Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been told about periods at primary school when I was ten years old , but apart from that , the only information I had was what I got through talking to friends at school , because some had older sisters who had already started . |
| 2 | Suggestions ranged from hacksawing to blow-torches . |
| 3 | In this it resembled the British constitution itself , which , as apo-logists delight in explaining to foreigners , is nowhere embodied in a single document having the force of law . |
| 4 | This sense of the word ‘ estate ’ must not be confused with the special meaning which it has in regard to interests in land ( see p. 78 ) . |
| 5 | I am the treasurer of an organisation devoted to writing to prisoners under sentence of death in the Caribbean . |
| 6 | They deny , however , that anything useful is added by referring to states of the brain in terms of awareness or consciousness , or even as representations of the environment . |
| 7 | A few grams can be legitimately shed by stripping to undershorts and T — shirts . |
| 8 | You 've heard of talking to plants to boost their growth , but what about stroking them to keep pests away ? |
| 9 | In these circumstances there was much to be said for sticking to forms that were known and accepted ; and in spite of the great list of possible wordings in PS , the Digest does not give the impression that the more obscure terms were much used . |
| 10 | This is often seen with regard to metaphors like shepherd for example . |
| 11 | Discipline is thus ‘ a very general notion which is connected with conforming to rules ’ , whereas punishment is ‘ a much more specific notion which is usually only appropriate where there has been a breach of rules ’ . |
| 12 | It is now settled law that railway companies do not warrant the absolute safety of passengers : all they undertake with regard to passengers is a duty to carry with due and reasonable care , and their liability is for negligence arising from a breach of that duty . |
| 13 | To do that the changing needs of customers has to be met with regard to materials , marketing and services by anticipating their future needs and working with them to achieve these objectives . |
| 14 | Detailed proposals were also made with regard to procedures in the area of personal injuries , small claims and the work of the Commercial Court . |
| 15 | Heather appeared in court manacled and was prevented from talking to reporters after his hearing . |
| 16 | Pupils at Key Stage 2 will also benefit from listening to stories . |
| 17 | ‘ The idea came from speaking to businessmen who had missed important meetings after being stuck in a cab in heavy traffic , ’ says Cave . |
| 18 | erm but these things could be done without going to committees , without any problem whatsoever if we just have this experiment to see how it works . |
| 19 | He felt that this could best be done by resorting to myths . |
| 20 | The Greek achievement represented an ideal : special , superior , but still largely remote and mysterious ; Germany 's own new culture was to evolve by coming to terms with it ; and a collective effort was to be the means of realizing that aim . |
| 21 | Well we 've got ta have something quick tonight because you 're , got ta go to Cubs so should n't think we need to buy any bread . |
| 22 | Because er , inevitably man has got ta leave their home , even if they 've had a father erm who 's been a if they 've had no father at all , they 're gon na leave and they 're gon na face a world where they have to be a man and they 're gon na have to find their own male morals , and I think the , the responsibility , basically , has got ta come to men to change not for us to change them . |
| 23 | Over a soundtrack of appropriate chart hits , unidentified teenagers talked about coming to terms with their own sexuality . |
| 24 | In the absence of the UCR 's 85 deputies , the government was still accused of resorting to bribes and political favours to guarantee the support of all 119 of its own deputies , when securing the passage through the lower chamber of the Congress on Sept. 24 of reforms to the hydrocarbons law . |
| 25 | It has also been inconveniently revealed that some Muslim fighters have being doing to Croats what the Croats stand accused of doing to Muslims . |
| 26 | And then if it if if we have it down in reception for a bit , er and it works and does n't look like falling to bits , the we could consider taking it along to the Newark Show as well . |
| 27 | Donors , they say , will recoil from giving to institutions which turn around and sell those works . |
| 28 | The aim of this research is to examine the strategies which prisoners and their families adopt in coming to terms with custody and its various social consequences . |
| 29 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |
| 30 | Others more recently walked from Hailing to Brands Hatch to watch the racing , and many would walk out to Harvel or Luddesdown for the evening 's drink . |