Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his surprise , when he reached the office he found the green car drawn up outside and the Prince about to go in . |
| 2 | The absence of a train-shed from the Gare d'Orsay was symptomatic of the change about to overtake station-building . |
| 3 | Well , I had this one bought at Christmas and I 've only just got him persuaded to let me bring the board down to do it downstairs cos you , where are we going to put it ? |
| 4 | I took the afternoon off to see Ireland ( land of my birth ) illustrate just why Man City are a pile of shite , and then the agony of the evening . |
| 5 | Today men from the Thames Valley force took the afternoon off to join a national protest in London . |
| 6 | After all he 's put the money in to pay pensions and the beneficiaries ought to have a strong hand in saying how that money is used , so we see half the trustees coming from the employer , the other half from the members of the pension fund , and we 've got a pension fund with the very heavy weighting of er pensioners and not so many employees and we would like to see the remaining seats er half the trustees elected , partly from the current employees , partly from the deferred pensioners and partly from the pensioners and reflecting in a broad way the numbers in each of those categories . |
| 7 | In his innocence he had allowed the salesman in to discuss doors . |
| 8 | ‘ We put the contract out to tender and were overwhelmingly impressed by Bookpoint , ’ Mr Webb said . |
| 9 | The continued unbroken trust in the Führer down to spring 1941 rested in no small measure on the lack of serious interference of the war in the conditions of ‘ everyday life ’ . |
| 10 | He might also have considered himself a very lucky man , as an actor of limited range who made his screen debut in the classic High Noon ( 1952 ) , playing the harmonica-playing member of the gang out to kill Gary Cooper . |
| 11 | Crossing sets of stitches tend to draw the work in and to prevent this in part and to make crossing the sets of stitches easier , it is usual to run at least one stitch at either side of the cable down to form a ladder . |
| 12 | Mick was drilling , he put the framework round to drill up against |
| 13 | A late rally dragged the index up to close at 18,560 , still off more than 1,000 on the week . |
| 14 | When Errol removed the rollers , he brushed the hair through to give a soft , natural-looking style that took his client by surprise — she had n't realised how versatile her one-length hair could be ! |
| 15 | In many instances , the first reaction of parents was to take the user along to see the family doctor . |
| 16 | The girl later admitted she made the story up to get back at the teacher for punishing her boyfriend . |
| 17 | The Electricity Board will tell you what you need to bring the installation up to scratch . |
| 18 | Switch the camcorder back to record mode , check the white balance and set the focus to auto so that you can concentrate all your attention on the picture . |
| 19 | Should the model start to move away , into wind , sideways , your natural inclination will be to pull the stick back to stop it . |
| 20 | Smith 's was a well-taken goal as well , Peter Murray 's perfectly timed pass springing the offside trap to send the striker through to put Portadown 2–1 up in 27 minutes . |
| 21 | Avoid trying to jump white water , aiming instead to jump at the steepest part of the wave which is normally the part about to break , the critical section . |
| 22 | In Scotland , unlike England , rates were charged on empty buildings and many owners simply took the roof off to avoid the levy . |
| 23 | at the county ground … it was hard going … we 've slowed the action down to make the most of Swindon 's best chance against fellow strugglers Sheffield United in a goaless draw … |
| 24 | And , with a little nod , he followed one of the paramedics out to join the co-pilot in the last of the ambulances . |
| 25 | This a bedroom key for receptacle which turns on energy systems only when the fob is inserted — and turns them off again when the guest takes the key out to leave the room . |
| 26 | Step in gently and push the boom out to help the boat turn away from the wind . |
| 27 | I lay the shotgun down to attend to that other chore — and , inevitably , out comes the rabbit . |
| 28 | When the whirring reaches peak pitch you flick the switch down to engage , listen for a quickly descending groan , count two blades , switch on the mags and hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus . |
| 29 | When the car bumped out on to the tarmac he swung the wheel hard across and turned the car around to face towards his chosen village . |
| 30 | It 's like turning the car round to take off a bloody bolt , you know ? |