently interrelated also to benefit from location in London ( for example futures markets to cover eurobond exposure , or the different currency sectors of the eurobond market ) . |
| 3 | Sometimes , the Minister will take the point of a desired amendment , but not like the proposed amendment itself and thus undertake instead to arrange for amendment himself at a later stage . |
| 4 | They had already decided not to go for Display PostScript — the on-screen imaging model that matches the printer language — but to concentrate on enhancing QuickDraw . |
| 5 | One would expect those whose dementia was more advanced or who had more problematic home circumstances to be heavier consumers of community care services , and thus to cost more to sustain at home . |
| 6 | Dr Neil , with many a joke , helped them , made change , and once went out to return with lemonade and glasses for all the ladies who were so busy manning the stalls , Mr Sands helping him — the rector being a vague benevolent figure who came in and blinked at them all , said , ‘ I am sure , ladies , that you will all gain treasure in heaven for your noble work here today , ’ and went out again . |
| 7 | Officers are now told not to go onto festival sites to pay benefits . |
| 8 | Officers are now told not to go onto festival sites to pay benefits . |
| 9 | The reason for this is traditional : Roman friends were often called on to look after property or to care for members of a family . |
| 10 | Nell had said she would meet me this Sunday morning in the coffee shop in the Great Hall , and had told me that the crews often went there to wait for train time . |
| 11 | He added that valuations so far appeared not to take into consideration the question of tied cottages leading to an enormous jump in the bills that estates and individuals were likely to face . |
| 12 | An early contestant for the role of heir apparent , Aleke Banda , a minister in the 1960s , was restricted to his village for several years before being partially rehabilitated only to fall in disgrace again in the mid 1980s . |
| 13 | Unlike us , the horse 's teeth continuously grow upwards to compensate for wear which is why they need regular checking and rasping . |
| 14 | Cureton would surely do better to rely on syntax to determine rhythmic grouping at this level . |
| 15 | It then goes on to say of course new development in relation should be sensi sensitively related to existing settlement patterns . |
| 16 | Hard tried not to giggle with triumph , Elizabeth leaned tremulously on Bridhe 's shoulder , and let the old lady comfort her . |
| 17 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 18 | Dampen the edges of the holes , cut out green holly leaves and press into the leaf-shaped holes in the burgundy ribbon , then smooth gently to secure in place . |
| 19 | We need , therefore , to understand the relationship of gospel to culture in general terms , and then go on to examine in detail its engagement with the specific culture in which we are involved . |
| 20 | His show ‘ A One Night Stand with Sean Hughes ’ transferred for a sell-out run at the Palace Theatre and then went on to play to capacity crowds at the Duke of York 's Theatre in the West End . |
| 21 | Visualise a senior executive switching on a notebook PC in a hotel room , plugging the modem into the telephone socket and then settling down to tap into information stored on any of the organisation 's computer systems , anywhere in the world , through a simple click-and-point action of the mouse . |
| 22 | He flashed signals back to me and then ran downstairs to check by telephone to see if the message had been sent and received correctly . |
| 23 | If your candidate is going to research the level of pollution in a local river , he does n't stand on the bridge and look ; he either wades in to feel for junk or he goes in with a professional diver to find it . |
| 24 | Employees require information to determine whether , in the first place , to work for a public sector agency and subsequently to determine when to press for salary increases or an enhancement of conditions of employment . |
| 25 | Women were therefore forced either to go on strike or to occupy factories in order to gain the right to a collective contract and recognition of their union . |