Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |
| 2 | Doctor Who , especially nowadays , is the type of programme they put fairly new Designers on to test their abilities . |
| 3 | When reconnaissance shows that there is a large herd of elephants with young calves close to camp it is often decided to try to capture some of the young elephants first by means of mela shikar . |
| 4 | and leaving the headlights on to guide you |
| 5 | ‘ We are disappointed that after an encouraging run up to Christmas we have slipped back , due in no small measure to the month long lay-off because of the wintry weather . |
| 6 | The word is there 's going to be a few more surprises closer to Christmas which makes attendance between now and then damn near compulsory . |
| 7 | The word is there 's going to be a few more surprises closer to Christmas which makes attendance between now and then damn near compulsory . |
| 8 | What a good boy , I would of thought she 'd have put something on it , put some ointment on to stop it itching . |
| 9 | In the updraughts of cliffs or when following boats out to sea they can fly with barely a movement of their wings and thus make ideal subjects for study ( Figure 7 ) . |
| 10 | Building up to Christmas it were like , in between sixty to seventy , but this time of year I 'm just on me rock bottom . |
| 11 | Sylvia watched the younger , more arrogant , man stand up to unbutton his breeches . |
| 12 | No , you can not prevent it from happening — but scientists are a bit nearer to understanding what goes on at the molecular level . |
| 13 | which is what I , I , in the I had Eric Bristow and Maureen one night , and , I mean , it was just little dart board in the corner , but what I did was , I had a big screen like that and I just got student television service just to film it live and just throw it straight back up onto the big |
| 14 | The latter included exhortations to consumers to switch off appliances , reductions in supply voltages by 5 per cent ( which was considered the maximum tolerable limit ) , and encouragement to industrialists voluntarily to stagger their factory hours away from peak times . |
| 15 | Then before she resumed her snail-slow progress back to bed she steeled herself to look in the mirror above the washbasin . |
| 16 | erm The response has been for that authority then to groin its bit of beach , and so we end up with a situation today where along the Sussex coast practically the whole of the coast is groined , except for the areas which are backed by high cliffs , erm where we have the sorts of rates of erosion that I mentioned . |
| 17 | On the drive back to camp we were all rather happy , Jimmy in the front driving with me half asleep in the passenger seat , and Henry and Rosemary behind . |
| 18 | And I used to listen to that kind of flattery which all too often can drag the most doughty warriors from their heights down to hell itself . |
| 19 | With both economies close to capacity there is no room for a further stimulus . |
| 20 | I would certainly join my honourable friend in condemning the advice which has been reported in the paper today er the government 's efforts to improve the campaign against truancy and the to succeed in getting errant pupils back to school which is where they should be , I believe is and should be widely supported . |
| 21 | On my way back to Sunset I stopped at the press trailer . |
| 22 | Next , if I were wise only to my own ends , I would certainly take such a subject as of itself might catch a clause , whereas this ’ — he is of course writing about the vexed question of erm Church government and the possible disappearance of episcopy — ‘ whereas this hath all the disadvantages on the contrary , and such a subject as the publishing whereof might be delayed at pleasure and time enough to pencil it over with the curious touches of art , even to the perfection of a faultless picture , whereas in this argument the not deferring it is of great moment to the good speeding . |
| 23 | The artillery officer wondered why no one had thought to blow up the bridge which crossed the River Sambre in the centre of the town , but he supposed there must be fords close to Charleroi which would have made the destruction of the fine stone bridge into a futile and even petulant gesture . |
| 24 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 25 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |