Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Archie Moore , one of the finest light-heavyweights ever to step into the ring , was 39 years old before he finally got ( and seized ) his chance to win the world title in 1952 . |
| 2 | Robyn could barely think , let alone string coherent words together to form an answer . |
| 3 | A foolish general might surround his Pump Wagon with friendly units only to see the machine crunch through his own lines in the first turn ! |
| 4 | He returned eight months later to sleep with her . |
| 5 | First Division strugglers County were trying to recoup most of the £225,000 they paid eight months ago to prise Wilson from Stamford Bridge . |
| 6 | Suzanne left school eight months ago to look for a job . |
| 7 | Local authorities did buy in places in voluntary and private Homes occasionally to meet the needs of clients referred to them , but this declined by 1980 . |
| 8 | They also utilize low-valued , passive , social , and subjective methods disproportionately to study subjects of low social status . |
| 9 | In June , with eleven months still to go , he was told by his doctor that his state of nervous exhaustion was such that if he did not immediately take a week 's rest at Chequers ( which with Parliament sitting inevitably involved a public announcement ) he would not survive without collapse until the end of July . |
| 10 | ‘ According to an article I read , Vitor d'Arcos is one of the finest drivers ever to grace a circuit . |
| 11 | Do n't feel insecure about it — your intuitive rapport with the wild world is something that many people would give their eye- teeth just to touch . |
| 12 | 6.7.1 Experts closer to dispute resolution than valuers |
| 13 | Perhaps the most famous incumbent of Stanton Lacy is poor Robert Foulkes , who was one of the very few clergymen ever to have been executed for murder . |
| 14 | We 'll try it a few times just to put it all into practice . |
| 15 | The European Community plays a vital role in developing law in the United Kingdom , and it is important for Scottish solicitors both to have a say in its formation and to be kept informed of changes in Brussels . ’ |
| 16 | There have been very few attempts systematically to contrast their different properties . |
| 17 | This will be followed by a consideration of the relatively few attempts systematically to distinguish the social properties of the object from those of language as expressive medium . |
| 18 | Jane Newdick 's recently published book , Period Flowers , draws on inspiration from medieval times onwards to make inspiring flower arrangements great and small . |
| 19 | contribution , even though it is costing up to two and a half times more to collect than the revenue raised . |
| 20 | For people who have a realistic chance of developing their social skills sufficiently to re-enter open employment , other creative approaches have been used to place them in work . |
| 21 | Along with taking LSD and deciding after some very unpleasant attempts never to fuck again , attending Skegness was one of the most powerful and formative experiences of that part of my life . |
| 22 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
| 23 | Getting lazily to his feet , he went out , and returned a few minutes later to announce , ‘ There 's a snack being laid out for you in the dining-room . |
| 24 | I returned a few minutes later to find the cube assembled . |
| 25 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
| 26 | The attack happened in March , and in a bizarre twist , the rapist returned to the scene some hours later to replace a pair of shoes he 's stolen from his victim . |
| 27 | Destroyer USS Lansdowne was ordered two and a half hours later to fire four torpedoes into the side of the stricken carrier . |
| 28 | More than 50 listeners jammed the Radio Cleveland switchboard for two and a half hours yesterday to complain about the company . |
| 29 | Only two and a half hours more to go , I told myself , and fixed the old lady with a hard stare that I hoped somehow conveyed to her what pleasure , what deep and lasting pleasure , it would give me to haul her off her seat and push her out the window . |
| 30 | You do n't have forty hours only to do . |