Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She will go back eventually to continue her studies there . |
| 2 | He then proceeded to stare into Charlie 's ears and eyes before going on to hit his kneecaps with a rubber stick . |
| 3 | Five things to achieve may well seem a lot , but for encouragement read on to see what objectives other women have set themselves . |
| 4 | John Wesley edited an abridged edition and used it widely to support his sermons . |
| 5 | The study went on to estimate what fuels would have been used in electricity generation if there had been no nuclear power , concluding that the world 1987 total of 1660,800 million kilowatt-hours of electricity generated by nuclear power had displaced 1,790 million barrels of oil , 185 million tonnes of coal and 3,103,000 million cubic feet of natural gas , and had meant the avoidance of purchases of OPEC oil to the value of US$30,700 million in that year alone . |
| 6 | It will settle down and reduce Chair , through you , that the , the , the national figure has been announced that the , for the future year , and it does recognize the fact that there is an assumption that the number of people who D S S continues to support directly will have fallen by thirty five percent by the end of this year , and there will be a further fall , and the amount that 's transferred is very much related to here 's the total available , how much does the D S S need to hold on to meet its commitments , and how much is left to distribute to the local authorities . |
| 7 | Ellwood gritted his teeth against the weight of water , trying furiously to work his arms and legs against the deadlock of cramp . |
| 8 | I thought that I would begin with an outline of the problems you face , and go on to chronicle your successes . ’ |
| 9 | This section 7(3) required the LTE so to perform their functions as to ensure so far as practicable that at the end of each accounting period the aggregate of the net balance of the consolidated revenue account of the LTE and of their general reserve was such as might be approved by the GLC ; and that if , at the end of any accounting period , the aggregate showed a deficit , the amount properly available to meet changes to revenue account in the next following accounting period should exceed those charges by at least the amount of that deficit . |
| 10 | Her body felt stiff and awkward , as if the cold she felt had been physical enough to stiffen her muscles , as well as freeze her heart . |
| 11 | Biting his lip anxiously , Ramsay prepared to hurry down to alert his men . |
| 12 | Greek or Trojan ancestors were quite enough to support their claims to power . |
| 13 | The patient 's plinth is high enough to support his arms comfortably at an angle of 90° to his body , while the second plinth is lower , so that the physiotherapist 's feet are level with the patient 's ankles , and her knees are roughly at the same height as his . |
| 14 | One night when she was ready for bed she called Maureen in to see her preparations . |
| 15 | Her lashes swept down to feather her cheeks . |
| 16 | Thérèse returned with her water-bottle , knelt down to arrange her flowers . |
| 17 | I 've been sent down to arrange your indictments before a French civil court on all these charges . |
| 18 | A snaking black corridor takes the audience along to claim their prizes , and they reach the final chamber to claim a glass of Guinness . |
| 19 | ‘ Enough to estimate your capabilities , at any rate . |
| 20 | He has been a victim of his own success at Arsenal in terms of his public profile but he 's professional enough to curb his celebrations when he scores a goal . |
| 21 | It argues that even though the Italian authorities may no longer bail out any old bank that gets into trouble , the likelihood of government support for big banks has not changed enough to affect its ratings . |
| 22 | As she flung herself down to clasp his knees he stood rigid . |
| 23 | About half of those who are unfortunate enough to lose their jobs leave unemployment within three months . |
| 24 | These are men and women who have invested years of their lives into various enterprises , only to see their firms hurled on the trash heap by intransigent , arrogant , profit-hungry banks . |
| 25 | This is good news for the banks that lent hugely on property as prices soared in the late 1980s , only to see their profits diminished by massive reserves and write-offs as prices then plunged . |
| 26 | He opened one locker only to see its contents cascade out , repeatedly bashing the head of the man sitting under it like a scene from a Laurel and Hardy film . |
| 27 | Kenny Clark flung himself forward at the ball , only to see his efforts strike the foot of the post , but Julio Berazi was on hand to stab home and collect his fourth goal of the season . |
| 28 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 29 | Are they gon na go down to see their friends , at Central Government , and say , come on , this thirty-one per cent is totally unacceptable . |
| 30 | Speaking only to confirm their ages and identities , they showed no sign of nervousness or distress as they were accused of the abduction and murder of James , from Northwood , Kirkby . |