Example sentences of "[noun sg] to finish [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixto Durán Ballén of the recently formed Republican Unity Party ( PUR ) , a coalition of conservative parties , won 36.1 per cent of the vote to finish ahead of Jaime Nebot Saadi , the president of the Social Christian Party ( PSC ) , who won 26.2 per cent . |
| 2 | From this side of the Atlantic , the pointless remake of Wuthering Heights looks like a deliberate attempt to finish off British film ( crap dialogue , laughable Barnsley-by-the-Seine accent from Juliette Binoche and Sinéad O'Connor as Emily Brönte ) . |
| 3 | and good news from Hereford … in reply to Devon 's first innings total of one hundred and eighty one the county are one hundred and ninety six for two … a bit of speed to finish off with tonight … we 're off to Gloucestershire to the Prescott Hill Climb with Mark Kiff |
| 4 | The ground does n't need to be perfectly smooth like a putting surface for a well-hit putt from off the edge of the green to finish very successfully . |
| 5 | I arrived early and he led me upstairs to a comfortable polish-scented lounge and made coffee , before returning to the bar to finish off . |
| 6 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |
| 7 | . I 've still got these cheese cake to finish off , wash your hands . |
| 8 | Marius and I were chosen by the rest of the group to finish off punishing him . |
| 9 | The Scots , who led 12-3 overnight , needed only one more point to secure overall victory and clinched it in the first match to finish yesterday when Jim Muir beat Mike Marsden in straight sets . |
| 10 | In effect the Challenge is a marathon spread over four days , taking in a 10K , an 8.6K hill race , a 5K beach race and a cross-island 14 mile to finish off . |
| 11 | But then the skull starts to grow in a strange , asymmetrical , twisted fashion , so that one eye , for instance the left , moves over the top of the head to finish up on the other side . |
| 12 | Durham Edition ran a fair race to finish just under eight lengths fourth to Ghofar in the Hennessy and he must come into the reckoning , although the weight rise seems to give an advantage to Royal Cedar ( 2.55 ) , who was originally 8lb out of the handicap . |
| 13 | Durham Edition ran a fair race to finish just under eight lengths fourth to Ghofar in the Hennessy and he must come into the reckoning , although the weight rise seems to give an advantage to Royal Cedar ( 2.55 ) , who was originally 8lb out of the handicap . |
| 14 | The Princes will rue the fact that they passed up a wonderful chance to finish off the match on the 18th , for they were one up on that tee from which both the sons hit long and straight down the fairway . |
| 15 | I was trying to get Mutt to finish up because we were all leaving and had only four or five hours to finish the demo . |
| 16 | Mark Pretty , Chris Plant , Sean Myles , yours truly and the chief route setter Chris Gore had to work until 4.30 am next morning to finish off the routes for the day 's play . |
| 17 | Hereford should be unchanged , but sure of a place is new striker , Darren Rowbotham an instant hit last week and he 's the man that gives us our goal of the week to finish off . |
| 18 | In the end it was Edwards who arrived at Metropole corner first on the last lap , and held his advantage to finish ahead of the maestro . |
| 19 | He carried into 1972 the kind of driving which had made his reputation in 1971 , and if you study the fact-sheets for that year — the inaugural race at Paul Ricard in France is a good example — you will see Emerson well back on the grid and yet prevailing in the end to finish well enough . |
| 20 | Watch how you done it , I 've got another lesson to finish so . |
| 21 | Did you have a lot to finish off ? |
| 22 | ‘ This honour is a marvellous way to finish off 1992 , ’ said Roy , 60 , who was struck down with cancer in March and given a one-in-10 chance of survival . |
| 23 | I think I 'll have an orange to finish off my |
| 24 | You will probably find that the sander will not work up to the very edge of the floor , so you will have to hire a smaller unit to finish off the job . |
| 25 | You 'd think he 'd er , target to finish early this term . |
| 26 | Way lifted his battered body from the treatment table to finish just three shots behind South African pace-setter Palmer , who stroked a glorious seven-under par 63 . |
| 27 | I had some woodwork to finish off indoors and after I 'd glued up I had some light sanding to do . |
| 28 | Borrow a small edging sander at the same time to finish close to walls . |
| 29 | It 's a tough section to finish on but the rewards are tremendous . |
| 30 | He stood aside for McLeish , then took himself off , observing unnecessarily that he just had a wee bit paperwork to finish up . |