Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning from exile to head the newly formed Brazilian Communist Party ( PCB ) , Prestes was imprisoned for nine years in 1935 for leading an unsuccessful uprising against the dictator Getúlio Vargas ( 1930-45 ) and on his release was elected to the Senate with the highest personal vote of any candidate . |
| 2 | They also performed cabaret shows with cameo acts ranging from Abba to Zorba the Greek . |
| 3 | The 9 others in the dock face a combination of charges ranging from conspiracy to pervert the course of justice to assault . |
| 4 | The 9 others in the dock face a combination of charges ranging from conspiracy to pervert the course of justice to assault . |
| 5 | Going back the other way , those needles which just knitted will rest and only the other ones will knit ; for example , going from right to left the first and alternate needles KNIT , going back from left to right , the second and alternate needles knit . |
| 6 | Right , and stem the bleeding if you can see where it 's coming from attempt to stem the bleeding , bung the hole up , okay ? |
| 7 | The US spokesman declared that " we are starting from zero to fashion a new kind of relationship " . |
| 8 | Thus the resident polar bears live on seals and fish , while the Arctic tern lives a life of permanent summer and almost perpetual daylight , migrating from pole to pole every year , to feed on small fish . |
| 9 | People are already querying from time to time the de decision judges make . |
| 10 | This may mean repeating from week to week a message until it is obeyed . |
| 11 | Darwin 's concept of evolution may hold water as far as it goes , but without the inclusion of an omnipotent ‘ Master Mind ’ , working from outside to plan the possibility of purposeful development , it makes no sense to me at all . |