Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm There 's quite a bit to go into with that but that 's hopefully given you some idea of how electricity works . |
| 2 | While there has been a world recession to contend with on top of the problems the UK would otherwise have faced since 1979 , public choice theorists would not be surprised that the Conservative government has sought to minimize the level of reported unemployment . |
| 3 | Simultaneously with clinical observations such as these , academic psychologists were also beginning to incorporate a similar idea into their models of normal cognitive functioning and most contemporary theories of human information processing contain the notion of a mechanism that screens and selects the products of consciousness ; necessarily so , since organised thought would be impossible without some device that allows the mind to choose from among the many stimuli — both internal and external — with which it is constantly bombarded . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , you 'll have a great deal to talk about within Congress and you 'll have a lot more time to do so . |
| 5 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 6 | And sometimes non-standard discount is given , a pig to deal with on the old system , but if you could add one extra input box on that screen there … |
| 7 | There 's a lot of good practice to build upon in Highfields . |
| 8 | Her work would be a pleasure to live with at any price and the £9,000 to £13,000 range seems modest compared with much of the contemporary art on offer in London . |
| 9 | For insects , plants represent humid but well-drained surfaces and increase the amount and diversity of living space while for some , they represent food to browse , or a repository to bore into in egg-laying . |
| 10 | There certainly is n't any light to speak of in the windows . |
| 11 | I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week . |
| 12 | When you are weighing up which lender to go to for your loan , you ignore their differences at your peril . |
| 13 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 14 | Shots of the product in use or in an unusual setting are the type to aim for in this area . |
| 15 | Erm before we actually get down discussing this er submission can I just say that we do have another issue to talk about at er two o'clock this afternoon and therefore it means that our discussion will , on this topic , will have to terminate at one o'clock . |
| 16 | The man paid the gaveller about a shilling a day : if she had a young child to look after at the same time she would have to manage as best she could . |
| 17 | People are excluded from seeing death by the fact that death has become more like an illness that must receive medical attention , rather than the last event in a person 's life that they should be left in peace to deal with in whichever way they choose . |
| 18 | They were forbidden by law to return to within thirty kilometres of their estates , and their houses were turned into the offices of state farms , rest homes for party bosses or factory workers , schools , mad-houses , orphanages or just left to crumble . |
| 19 | On the day after the funeral of 3-year-old Leoni , the popular newspapers had another case to focus upon for their front page headlines : EVIL OLD MAN WHO KILLED KIRSTY GETS LIFE ( Daily Mail ) ; 60 YEARS OF EVIL Kirsty 's killer , 79 , led a life of crime ( Sun ) . |
| 20 | More of a manuscript-script than a masterpiece , it comes complete with its own Nineties dictionary ( eg ‘ Mid-Twenties Breakdown : a period of mental collapse occurring in one 's twenties , often caused by an inability to function outside of school or structured environments coupled with a realisation of one 's essential aloneness in the world . |
| 21 | Even though he had a job to go to with Birmingham Repertory Company , his agent sent him to the Rank interview for the experience . |
| 22 | Well he had a job to go to in the council too really . |
| 23 | Er and of course if you 're in one group , you might think that something 's trivial and you might denigrate another a group for talking about those things , when in fact that group sees it as an important talk about it might see the thing that the other group hold dear to talk about as something trivial , and to denigrate . |
| 24 | The combination of these two aims could be managed , he felt , by giving every member of staff , including himself , a tutorial group to look after during the whole length of a pupil 's high school life . |
| 25 | The British Library newspaper library at Colindale Avenue , London NW9 , is the place to apply to for a reader 's ticket if you are within reach . |
| 26 | This equable climate has long appealed to people from northern Europe ( especially the United Kingdom ) as a place to escape to from the rigours of a cold winter . |
| 27 | The atmosphere remains that of a small-town challenger event , relaxed , friendly and informal , the perfect place to escape to after the tension and crowds of the French Open . |
| 28 | The most important point to look for in a line — apart from the obvious one of reliability throughout its length — is suppleness . |
| 29 | And he 'd got lots of famous mates that want to play on his records , and he picks up a Grammy and releases records on scrupulous labels , instead of the 30 or more indie horsefixers he 's had the misfortune to deal with over the years . |
| 30 | The most obvious place to turn to for close ties is the family . |