Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [coord] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You think she jumped off the top of that boat and swam to the shore ? ’ |
| 2 | If the explanation of a high standards and routines specification as symptomatic of the desire to be satisfied is correct , one would expect some relationship between this measure and answers to the ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ question . |
| 3 | In truth Emily did have dreams that one day in a park or on the street a talent scout would stop and see the perfect features and flawless skin of this child and come to the house begging on bended knees to transform her life . |
| 4 | Air whooshed from Jimmy 's lungs and he somersaulted again , slamming hard against another desk and sliding to the floor . |
| 5 | Although the requirement of intervention in the nasal oxygen group was halved , the most extreme example of hypoxia occurred in this group and led to the only termination of the procedure . |
| 6 | The wiper contacts of the presets should be ‘ commoned ’ together and a lead taken from this point and soldered to the centre copper pad on the main p.c.b . |
| 7 | I got up to get some water and went to the window . |
| 8 | Oh , I stood outside the primary school this morning and spoke to the other mothers , and none of them want anything to do with it . |
| 9 | d ) Cut out the coupon on this page and attach to the correct space on the entry form . |
| 10 | On several occasions he stood up with some serenity and went to the bathroom , and dived back in again gracelessly scrabbling at his belt . |
| 11 | So anyway I found this doctor and said to the receptionist : ‘ I 've had a bad back . |
| 12 | It made her look like a boy , or how boys used to look in the days when men had some self-respect and went to the barber 's . |
| 13 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman will take the trouble both to read my announcement about the improvements in cold weather payments this year and to go to the Library to see how those allocations are made . |
| 14 | The case was solved when Downey finally walked in to a police station earlier this year and confessed to the killing . |
| 15 | The case was solved when Downey finally walked into a police station earlier this year and confessed to the killing . |
| 16 | Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against . |
| 17 | PAMELA : [ alone ] After what has passed I must leave this house and go to the next town and wait for an opportunity to get home to my parents . |
| 18 | I puzzled over this one for some time and came to the conclusion that my children 's concept of life is largely derived from fairy stories in which anybody with power is always male . |
| 19 | Thank you , does touch on that issue and refers to the point that I made earlier that that the proposals having been referred to that policy and how it meets with er more work . |
| 20 | 3. truth per se matters ; beliefs and values based on a falsehood or mere prejudice are not only unstable but likely to cause much damage and hurt to the people holding them as well as to others who may become their victims . |
| 21 | Before setting out such facts and relating to the sentences on the individual offenders as are material for the purposes of these appeals , it is necessary first to describe the procedure followed by the Secretary of State in exercising his power under section 61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , and the steps by which he came to adopt that procedure . |
| 22 | The CIA-backed contra war was an inconsequential affair in world terms , although it brought much destruction and suffering to the Nicaraguans themselves . |
| 23 | On the other hand , a holiday video which is basically a travelogue will probably need the help of sub-titles , or a commentary which can either be ad-libbed at each showing or added to the sound track later . |
| 24 | The Conservatives remained dissatisfied with these arrangements and returned to the matter in their manifesto for the 1987 General Election . |
| 25 | The advisers did not always accept these arguments and pointed to the fact that they were comparing what they had seen with other schools . |
| 26 | It is anticipated that Group Awards incorporating these modules and relating to the same needs will be developed . |
| 27 | Some sociologists have pondered these issues and come to the conclusion that criminal law categories are ideological constructs ( Sumner 1976 ) . |
| 28 | The two birds had now broken loose from each other and withdrawn to the vicinity of their respective cages . |
| 29 | Moreover , if conducted rigorously , all these different approaches should be consistent with each other and lead to the same investment decisions . |
| 30 | And something like two million people have got to stop doing jobs they should never have been doing in the first place , like er polluting the rivers and the soil and the air , and spying on each other and contributing to the overmanning that there is in East Germany . |