Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they usually have to be covered , which means yet another thing to budget for in a room . |
| 2 | Cos teachers have got so many things to think about towards the end of term . |
| 3 | I think we need the sweeper system , OR forget attacking using the full backs unless we are completely in control — and push Speed/Strach wider and have them running into space pulling the full backs wide , so giving wallace/deane more space to run into in the middle area . |
| 4 | Not only did she have that reporter to cope with in the morning , but if those rumours about the Russians planning to dump some of their copper stocks on the London market were true … ? |
| 5 | He would prefer not to come back on to my patch , and he has his own investments to look after in the City . |
| 6 | There certainly is n't any light to speak of in the windows . |
| 7 | Nigel did n't get any attention to speak of for the rest of that day . |
| 8 | This is a steep climb , but there are several things to look at on the way — plenty of excuses to stop and catch your breath ! |
| 9 | Reflecting in her vague kindly way that it was very nice for Jasper to have friends of his own age to play with in the holidays , a lot better than in the days when he had lived in that tower block in Walworth , she was still thinking along these lines as she entered the gateless gateway and found her eyes irresistibly turning upwards to the bell . |
| 10 | Outside Senegal and the Ivory Coast there was very little press to speak of in the pre-independence period : illiteracy was even higher than in the British territories , and the small , educated élite could not easily sustain newspapers . |