Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pipe feeding the power steering system came adrift on the climb oil to pump out of the hydraulic system , and Fisher seized the opportunity to start building a lead that was eventually to carry him to a record fourth successive Lakes victory . |
| 2 | The organisers of the conference had amassed the hundreds of rights suggested under 17 different principles , hoping eventually to amalgamate them into a single-page charter and a declaration similar to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . |
| 3 | The main point I want to make is that the only justification for treating the sick and injured wild animal is to be able eventually to restore it to its wild existence . |
| 4 | I am writing hurriedly to you but I have thought it right to apprize you of this … |
| 5 | Another officer was called , and I was carried away , with much clanking of keys , eventually to find myself in a small room , where I was dumped in a negligent way on a table . |
| 6 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're all fine , there 's no damage to the building and we 've been able to continue broadcasting without interruption , ’ she assured him , her voice sharp as resentment rose , and she went on to inform him of the decision she had taken . |
| 8 | It was he who went on to train me to the point where I could begin to set in motion a way to extract revenge from the blanc nations , and ensure that no one would so betray us again . |
| 9 | When the door to the Scotland team opened in Paris earlier this season , the Bonnyrigg blacksmith seized the opportunity and went on to establish himself with further caps against Wales and England . |
| 10 | And some go on to accuse him of tunnel-vision , saying they doubt whether he ever really wanted a peaceful settlement in the Gulf ; whether he now has a view of what American policy after the war should be ; and whether his single-minded determination to win the war is blinding him to other dangers . |
| 11 | ‘ If you would n't mind coming along to light us on the way back ? |
| 12 | Only thirty people were allowed in to see me at one time . |
| 13 | and she comes in to see me on her way home from work |
| 14 | He awaited a reply eagerly and was going to drop in to see her on his next leave . |
| 15 | But when Alice was taken in to see her on the second day , she was sitting up in a swansdown wrap , surrounded by flowers . |
| 16 | Phone now on or pop in to see them at |
| 17 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 18 | Sien came in to see him on visiting days , and she was keeping an eye on the studio . |
| 19 | I rang Peter from a callbox in Paddington station and asked if I could drop in to see him before going back . |
| 20 | Some day soon I may call in to see you with out for half-an-hour ! |
| 21 | I was worried about the , the work I , I could n't get in to see you until today |
| 22 | and that obviously affects the kinds of problems they have with regard to income , benefits , debt problems erm and with regards the kind of things they come in to see us about , things like single payments f for things . |
| 23 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 24 | I am delighted you are able to call in to see us in Welshpool on Thursday morning next week ( the 25th June ) . |
| 25 | At one of our constituency surgeries , a retired widow came in to see us concerning the seventeen pounds extra which she would have to pay extra er to cover the other non-payments . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , again , as though it were the most reasonable thing in the world , but she saw that her mother looked worried , and that doubtless Papa was behaving as he did because he had been worried about her , his darling , whom he had sent away from him , only to lose her in a foreign country — for that was what Britain was . |
| 27 | How dreadful it would be if you hooked a big fish only to lose it through poking around with an inadequate net . |
| 28 | To the north they had obtained the county of Maine only to lose it to William the Conqueror , Duke of Normandy . |
| 29 | For the past two years The Fellow , who is half a thoroughbred , half trotter , has come to the final fence with Europe 's classic steeplechase seemingly won , only to lose it by a whisker on the run-in . |
| 30 | It was easy enough to spot them in the distance if they were in a clearing on the mountainside , but extremely difficult to detect them as Abdullahi and I approached through a tangle of giant heath that rose far above our heads . |