Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view is widespread among the senior officers we talked to , and among ordinary policemen , that policewomen , as women , have instincts and capabilities which make them better suited to specific types of police work . |
| 2 | What began as an exotic flirtation with the Other , a pop foray into a perceived Heart of Darkness , soon turned into a full-blown dance initiative in those irony-clad years of 1980–81 , with everyone from Japan to ABC to Cabaret Voltaire to Spandau Ballet to Heaven 17 conspiring to venture a white funk whose snappiness was a jeer at the indies , a white funk that would saunter easily into the charts and every other public place and , with their manifestos , make them better places to be . |
| 3 | Just hold onto the idea that certain operators will possess mathematical properties which make them perfectly suited to the role of representing physical observables . |
| 4 | I do n't think I often wanted to be . |
| 5 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 6 | He found them enormously relaxing to be with . |
| 7 | I am already aware of some of your extremely worthwhile efforts and send my best regards to all those involved with the Association and wish you every success in the future . |
| 8 | Do you know I actually listened to some of this tape and I do n't half sound different on the taped , the real me |
| 9 | In general , it is fair to say that one can use a magnification of × 50 for each inch of aperture ( forgive my temporarily reverting to Imperial measure ! ) , so that a 3-inch refractor will bear a magnification of × 150 , a 6-inch will bear × 300 , and so on . |
| 10 | Now , Pat and I found ourselves nervously waiting to be let in . |
| 11 | D' ya ever talk to yourself ? |
| 12 | Mandy had come because she was worried about her parents and she did n't know who else to turn to . |
| 13 | Has she already talked to you ? ’ |
| 14 | Has she ever come to your house since ? |
| 15 | " D' you ever go to funerals , Kate ? " |
| 16 | And the market researchers tell the companies more and more that their customers want something more tailored to their special requirements . |
| 17 | In 1847 , during the famine in Ireland , Sutton sent over seeds of turnips , cabbages , and other vegetables to be used as possible alternatives to the diseased potatoes , and he experimented with new varieties of potato to find one better suited to cold , damp climates . |
| 18 | But surprised to find herself materially connected to the universe again . |
| 19 | She found herself half listening to his gossip , her mind drifting away to Piers and Nicole , wondering whether the day they were spending together had spilled over into night , and whether her husband suspected anything about what was between them . |
| 20 | I got the impression that there 's one bit they particularly object to . |
| 21 | Has it ever occurred to you that I was wedded and bedded and well pregnant by the time I was your age ? |
| 22 | Oh has it ever occurred to you to take a bottle of milk in from home save going out to buy it ? |
| 23 | ( Rapidly ) Has it ever happened to you that all of a sudden and for no reason at all you have n't the faintest idea how to spell the word — " wife " — or " house " — because when you write it down you just ca n't remember ever having seen those letters in that order before … ? |
| 24 | If you 're wanting to take er early retirement and erm you 're wanting enhancement say you retire at fifty nine and you want some enhancement , can you ask for enhancement sort of up to sixty five or has it only got to be up to sixty ? |
| 25 | So has he all gone to his gr mother 's at Christmas ? |
| 26 | Has anyone ever spoken to you like this since you 've been here ? |
| 27 | The facilities start with a remote switch socket for connecting the optional FC6 foot controller , offering remote switching without tying up the MIDI in socket ( I tried the FC6 but found it more suited to a keyboard player , so would recommend a standard MIDI switching pedal ) . |
| 28 | It was n't to take revenge on Kee that he wanted a woman — a want he now confessed to Theo . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know what else to say to you . |
| 30 | Just to change the subject from the Rocky debate for a while , does anybody know what ever happened to Aidan Butterworth ? |