Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TA course 's patrolling is coming on well and the visitor has moved on to see What the junior intake is doing . |
| 2 | We relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea and Otley switched the magic box on to see what the world was up to . |
| 3 | That 's correct Chairman I think erm , we will be looking obviously to see what the prospects were within er the urban area and er sites do and surprisingly do continue to arrive and come up and we some other uses , erm they would make some contribution obviously erm , the other options would as you say be to look beyond beyond the greenbelt at the opportunities that are available there . |
| 4 | After the operation , her surgeon dropped in to see her every day , often twice a day . |
| 5 | You 've really got to be one to appreciate the spirit of the place but pop in to see what a real pub should be like . |
| 6 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 7 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 8 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 9 | ‘ The client and I work together to see what the problem was in the past and how it affects the present . ’ |
| 10 | They called us all down to see what a million pounds looked like . |
| 11 | They come down to see what the situation really is . |
| 12 | I just looked down to see what the time was , I just looked up |
| 13 | Living with the Keraing and his wife was a very public affair ; and , although they barked a good deal at the constant throng which invaded their household while we were there , they were traditionally in no position to deny them entrance , and each resident of Bira got his chance lengthily to observe our every blink and mannerism . |
| 14 | So I settle down to write her a letter explaining my erratic behaviour . |
| 15 | Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter . |
| 16 | Accordingly , your title needs not only to indicate what the essay will be about , but also the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about . |
| 17 | But I notice , little madam , you were pleased enough to find yourself a good Catholic … . ’ |
| 18 | Maybe he was still small enough to find it a novelty . |
| 19 | Now , as a background to that , I actually had one of my officers at undertake research of the in to establish what the demands were made upon us from th the section which includes at the present time . |
| 20 | But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position . |
| 21 | Despite this , his marks were high enough to win him a sought after place in the Indian Army . |
| 22 | ‘ Just enough to buy myself a wagon , lumpkin . |
| 23 | On one birthday her friends dubbed together to buy her a necklace decorated with a ‘ D ’ for Diana . |
| 24 | The bridge party duly clubbed together to buy him a dinner jacket . |
| 25 | When the householders learned that the completion of the contract marked the start of Ron 's retirement after 35 years , they clubbed together to buy him a carriage clock and bottle of whisky as a thank you gift to remember them by . |
| 26 | Aim for a list that give the widest possible choice and price range ; whilst there will be friends and colleagues who will club together to buy you a present , others will want to buy something on their own . |
| 27 | She walks from her flat at the wrong end of Ladbroke Grove , along the Harrow Road , under various stretches of motorway , past the Metropole Hotel where she calls in to buy herself a drink in the Cosmo-Cocktail Bar ( she is perversely fond of the Metropole Hotel ) , and then through various increasingly handsome although gloomy back streets , until she arrives at the arranged corner . |
| 28 | Whereupon , Dustin , at around 3 a. m. , phoned Murray Schisgal 's room to tell him to come down to hear what the Englishmen had to say about his play . |
| 29 | Having bought the latest recommendation one month what do they do next when something comes along to supersede it the next ? |
| 30 | Briefly , then , for we shall be returning to this same point later in the book , it can be said that the performance mode itself can be protective , either because it is seen to be mainly a technical or intellectual task , or because the dramatic form is powerful enough to enhance whatever the participants ' contribution might be . |