Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However with the advent of the reef aquarium , hopefully , the greater demand may encourage breeders who have confined their efforts only to breeding aquarium fish in the past , to turn to commercially rearing invertebrates . |
| 2 | Indeed , a number of men had already made their way back to camp , ostensibly to re-kindle their torches , but in reality to resume drinking . |
| 3 | For anyone who does a lot of knitting , the initial time spent learning how to use the program will be more than compensated for , because once you have saved your work on to disk , the same garment shape and / or stitch pattern can be used time and time again . |
| 4 | The standard NCO , having drawn his victim stiffly to attention , would inform him in colourful and lurid detail on his shortcomings , concluding briskly by observing that he was , for example : ‘ A bleedin ‘ orrible cross-eyed little git . ’ |
| 5 | By the end of the year Oman had raised its production close to capacity ( 700,000 barrels per day ) and efforts were under way to boost production capability . |
| 6 | Finally , Fred has invited his wife out to dinner . |
| 7 | English law … has directed its attention not to ownership , but to possession , or , as it is called in the case of land , seisin . |
| 8 | TODDLER Michael Gater has fought his way back to health after being seriously injured in a road accident . |
| 9 | Emotion had darkened his eyes almost to black , shocking her , but otherwise he kept his expression rigidly controlled . |