Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will find instructions on how to go about this in Stage II . |
| 2 | Blonde , polo-playing Deborah Couples plans to sue for half of Fred 's £20 million fortune . |
| 3 | Precisely how these new popular energies would influence the world of high politics could not be anticipated : perhaps the movement would have to wait for one of Cobden 's ‘ accidents ’ . |
| 4 | It surprised Date 's tutors to see someone as famous as Minton coming all the way out to Sutton to wait for one of their students . |
| 5 | The true explanation is utterly different , and it had to wait for one of the most revolutionary thinkers of all time , Charles Darwin . |
| 6 | Sometimes it is best to wait for 3 to 6 months or even a year to do this . |
| 7 | He says : ‘ It 's ludicrous that we have to wait for three to five years when a foreign company can come in and pick up a UK TV company right now . ’ |
| 8 | He seems to have taken no part in public life under the Commonwealth , but when the Exchequer was re-established under the Protectorate he failed to regain his old post as auditor , having to wait for this until the Restoration , when he protested , perhaps predictably , that he had never really been a parliamentarian at all . |
| 9 | Mind you , the combination of a few too many pints before the game and only being able to see about 3/4 of the pitch would n't have made for a very comprehensive report anyway ! |
| 10 | Faced with four alternative approaches to valuation — whether it should be based on capital values , rental values , maintenance costs or rebuilding costs — its choice was not to go for one of them , or even a mixture of two of them , but to go for all four of them . |
| 11 | It was not until 1950 ( three years after a similar set had been commissioned in America ) that the BEA decided to go for some of these gains from larger scale by ordering an advanced 100MW set for 1955 . |
| 12 | Briefly , for those who want to search for one of these rarities : beautiful , very fast , start saving at £14,000 and go for the carburetted rather than the injected version . |
| 13 | The alternative explanation , involving a change in the rate of momentum loss through electromagnetic radiation or particle outflow might be accompanied by an observable change in the radiation pattern or the braking index ; we intend to search for these in our continued monitoring programme . |
| 14 | He continued in his refusal to offer a defence in his trial on charges of corruption , which opened in March 1991 and was expected to continue through most of the year [ see pp. 38157-58 ] . |
| 15 | Western diplomats had expected Mr Christopher to raise the issue of Syria 's tiny Jewish community , which was allowed to immigrate for much of last year , until Syria stopped granting exit visas . |
| 16 | Heavy rain driven by gales predicted for last night was forecast to continue for much of today . |
| 17 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 18 | In too many cases the draughtsman finds it quicker to design a new part than to search through hundreds of drawings for one that fits his task . |
| 19 | Now this looks more like it : a normal , natural reaction , even if I do have to search through several of the transcripts on my desk to find one . |
| 20 | Since this possibility existed , the court considered that it would be improper to substitute its own judgment as to whether it was wise to proceed for that of the directors . |
| 21 | He was quite happy for Willi to sit through some of Therese 's practice sessions , for Willi 's overwhelming admiration for Therese 's voice — and Willi , in spite of his romantic overview , did understand about voice — was doing wonders for Therese 's confidence . |
| 22 | I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo . |
| 23 | Can I can I say that I after coffee I 'd like to go through each of these criteria and try to distinguish those which are relevant at structure plan level and those which may be more applicable down at the district local plan level . |
| 24 | Now I 'd like to go through each of them with you now and then again in two weeks ' time , and hear any suggestions you may have . |
| 25 | We 've got to go through one of the exam pieces . |
| 26 | And erm we wo n't have time to go through all of these afterwards , but if I hand a few round to you , what I 'd like you to do is er just have a go and jot down some of the er solutions that you would provide . |
| 27 | I do n't intend to go through all of theos recommendations hopefully er a fairly time I 'll having same questions on them . |
| 28 | To go through all of that , to keep my hands off you for weeks , and then be refused on the wedding night ! ’ |
| 29 | all of a sudden in the next couple of years you 've got to go through thousands of years of evolution . |
| 30 | In the Littlewoods Cup , Scarborough , two goals down to Chelsea , score three times in seven minutes to go through 4-3 on aggregate . |