Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe it is a hundred times better to have a leader who wants to go forward rather than one who retreats towards the hills when the going gets rough . |
| 2 | With two other men he worked his way rhythmically across the sheet , beating the second layer gently with rounded mallets until the starches produced from the pith welded all the strips together to form a sheet , the size of the stone , of white papyrus . |
| 3 | You can add objects together to make a complex outline or intersect the shapes to produce holes in one object with another . |
| 4 | The dream to join the two ramps together to make a 32ft wide superramp was finally realised this year and the work was completed in March . |
| 5 | For hand scanning , there 's the facility to ‘ stitch ’ scans together to form a larger image than the standard ‘ 4″ wide by as long as you like ’ , which is automatic , quick , and accurate . |
| 6 | Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda , who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer . |
| 7 | As far as the direct effects of test-case litigation are concerned , therefore , experience both here and in the USA suggests that it would be unwise to look to the courts alone to secure a right of tax-diversion . |
| 8 | And that 's an encouraging line because those of us , and I include myself who am not always articulate , who ca n't always get the , the words together to make a sentence and finish it , can try nevertheless to come up with something which is interesting , can contain the ‘ Hey , this is for you , ’ for the audience , along the lines we 've been talking about yesterday . |
| 9 | How did you put all those pictures together to make a whole person ? |
| 10 | Richard , thou art an old fellow , an old knave ; thou hast written books enough to load a cart , every one as full of sedition , I might say treason , as an egg is full of meat . |
| 11 | Todd Swank , of Foundation , then decided to do the same and only retain his street skaters together to make a really small team . |
| 12 | The colleges will be able to produce their own units perhaps to meet a specific local need . |
| 13 | If that is the case that each of the political parties , as I assume is the case for er the Conservative party , I know it to be the case of the Labour party I assume the same is true for the Liberal Democrats and other parties represented in this house , that they undertake the very considerable organisational er er process of selecting candidates only to find a few weeks before June the ninth , that as a result of the difficulties that I 've described as far as the French government attitude towards these elections is concerned , that er in fact we have to revert to the existing arrangements and that we can not have these new er boundaries in place . |
| 14 | She had the idea of bringing staff , students , parents and all interested parties together to celebrate a Mass at the beginning of the Academic Year . |
| 15 | It all ties together to give a simple scheme of explanation . |
| 16 | ‘ According to an article I read , Vitor d'Arcos is one of the finest drivers ever to grace a circuit . |
| 17 | Saturday work is usual in the retail trade ; however much the social disruption is stressed at interview , keen candidates may nevertheless filter out the information they do not want to hear , resigning six months later to find a Monday to Friday job . |
| 18 | BRENTFORD boss Phil Holder was left fuming as Tranmere came from two goals behind to claim a thrilling victory . |
| 19 | After Holland 's PR elections , it can take months even to form a government . |
| 20 | They came months ago to take a picture . |
| 21 | She sailed into Gloucester Docks 4 months ago to undergo a complete refit . |
| 22 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 23 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 24 | She closed her eyes briefly to say a silent prayer of thanks that , not only had Stephen received the son for whom he had so longed , but that the baby was the image of his father . |
| 25 | So chocs away to win a set of classic china , glass and cutlery , a chocolate goodies selection and a book of dreamy recipes |
| 26 | I mean we have dealings with solicitors for all sorts of things , asking for reports and we send a lot of notes away to have a lot of er medical opinion reports and they take ages to come back . |
| 27 | With council and hospitals not understanding their needs , Pat Ayres often has to make numerous calls just to get a new supply of syringes or nappies . |
| 28 | Mix all the ingredients together to form a firm paste . |
| 29 | Another possibility is to place two rectangular cakes together to make a football pitch . |
| 30 | Downstairs the ten-year-old and the eight-year-old are quietly occupied in running three of the old dungeons together to make a games room . |