Example sentences of "[vb base] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Classic ritual of the disappointing album : buy it at the Megastore ; go for coffee as a way of prolonging the moment of consumption , rip off the cellophane , remove the card inlay ( taking care not to tear it on the little perspex teeth ) and scan the lyrics ( Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa/My pony boy ’ — shit ! ) ; tube home ( further lyric-skimming ) ; feed it to the CD player , skip to the second track while still halfway through the first , sample that , move on , hop and jump to the end and start wondering about forthcoming birthdays — then back to the beginning in the hope that maybe it is , as we used to say , a grower . |
| 2 | But technical descriptions only indicate the positions through which the feet and legs should move and at which moment they should co-ordinate with the arms as weight is transferred from one step and pose to the next . |
| 3 | The problems arise when we shift to the first person , asking how we come to have knowledge of the world , and asking how we are justified in dismissing the possibility that reality is wholly other than we take it to be . |
| 4 | Her eyes ate up Nicandra 's beaded satin , and shifted disapprovingly from Lalage 's muslins — a clothes snob to the last . |
| 5 | Now , when you say to the first person ‘ point to a row across ’ if they point to a row without a king you say ‘ You pointed to this I will take it away ’ . |
| 6 | listen to the first word or phrase of each utterance , and say the whole utterance from memory ( i.e. producing with a cue/prompt ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , yeah , it 's obvious that Runrig had a good listen to the first Big Country album , you know ? ’ he remarks , archly , and it 's hard to tell from his deadpan tone whether or not he 's joking . |
| 8 | Their calibre , though , is impossible to deny : listen to the last half of Divine Madness and you 'll hear the most consistently pugnacious and provocative music British pop has turned up in the last 15 years . |
| 9 | And you map to the first letter of your last name , say . |
| 10 | A fitting finale — and summons to the Last Judgement , be ye Saint or Sinner . |
| 11 | An and you take the surnames and they react to the first surname , I get race stories er calls occasionally |
| 12 | Some fungi succumb to the first heavy frosts , but there are others which seem to thrive in cold , wet weather . |
| 13 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 14 | Welcome to the first issue of NETWORK . |
| 15 | Welcome to the first edition of Practical Shareware for 1993 , produced in association with Transend Services . |
| 16 | Welcome to the first edition of the new look newsletter |
| 17 | Welcome to the first edition of Olympus Scientific Products News . |
| 18 | Welcome to the first of our summer sporting specials . |
| 19 | Welcome to the first day of Henley Royal Regatta on the banks of the Thames . |
| 20 | So welcome to the first edition of CCG People , which we hope will tell you all you need to know about the people that make CCG such a success . |
| 21 | Welcome to the second edition of NETWORK . |
| 22 | Welcome to the fifth Beverley Early Music Festival . |
| 23 | Welcome to the 20th century |
| 24 | My Lords , welcome to the 20th century . |
| 25 | ‘ Welcome to the last outpost of British incompetence , ’ beams Victor Gauntlett , extending a large hand and an air of bonhomie . |
| 26 | Welcome to the last session of the day . |
| 27 | Welcome to the 21st century Saturday night out |
| 28 | With little possibility of much fulfilment in this world , they look to the next ; they are for ever visiting temples and mosques ( for this they are required to revert to their male clothes ) and going on pilgrimage to Hindu and Muslim shrines over the subcontinent . |
| 29 | At the end of the first year of this course students may , subject to satisfactory performance , transfer to the second year of the BSc Hons/Ord Applied Computing at Magee College ( see page 160 ) . |
| 30 | The aim of the research project is to provide a detailed examination of the geographical structure of arms transfer to the Third World for the period 1970-1980 . |