Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If leave is refused a direction must be made dispensing with service or providing for the documents to be served in some other manner . |
| 2 | It went to the extent of stating , ‘ … the TUC could not at any stage commit itself in advance to approve or acquiesce in the methods to be adopted to reach full employment simply because those methods can be shown to be well fitted and even necessary to the achievement of that objective … |
| 3 | Soak up the serenity of St Mark 's Square or step behind the scenes to a world of narrow alleys and canals — everywhere you will find images rich and complex . |
| 4 | From then onwards we cut full-size wallpaper blocks faced with lino and passed on the blocks to Coles who printed and sold the designs . ’ |
| 5 | Gavin Dalzell of Lesmahagow copied his machine in 1846 and passed on the details to so many people that for more than fifty years he was generally regarded as the inventor of the bicycle . |
| 6 | At five o'clock she returned to the theatre and crept up the stairs to the dressing-room . |
| 7 | Crow Wood was empty for most of this century , remote and forgotten between the roads to Easby and Ingleby . |
| 8 | After this she would return to the far wall and wait for the papers to be put back into place , so she could repeat the game . |
| 9 | Like Rolle , Hilton sees prayer as the primary activity , recognising it as a state of consciousness which enables man to receive the gift of God ; and while it does not cause it to be given , nevertheless prayer is a way in which such grace comes ( c.24 ) He sharpens a constant awareness of two modes of activity in the inner life : that of conscious effort , and that of an effortless creative power of love and understanding which is sometimes experienced and believed by the mystics to be the work of God in man . |
| 10 | The voice was female , Dublin , and came from the stairs to his left . |
| 11 | Women are doing what they can in the controlled zones — this means anything from making tortillas and looking after the kids to political and military work . |
| 12 | After a long day sitting in the coach , I decided to get out at Millcote , leave my luggage at the hotel , and walk across the fields to Thornfield . |
| 13 | Seeing movement among the trees at the far end of the stone-flagged path , she turned and signalled to the maids to be quiet . |
| 14 | This is where the rim of the leather upper is turned outwards at the bottom and stitched through the midsoles to the sole . |
| 15 | The displays show how Northamptonshire Ironstone was quarried , and transported to the blastfurnaces to be made into iron . |
| 16 | Mildred slid him carefully into her pocket and raced up the stairs to her room , where she transferred him to a small box with holes in the lid which she had prepared specially for the journey . |
| 17 | I dressed and rushed through the streets to Dana 's place , and after prolonged hammering on his door managed to wake him and tell him the news . |
| 18 | In the introduction to its latest guidelines the GMC states that the preregistration year should be ‘ an enjoyable and profitable experience ’ and calls on the universities to ‘ exercise greater control than hitherto over the duties undertaken … , the supervision of house officers , the general education provided and the monitoring of house officers ’ progress . ’ |
| 19 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 20 | He shook his head in wonder , and walked down the stairs to the hall , and out into the bright morning sunlight . |
| 21 | Marie-Christine must be riding high in local esteem , Sabine thought as she parked her car in the square , and walked up the steps to the mairie with the other guests . |
| 22 | On graduation in 1899 she entered the Imperial Ballet , bypassing the corps de ballet and rising through the ranks to ballerina in 1905 and prima ballerina a year later . |
| 23 | The NCC urged the government to review school meals and called for the supermarkets to be closely monitored to ensure consumers were not being exploited . |
| 24 | While some in the establishment may be asking whether things are not going too far and calling for the floodgates to be closed , as the careers of powerful figures come to an end , the magistrates are determined to see the process through to its conclusion . |
| 25 | Its stored sun-power fired through her , steadying her nerves ; she poured another shot and stumbled towards the stairs to her room . |
| 26 | She reached the cliff and scrambled down the steps to the beach . |
| 27 | It was at about this time that the Duke of Devonshire created the splendid avenue of lime trees which started beside some large houses — Afton House ; Bolton House and Linden House — on the south side of Chiswick High Road , and extending down to the northern boundary of Chiswick House grounds , sweeping on through the magnificent wrought-iron gates , at the end of Hogarth Lane , and continuing through the gardens to the house . |
| 28 | Trembling , he hugged the most worn and shortened of the punches to his heart , thumbing its point , and wrestled with the words of compliance that rose all too readily . |
| 29 | Frankie got to his feet and tip-toed up the steps to the first-floor landing . |
| 30 | Look carefully for single wires leading off the main lines and running across the fields to individual cottages . |