Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] far [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then other living organisms provided them with further opportunities , and through symbiosis ( a mutually-dependent state of living together ) they created , finally , animals .
2 The Manage of the Group Pay Department will be pleased to provide you with further information .
3 He entered her without further ado .
4 This even brought a ghostly chuckle ; Dr Neil 's being the Master again was enough to bring McAllister back , she thought , if only to provoke him to further jokes .
5 That silent disapproval had to emanate from her and Thérèse in order to prove that they were young ladies , to provoke him to further displays of cruelty .
6 This reasoned and ridiculous plea had no effect at all on Jem , other than to inflame him to further violence .
7 Above all it takes seriously the work done by the pupils on site , and incorporates it into further classwork .
8 Then they also turned down our application to have Gay News in the library , which provided us with further ammunition and an unexpected new member .
9 A Recompress feature allows you to further squash already compressed drives .
10 His very silence drove her to further explanation .
11 He had stood quietly swaying himself on his heels , an almost derisive expression in the curl of his lips as he smoked a cigarette , his very silence provoking her to further abuse .
12 It has now been shown that Ramsay continued to develop and refine his style until an injury to his painting arm in March 1773 prevented him from further work .
13 At this point , the devil accosts her with further arguments :
14 The children baited her into further wrath until , just as suddenly , she would snap out of it again and return to her former , demure self .
15 Her confident reply dissuaded him from further questions along this line .
16 An honest appraisal will help their progress and guide them to further learning opportunities .
17 Note also those facts vital for your purpose as well as anything which leads you to further research — names of other publications , for example .
18 It is possible to win two bouts if your opponent is disqualified for injuring you , but after the second win the referee will withdraw you from further competition for your own safety .
19 Nevertheless , he obtained a Commission in the Regular Army before the Great War of 1914 — 1918 , in which he was wounded by a sniper 's bullet through a lung , and would have died but for the fact that one of his men , having also been wounded , fell on top of ‘ Monty ’ and thereby , protected him from further sniper bullets until darkness permitted rescue to be made .
20 If a good rapport has been created with the candidate she/he will see it as further proof that you are in full command of what is happening in the interview and that all your questions are relevant .
21 If you are an ‘ end-user ’ with a potential interest in an open systems approach to distributed processing , particularly if you are using OSI products , why not contact us for further details and a copy of the ‘ marriage broking ’ form ?
22 General practitioners are available to identify problems and refer them for further investigation , and to cooperate with the hospitals for long-term treatment .
23 But even being able to articulate my needs was not sufficient to protect me from further abuse .
24 Kate Gaunt , a student at Moray House College will be analysing the results on our behalf , and she may wish to contact you for further details .
25 I waited , wondering if that would provoke her into further disclosures .
26 Anxiety urged him into further risk .
27 Interior Ministry troops , who had come under fire from rooftop snipers , later succeeded in throwing a cordon around the CP headquarters to protect it from further attack , but Moscow radio reports said that by the evening of Feb. 13 the violence had spread from the city centre to numerous locations in the suburbs , and that automatic gunfire could be heard .
28 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION .
29 Billy was a tower of strength in Palace 's two years in the 1st Division , 1979–81 , missing only five of our 84 games there , and then his sturdy and dependable displays helped to keep us from further embarrassment after we had returned to Division Two , so that every Palace fan was sorry to see Billy opt to leave us for Portsmouth in the 1984 close season .
30 Now Vic has reached the last traffic lights before the system of tunnels and flyovers that will conduct him without further interruption through the centre of the city .
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