Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 2 | Trains had been laid on to despatch them to all parts of the country , so that for the rest of their lives they would be able to recall a few moments of honour , even glory . |
| 3 | After all , bright children usually expect to succeed , hence success and praise do not surprise them or necessarily raise them to new levels of performance . |
| 4 | We are n't reasonable enough to accommodate ourselves to such a shift in moral attitudes . |
| 5 | Captaining Jamaica for the second successive season , he not only led them to Red Stripe Cup triumph ( their third in five years ) , but , with the ball , he broke the tournament record with 36 wickets at 11.30 . |
| 6 | Luke watched her as she gingerly helped herself to some of the food . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In their defensive exchanges , they ceased to value what had first so attracted them to each other . |
| 9 | But I swear , I only mentioned it to one person , and he 's the most trustworthy person I 've ever met . |
| 10 | So far as talking is concerned , they can only do it to each other . |
| 11 | But even if we 're not involved directly , I mean are you saying then that we perhaps put it to one side , it 's happening somewhere else ? |
| 12 | And they 've only got it to seven ? |
| 13 | Japan , too , had joined the conflict on the Allied side on 23 August 1914 and had swiftly helped herself to German possessions in the east , including the Carolina group of islands on 7 October and Kiauchau on 7 November . |
| 14 | The trouble is we never stop long enough to put them to good use . |
| 15 | which you said it has , er you would perhaps recommend me to some people you know erm like the partner in your er your work or the members of your squash club . |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd better take me to this Wyrmberg of yours , had n't you ? ’ |
| 17 | And then : oh , please , if there have to be more lies , at least let me only tell them to other people , not to myself any more . |
| 18 | There is a possibility that transient UOS relaxations may be unusually easy to trigger in some subjects and so predispose them to oesophagopharyngeal reflux . |
| 19 | Through the centuries it has changed at intervals by learning from errors and misfortunes , constantly adapting itself to new situations . |
| 20 | Well thirty nine or forty all do it to thirty nine just to keep , so all have the same results . |
| 21 | Cricket , an old and complex game , naturally lends itself to statistical analysis . |
| 22 | Because the terrain so lends itself to visual spectacle , the grand prix races draw crowds from Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck like no other . |
| 23 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 24 | Another popular cheat is to quote last year 's rates , only raising them to this year 's the day after the form is posted to us . |
| 25 | In 1987 , 9.3 per cent of those who divorced had only lasted one to two years of marriage ; 28.6 per cent of those divorced did so after five to nine years of marriage . |
| 26 | In any case Marxism was broad enough to lend itself to different educational interpretations . |
| 27 | Later , she could hardly remember what the issues were that had so roused them to mutual abuse . |
| 28 | In the Nicaraguan setting all motivations became elemental , and their very primitiveness — together with their drama — perhaps commended them to dramatic and imperfectly democratic Americans . |
| 29 | ( 1981 ) , who are able to alter the appearance of their homes , tend not to use modernist styles , which , in any case , do not lend themselves to such appropriation . |
| 30 | Some problems do not lend themselves to financial solutions . |