Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Few intend to stay beyond a year or two .
2 Some like to work from a diagram where there is a brief description of technique used at the start , then the remainder of the pattern consists of the diagram of the various garment parts , with figures that relate to stitches , rows and sizes .
3 Somehow people producing this , preparing this have to think of a way in which they can trap the listener , the viewer , the reader and get their interest .
4 When fired at a school of fish , these seem to act like a shotgun , disorienting many fish at the same time .
5 By the time we are all set to go to a club I am teetering on the brink .
6 We all need to belong to a group of people who believe , if we are to grow in faith .
7 The consequence is a metropolitan elite of ‘ spoiled children ’ , whose licence to provoke frees them from any need to enter into a dialogue with their audiences .
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