Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burrows and Hunter 's research indicates that many landlords are trying to force pre-1988 tenants out of their properties so that they can either move in new tenants , sell with vacant possession or sell on to other landlords . |
| 2 | ‘ We want to impress on people that they are contravening the law if they moor or make fast to navigation aids , ’ says Howard Cooper , a spokesman for Trinity House . |
| 3 | In the event of non-compliance , in English law , an action can be brought for breach of contract or tort up to six years after the date of the event , as laid down in the Limitation Act 1980. [ 1 ] Documents that originate through the existence of the contract and evidence the events arising under the contract should therefore be maintained for that six year period . |
| 4 | Fulfil consumables requests or report back to users CSO |
| 5 | Or grind down to a powder if you want to add it to smooth sauces . |
| 6 | Then I 'll decide whether to post him the last reels of film in a Jiffy bag or fly back to London with them myself . |
| 7 | With his own property , it was perhaps easier too for a baron to take risks or sail close to the wind . |
| 8 | Everyone still standing , and that was at least half the passengers , did a little backwards dance and righted themselves by the simple expedient of taking hold of the person or object closest to them . |
| 9 | Become adaptable , so that you can come to the point quickly or ease in to conversation through some social chit-chat , as appropriate . |
| 10 | Under this pressure , all ordinary human ambivalence and doubt is outlawed : adopters become guilty or angry when the relationship does not proceed according to the fantasy or reality of ordinary parenting ; children suppress their fantasies of an alternative life with birth parents — or hold on to that fantasy all the more tenaciously — and birth mothers , in particular , are pushed into a denial of their own experience and feelings . |
| 11 | But you could n't refuse Corbett , or speak brutally to him . |
| 12 | We could see Jane Russell again at the Empire , or walk up to the Arcadian to see Sanders of the River . |
| 13 | She could have refused to write that note to her parents or walk obediently to the car and climb into the boot . |
| 14 | ‘ Tell me who sent you , ’ I snarl in his ear , ‘ or count up to three . ’ |
| 15 | Suddenly it is glamorous to appear nice and normal , and those who used to want to run the boardroom or run away to Paris now want to stay at home and watch programmes like Roseanne and Kate And Allie — new cult programmes that offer a cosy and entirely spurious view of family life . |
| 16 | This means a punter can follow the price movements himself , or obtain up to date prices from his stockbroker . |
| 17 | Although they were well placed for chalk , all other commodities had to be carried by rail or barge up-river to the works . |
| 18 | Interior Minister Horacio Serpa Uribe on April 17 confirmed that the government would not negotiate with the drug cartels or give in to their violence and would continue the policy of extradition . |
| 19 | The thing is , do I do what I want or give in to him ? |
| 20 | Whatever you do , make sure you avoid that head or fist — just moving your body or face slightly to the side will often be enough , providing you do n't pull against their grip . |
| 21 | Bryony come and stand over here or hang on to the buggy whichever you want to do . |
| 22 | She wasted little time in starting to eat , her quick brain turning over alternative scenarios as she debated whether to show herself to the Carlisle Flint team , or disappear quietly to her room . |
| 23 | After the first few minutes the child is not going to learn any more from the experience and will either fall asleep , start to play , or get up to mischief in the room . |
| 24 | Sub-text : ‘ I 'm not making myself vulnerable , I do n't want to deal with the unpredictable or get close to you . ’ |
| 25 | However , Trotsky also had to affirm that although the Russian proletariat in power could win the support of the peasantry by appropriate measures , it would be unable to maintain itself in power or pass over to a socialist regime in Russia ‘ without the direct state support of the European proletariat ’ . |
| 26 | Write your favourite joke or riddle on to a small piece of paper and put it inside your cracker . |
| 27 | That is , pronouns which ‘ shew ’ are called ‘ Demonstratives , because they shew a thynge not spoken of before ’ , while those that ‘ rehearse ’ are called ‘ relatives ’ , because they relate or refer back to something already mentioned — we would call them antecedents . |
| 28 | As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line . |
| 29 | John Dykstra , with Richard Edlund and others , was able to set up a camera rig that moved very precisely in metal tracks , with the camera on an arm that could move up and down , while the camera itself could pan from side to side or tilt up and down or any combination or roll over to the side and also change focus as needed . |
| 30 | But you may get to keep the other assets from the marriage , or pay less to her over the years . |