Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's correct Chairman I think erm , we will be looking obviously to see what the prospects were within er the urban area and er sites do and surprisingly do continue to arrive and come up and we some other uses , erm they would make some contribution obviously erm , the other options would as you say be to look beyond beyond the greenbelt at the opportunities that are available there . |
| 2 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 3 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 4 | ‘ The client and I work together to see what the problem was in the past and how it affects the present . ’ |
| 5 | Living with the Keraing and his wife was a very public affair ; and , although they barked a good deal at the constant throng which invaded their household while we were there , they were traditionally in no position to deny them entrance , and each resident of Bira got his chance lengthily to observe our every blink and mannerism . |
| 6 | Picasso had abandoned the use of a consistent light source a year earlier only to reinstate it a few months later in the paintings done in Paris during the winter . |
| 7 | Accordingly , your title needs not only to indicate what the essay will be about , but also the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about . |
| 8 | But I notice , little madam , you were pleased enough to find yourself a good Catholic … . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe he was still small enough to find it a novelty . |
| 10 | But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position . |
| 11 | Despite this , his marks were high enough to win him a sought after place in the Indian Army . |
| 12 | ‘ Just enough to buy myself a wagon , lumpkin . |
| 13 | On one birthday her friends dubbed together to buy her a necklace decorated with a ‘ D ’ for Diana . |
| 14 | The bridge party duly clubbed together to buy him a dinner jacket . |
| 15 | When the householders learned that the completion of the contract marked the start of Ron 's retirement after 35 years , they clubbed together to buy him a carriage clock and bottle of whisky as a thank you gift to remember them by . |
| 16 | Aim for a list that give the widest possible choice and price range ; whilst there will be friends and colleagues who will club together to buy you a present , others will want to buy something on their own . |
| 17 | Briefly , then , for we shall be returning to this same point later in the book , it can be said that the performance mode itself can be protective , either because it is seen to be mainly a technical or intellectual task , or because the dramatic form is powerful enough to enhance whatever the participants ' contribution might be . |
| 18 | Better to give them a good life here than to let them suffer in the vague hope of some better afterlife . ’ |
| 19 | But friends assured me there was more to this grand range of mountains than my experience had suggested , and so to give it a chance I went back to climb Cairn Gorm properly , giving the bridies as wide a body swerve as possible . |
| 20 | So to give you an idea of our size although we may be a little bit smaller than last year we turned over some eighteen million pounds and declared a profit before tax of just over three point one million pounds . |
| 21 | Grey eyes swept the outfit which had caused her some qualms , but it was modest compared to Nicky Kai 's , the oyster-coloured chiffon shirt collarless and slit to a point between her breasts , loose enough to leave them a mystery only occasionally glimpsed when she moved , dark nipples a shadowy suggestion . |
| 22 | The owner of one of the most spiritual voices in music , he 's seen success beckon before only to give him the finger once he started to trust . |
| 23 | She fell over herself in a spasm of new gratitude , only to give him an earful because he would n't bring his own tea in and talk to her . |
| 24 | All of these recommendations , however , are only to give you a first taste of the scope of theatrical writing . |
| 25 | It 's best run full screen , as well , since running it in a window seems only to give you a partial view of the full-screen image , and no scroll bars appear to allow you to see what 's happening in the bits that are n't shown . |
| 26 | A detailed planning budget for both capital and operating accounts must now be prepared not only to give you the information you require for your own plans , but also as the main evidence to persuade the Bank Manager to finance your endeavours . |
| 27 | Even if it 's only to give you the confidence you know |
| 28 | It would be far too glib to suggest that he consciously made the second change , to adopt Christianity , merely to give himself an excuse to abandon sexual relations with Mrs Moore , whatever the nature of those relations had been . |
| 29 | Next you come to the dark ride where history takes on a life of its own and light , movement and sound come together to give you a realistic living picture of the town and its history . |
| 30 | Normally I er put a banana and a strawberry together to give it a different taste . |