Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time , the officers if they saw the girls soliciting , used to arrest them , bring them to a police station , they 're finger print , photographed and dealt with . |
| 2 | The EC can neither reverse current trends nor bring them to a halt . |
| 3 | Pain , boredom and badgering of some very kind nurses bring me to a steam-age typewriter in the hospital 's occupational therapy department . |
| 4 | and change them to a bigger size |
| 5 | Raise them to a power , then you do multiply . |
| 6 | Add them when you 're multiplying , times them when you raise them to a power , so we do n't want to start changing this to one over and things , because we 'll lose that easy way of doing things . |
| 7 | You can do more than play games : you can add them , multiply them , and develop them to a remarkable depth . |
| 8 | Is it that she , she 's , she 's , she 's wondering what will happen to her family or children if they go abroad , or is she thinking that each country in the Community , perhaps having some special erm excellence of its own , ought to be shedding this example among the others so that we all raise ourselves to a common , higher level ? |
| 9 | They 'd be sorry for me , they 'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist . |
| 10 | We unharness the dogs and attach them to a chain that Odd-Knut fastens between two trees . |
| 11 | Our high-rise flats were based on Scandinavian flats , but they build them to a much higher standard . |
| 12 | ‘ Send him to a regional office ? ’ |
| 13 | Make this Thinking Day card and send it to a Rainbow or Brownie friend . |
| 14 | So give it away , send it to a jumble sale , sell it if you can , or just throw it away . |
| 15 | The purchaser of a completed development , for example a factory , who intends to use the development for his or her own trade purposes or lease it to a person using it for trade purposes may be able to claim capital allowances . |
| 16 | While writing this article , I have realised that it is actually a very general problem-solving technique , of which there are many other instances in mathematics and science : If you can not do a problem , transform it to a problem that you can do and then transform the answer back to reach the solution to the original problem . |
| 17 | He prefers the charcoal drawing to the full garish canvas , and this is why , I think , the songs work so well , because , as we listen , individual responses suggest themselves to a line , or a turn of phrase , which by inference , creates a greater sense of empathy and involvement for the listener . |
| 18 | Well when we say anything to a child , we look for a response . |
| 19 | ‘ My lady , ’ he said , ‘ before Sir Brian or Sir Fulke , ’ he glanced contemptuously at the girl 's uncle who still sat slumped in his chair , ‘ challenge me to a duel , I apologise profusely . ’ |
| 20 | Challenge them to a good old-fashioned fist fight ? |
| 21 | How might such processes be affected in female readers ' responses to stories about males , which concern traditionally male interests and which frequently exclude them altogether or restrict them to a passive role ? |
| 22 | A chance for you to air your views and put them to a Government spokesperson . |
| 23 | Just in case they hold me to a four week |
| 24 | This is probably acceptable so long as we restrict ourselves to a single group , like mammals , but there is some dissent when people seek to extrapolate mechanisms from non-vertebrate species , like molluscs , to the mammalian brain ( e.g. Hawkins and Kandel 1984 ) . |
| 25 | It 's called the Hotel Leisure and Conference Centre , it 's actually based at Chorley or Charley if you come from that neck of the woods and er everybody that goes will be able to use the lagoon swimming pool er or challenge someone to a game of squash on one of our six courts . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you suggesting we deliberately show ourselves to a human ? ’ |
| 27 | Later , people would come along , dig him up and remove him to a more permanent resting place where the vicar would say a few words and it would all be over , except for those who remembered him . |
| 28 | Within moments I had decided to strip her to her expensive banker 's underclothing , lash her to a Quattrocento day-bed with fur-lined leather manacles , and whip her with unimaginable delicacy until she handed over a full power of attorney and yielded herself totally in a frenzy of self-abnegation . |
| 29 | Now you have made this garment , show it to a good friend , or your mother or sister , at any rate someone who will be frank with you in their opinion of your work . |
| 30 | They they deserve it to a certain extent . |