Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic assumption of geometric perspective is that although parallel lines never meet , they appear to do so at a vanishing point , on a distant backcloth . |
| 2 | And then a rite of reconciliation for those who 've lapsed from church membership , or from the practice of their religion , and want to start again in a purposeful manner . |
| 3 | I propose to begin therefore with a terminological clarification . |
| 4 | Samuel Rhodes , the viola player of the Quartet , has had a larger size instrument made which enables the normal viola range to extend downwards by a fourth . |
| 5 | I hope to stay here for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I hope to get home at a reasonable time tonight , but it rather depends on what Kegan wants . |
| 7 | The watching Masai begin to walk away after a long , contemplative moment . |
| 8 | First , the European Parliament , supported by the Netherlands , wished to acquire more substantial powers for itself , especially over the EEC budget , and so begin to look more like a genuine legislature . |
| 9 | ‘ If we comb through our stories and one encounters with wild whales and dolphins , we find that they seem to hang together along a shining thread — that whales and dolphins know what they are doing , that their actions are purposeful , and stunningly specific to the occasion , that they intend us no harm , that they are aware . |
| 10 | Cover with plenty of cold water and leave to soak overnight in a cool place . |
| 11 | You use semicolons and colons to indicate specific relationships between sentences that you wish to connect together into a larger , composite sentence . |
| 12 | Companies do not , always , on the basis of existing collaboration , wish to move directly to a purpose-built building . |
| 13 | Well we got the rock and roll ones first well they have , them two have to go together in a certain place cos them are all the rock and roll ones and them are not . |
| 14 | ‘ It will be a difficult game for us , but we have to go there with a positive attitude . ’ |
| 15 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |
| 16 | We are urgently searching for a set — I 've been informed that some surviving sets are twisted — and if it means that we have to look abroad for a new set in Poland than so be it ! |
| 17 | So I hope , in my remarks , and I hope in the general tone of the debate , there 's enough to reassure London Region that we need to move forward at a careful pace . |
| 18 | Over the next 10 years , we need to move away from a production-based support mechanism to a mechanism that supports environmental protection . |
| 19 | Well I think we have to stop there for a little while because it 's nine o'clock , and I 've just got erm a few more pictures to show you later on so if we have a short break now , I think the coffee ladies are ready . |
| 20 | There 's a time when you have to strike hard at a decisive moment . ’ |