Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text goes on to refer to a general trust clause providing that the heir should pay the legacies and carry out the instructions in the will . |
| 2 | Sally Ward moved in to live with her daughter 's family , on the opposite side of Egremont Street , and Peggy Burns went to live with her daughter Meg and her husband . |
| 3 | The former Middlesbrough reserve bounced back to form after a spell on the sidelines by hammering a hat-trick in the 6–1 win over Harrogate Town on Tuesday . |
| 4 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
| 5 | Walker goes on to talk of ‘ structural incrementalism ’ as ‘ the basis of planning for need ’ . |
| 6 | In the corner there was a discreet datalink terminal got up to look like a '30s radiogram . |
| 7 | On the fourth floor is Mozart House , a room which features 3,000–4,000 Mozart CDs , portraits of the maestro on the wall , and an Empire couch to sit on to listen to his music being played continually . |
| 8 | The English which is to be formulated as the major instrument for achieving the more general policy goals turns out to consist of systematic inculcation of linguistic practices , firmly aligned to a very specific sense of Englishness . |
| 9 | Charlton 's players will be back at The Valley today — seven years after the club moved out to share with Crystal Palace . |
| 10 | Hoomey scooted to his feet , but several interested parties moved in to deal with Jazz before he could make a tactful retreat . |
| 11 | Marie turned back to look at Bella as she reached the door . |
| 12 | Th there is erm a study going on to do with something called the British National Corpus which I do n't quite know what that 's about but they they want er samples of the sort of things that lecturers do in lecture theatres . |
| 13 | Despite a boycott in parts of Abkhazia , over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in the elections , in which Shevardnadze stood as the only candidate . |
| 14 | Yes , the first goal in the fourth round of the F A Cup was scored at Millwall when Stevenson put the home side in front after just one minute of their tie with Sheffield Wednesday ; Ron Atkinson 's side hit back to equalise after twelve minutes . |
| 15 | Although these depended for their success on voluntary support , the Association went on to lobby for new towns sponsored by the State . |
| 16 | Sir Wilfrid went off to look for Tobermory . |
| 17 | The convener went on to warn against funding schools on the basis of their pupil numbers . |
| 18 | One evening Friday went out to look for a turtle for meat and eggs . |
| 19 | Mr Clay went on to tell of his visits to a bone-setter , who successfully healed him after an accident . |
| 20 | The brothers went on to operate as secret agents in the Republic of Ireland under cover of a company called Whizz Kids , which supposedly specialised in women 's hot pants . |
| 21 | Tendrils from the two black shapes reached out to entwine with each other , pulling their cores closer together until , as Ace watched in amazement , they melded together into a single muscular column of flesh crowned with thorns . |
| 22 | There was much swearing , but the big man finally had a leaf of flame springing up to lick around the dried heather curls from the tinder sack . |
| 23 | Messengers ran out to call for help in men and gear and food . |
| 24 | Marie crouched down to peer through one of the slits but she could see nothing , only blackness inside . |
| 25 | This other guy I 've seen hanging around since Denver comes over to talk with me . |
| 26 | The study set out to look at responses of Primary 7 pupils to simple addition problems . |
| 27 | ‘ But every now and then , his eyes slid over to look at me , almost as if he did n't want them to , but could n't help it . |
| 28 | His eyes slid round to look at her , but he did not pursue his earlier tirade . |
| 29 | Again time must have passed very quickly , for Jim came out to look for him . |
| 30 | They work out how much money to feed back to pay for the inputs for the next year , and the remainder is profit . |