Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tore a fresh piece of rag , dipped it in the water and gently began to wipe away blood and pus . |
| 2 | just got to close down armageddon , come armageddon , come armageddon come |
| 3 | Hannah is obviously a natural musician , although the aforementioned modesty forbids her to agree with that assessment But as a child she quickly learned to play both piano and organ with none of the pain and stress often endured by most youngsters , even those with natural skills . |
| 4 | He genuinely wanted to bring about change in a country where tens of thousands of its people had been tortured or murdered under his father 's regime . |
| 5 | The Census Dissemination Unit also had to carry out quality assurance checks on the data . |
| 6 | In fact , it barely sufficed to keep out reconnaissance sorties by the handful of French planes which had been in Verdun at the outset . |
| 7 | So , as villagers sadly began to dig up bluebell and primrose roots from the soon-to-be-flooded little woods of their pleasant countryside and to plant them elsewhere on safer ground , the Anglian Water Board asked Dame Sylvia Crowe , the landscape architect , to take on the challenge of turning the proposed 3,000-acre inland sea , with its 27-mile perimeter , into an ‘ environmental asset ’ . |