Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 2 | Only as late as 1918 was it established — by a woman doctor — that the juice of lemons is more than twice as rich in anti-scorbutic vitamins as that of the lime , for long thought to be as or more effective than lemon juice in the prevention of scurvy . |
| 3 | Memoirs from the twenties , for long consigned to oblivion , began to be used again . |
| 4 | It is good that the demanding job of running hostels for the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped , together with other provision of residential care , should now be recognized as an important aspect of social work , for much needs to be done in this field and many able people need to be recruited for the work . |
| 5 | The way he gained ‘ the word that sustains the weary ’ was not like a bolt from the blue , but through patiently listening to God morning by morning . |
| 6 | The commission criticized the Federal Aviation Authority ( FAA ) for only reacting to disasters and not doing enough to prevent them . |
| 7 | Governors at Bowesfield Lane Primary , Stockton , are demanding a better service after repeatedly complaining to Cleveland County Council Education Authority about the standard of cleanliness at the school . |
| 8 | Malaysia leave the field after narrowly losing to an accomplished Tunisian seven ( 14–10 ) in the semi-finals after losing their pool match 22–0 to the same side . |
| 9 | And Gower is bitterly disappointed not to have made the tour squad after virtually apologising to the Indian Cricket Board for alleging their bowlers scuffed the ball in the final Test at the Oval two summers ago . |
| 10 | Neamy had been sentenced to death on April 30 , charged with spying on Palestinian refugees in Iraq after allegedly admitting to working for Mossad , the Israeli secret service . |
| 11 | We give value to a relationship through selflessly ministering to each other 's needs , and we reduce the cost by blending tastes and interests . |
| 12 | At the Blackpool Floorcoverings Exhibition , Stoddard Templeton were presented with an annual award for best service to retailers by the National Association of Retail Furnishers . |
| 13 | Jack Millar ( right ) Sales Administration Director , collects the NARF trophy awarded to Stoddard Templeton for best service to retailers . |
| 14 | The Communist parties inevitably lost credibility as a result of staunchly adhering to the Comintern line throughout the series of volte-face involved in the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 and the subsequent German invasion of Soviet Russia in June 1941 . |
| 15 | Rita has hopes of eventually studying to be a nurse . |
| 16 | I 'm dealing with two estates where no will has been made and the house was in the name of husband alone who died without a will and the net result is that on on law on intestacy neither of the those surviving widows is of right entitled to the house and in both cases there are children and as you can imagine there is a certain amount of anguish about it . |
| 17 | Instead of merely reacting to differences in the road surface , as a conventional suspension system does , it anticipates bumps and bends . |
| 18 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 19 | you know , thought back to , if I 'd of only gone to Yorkshire , gone back to Manchester , I 'd of felt my roots , see I was born in Manchester , and |
| 20 | The much-criticised policy of Harry Hyams , who built Oldham into one of the most profitable property companies , of only letting to tenants of ‘ undoubted ’ covenant has been fully vindicated . |
| 21 | Will my right hon. Friend extend to them his best wishes on becoming part of the property-owning democracy and will he send a message of best wishes to the management and employees of West Midlands Travel — the country 's biggest bus company — who yesterday concluded a £70 million buy-out ? |
| 22 | Publications now abound which aim to develop ‘ ways of supporting the kind of school that ’ , with Hegarty ( 1987 ) , ‘ provides for each according to need as part of its normal provision , perceives special provision as an integral part of the whole ’ , and aims to prevent learning difficulties ( Booth et al 1987 ) instead of just reacting to them . |
| 23 | Groups are said to work because the group members can now react to each other instead of just reacting to management . |
| 24 | You fitted more snugly into society , especially , the tight little society around the Consul-General , if you were married and could take your wife along to dinner-parties with you , instead of forever having to be fixed up with a stray aunt or somebody . |
| 25 | ( It is bizarre that people who have no intention of ever returning to Britain have more democratic rights than those living rough on its streets . ) |
| 26 | Ex-inmate Tony Cohla told yesterday how the thought of ever returning to Ashworth makes his blood run cold . |
| 27 | Cos I was sort of like listening to my music and it was , I think it was about half eight , nine o'clock cos I 'd only got some homework done for ne , to do for next Tuesday , so I thought I 'll leave it |
| 28 | Possibly yes , he kind of like wants to erm move off but then he comes back to it in a minute though , so that does n't quite hold . |
| 29 | erm erm Brian calls us experts at the beginning of the programme erm everyone listening knows we ca n't all be experts of course on all these things , we 're just sort of amateurishly trying to be sensible on these questions . |
| 30 | From then on , she trips and twirls like a prima donna at an infant ballet class , gurgles and squeaks to the point of practically begging to be mercy killed , and generally flaunts a dodgy child sexuality that is neither funny nor subversive , but is stupid and dangerous . |