Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might require them to behave authoritatively , submissively , wickedly or shrewdly ; the role might be labelled explorer , prime minister , designer or archaeologist , but they will do no more than adapt functionally to the situation of the drama just as they would adapt to roles required in a game — just as they once learnt to adapt to the limited number of roles imposed on them in real life . |
| 2 | Often it is only when their disposal did not go as planned that their existence or the fact that they once existed comes to the historian 's attention . |
| 3 | To protect themselves they also determined to withdraw to a monastery . |
| 4 | The main files were destroyed in the explosion , but they also managed to get to the back-ups and destroy them . ’ |
| 5 | Not only were dancing masters expected to follow their own rules of dance but they also had to conform to the rules of the Académie Royale de Musique . |
| 6 | She felt embarrassed about this when travelling around London with younger colleagues as they frequently had to resort to a taxi if no bus were available . |
| 7 | They certainly did object to the proposed changes , but they did so in terms of where it is right that the inset boundary should be placed , and as far as I 'm aware there are no references in any objections to the wider question of whether or not the village should be washed-over or be inset . |