Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So gripped did I become with my inability to proceed at one point , that I almost became benighted through ignoring what was literally a keyhole through the rock . |
| 2 | It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands . |
| 3 | It is a solemn experience to sit in 1970 and watch the British people , seventy years before , being taught to ‘ think Imperially ’ . |
| 4 | But as a slogan to round off 100 years of New York history , it would be hard to improve on the neatness of ‘ Power to the Boroughs ’ . |
| 5 | Benefits include free uniform , seven weeks annual holiday ( subject to Crab Key 's alert status ) and the opportunity to work with one of the world 's finest scientific minds . |
| 6 | You can select the next field to process in one of two ways : |
| 7 | Moores , Weiss and Goodwin ( 1973 ) similarly found comprehension to increase from 61 per cent to 71 per cent with the addition of signing . |
| 8 | He had gone clean and sober with a fury , he swore , up at five-thirty every morning to work out at the Y , at his word processor to write by six-thirty , stopping only to watch CNN during lunch ‘ to connect with the world ’ . |
| 9 | Relocation to a new area could , therefore , provide the opportunity to consolidate on one site and to provide sufficient area for future expansion . |
| 10 | PEOPLE Whitbread chairman announces intention to retire in 1992 |
| 11 | BTR rose 7p to 437p with Kolhberg Kravis Roberts , which has filed notice of its intention to go to 15 per cent , reported to be buying . |
| 12 | She did not tell me that the poor hungry children had to wash with ice in the morning , and walk through wet snow to sit for two hours with icy feet in a cold church on Sundays . |
| 13 | They did not keep him long , however , and this time he made off with a companion and even had the nerve to work for three months on a French farm before starting a marathon trek across the entire length of France . |
| 14 | Top speed is nothing special , at 108 mph , but the mid-range torque , or pulling power , is said to be remarkable , enabling the car to sprint from 30 mph to 70 mph in just over six seconds . |
| 15 | The selling of horses was conducted here on an organised basis by a firm of auctioneers from Harrogate , but the auctioneer had only one horse to sell in 1987 . |
| 16 | His triumphal entry into Jerusalem , for example , represents an attempt to conform to one of them . |
| 17 | Mr McNulty said : ‘ We have it in mind to create between 27 and 40 local committees through which elected members , in consultation with community representatives , would take the critical decisions regarding service delivery covering particular localities . ’ |
| 18 | David Stirling 's final plan was for his force to embark in five Bristol Bombay aircraft of 216 Squadron on the night of 16 November and drop near their targets . |
| 19 | Wade battled through wind to win by 27 seconds from Torfaen 's Hayley Nash in 9 mins 12.51 secs . |
| 20 | GDP would recover from two years ' contraction or stagnation to grow by 4.75 per cent in 1992-93 . |
| 21 | The Olympic 800 metres finalist moved back up to the 1500 metres where he first made his name as a junior and led from gun to tape to win in 3 mins 39.58 secs . |
| 22 | Although she had never had any secretarial training , she had the nerve to apply for one of the most eagerly sought-after positions in Europe . |
| 23 | The equivalent uniform for officers was described in the 1985 Regulations as : ‘ … a single-breasted sack coat of dark-blue cloth or serge , with standing collar fastened … ‘ ; coat to close with a flap containing suitable concealed fastenings , the skirt to extend from one-third to two-thirds the distance from the hip-joint to the bend of the knee … a vertical opening at each side of the hip … ; shoulder straps and collar insignia to be worn . |
| 24 | The shop carries a wide range of Scottish fiction and poetry , including the first complete collection of the poetry of Mary Queen of Scots , Bittersweet Within My Heart , compiled and edited by regular Library reader Robin Bell , and the first collection of poems by Angus Peter Campbell , the man hailed as the greatest Scottish poet to emerge in 20 years . |
| 25 | On March 8 Labour Minister Norbert Blüm announced the government 's intention to extend by six months ( to end-1991 ) its " short-time " policy , whereby employees for whom there was little or no work nevertheless received 70 per cent of their salary rather than be made redundant . |
| 26 | Erm , it was a scheme which was in your capital programme to start in nineteen ninety four , ninety five , I E , next year , not in the current year 's programmes . |
| 27 | Folly hurled herself towards it , completely forgetting her intention to count to ten and act cool . |
| 28 | Throughout these painful exchanges , the King had remained at Sandringham ; it was not for the sovereign to intervene between one faction of the Cabinet and another . |
| 29 | It is in any case always sound practice to start with two machines rather than one , so that there is a backup machine if one breaks down . |
| 30 | A misguided attempt to mediate by one of the archbishop 's personnel , one Count Arco , led to Mozart 's celebrated exit from Colloredo 's service with a box on the ear and a boot on the backside . |