Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you can try and explain to Sarah what you 're doing , she 'll know how to do it next time . |
| 2 | It 's a modern affliction to look at an aircraft , something that has yet to reach its 100th birthday in our history , and take it for granted . |
| 3 | IBM Corp 's vast personal computer contract with the former Soviet Ministry of Education ended early with just 15,000 machines installed in schools and only 75% of those paid for , IBM Europe chief Renato Riverso told the Wall Street Journal ; he also said that IBM has yet to receive its first payment on its $150m contract to provide Aeroflot with a modern reservations system . |
| 4 | Le Tissier , who is Southampton 's top scorer this season with three goals , has yet to win his first full cap . |
| 5 | Helmut Bradl has yet to win his first GP but he surely does n't have long to wait . |
| 6 | However , despite its interests in all parts of the Euro-zone bounded by London , Paris and Brussels it has yet to launch its first British project . |
| 7 | After falling behind to Penrice 's goal , struggling Palace rallied superbly to produce their second consecutive League win . |
| 8 | Madeleine came up to see me last Monday for a couple of days and arrived with a sore throat too , so she had a well deserved rest after the excesses of their very social Christmas and life and also encouraged me , the weather and the throats keeping us indoors , to do some MUCH needed turning out . |
| 9 | I went on an induction course down in Bournemouth , which was all technical , er , I came back to see my first clients , and I cringed at the thought of it . |
| 10 | She came here to spend her last years happily . |
| 11 | For the residential section , she travelled to Cumbria and learnt how to sail her first time on a boat . |
| 12 | So I wondered what chance I had of outstaying Lebanese men who had picked up their first Kalashnikov aged six , or the Vietnamese man who had seen his mother raped before going on to kill his first Cambodian at the age when I was doing my Common Entrance . |
| 13 | But I 'm going round to see her next weekend . |
| 14 | The Museum is rich in exhibits , ranging from a classic car collection ( most of which are on loan from their owners ) , to the Sultan of Oman 's personal VC–10 airliner , built by Vickers at Brooklands , making its first take-off on October 17 , 1964 and flying back to make its last landing there on July 6 , 1987 . |
| 15 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 16 | Mrs. Pridmore , comforted , drew back the curtains and settled down to enjoy her third cup of tea . |
| 17 | He settled down to compose his First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women , a long diatribe against rule by women , written in a screeching style far removed from his usual mastery of prose . |
| 18 | At the graveside , a volley of shots … before a Hercules flew overhead to pay its last respects . |
| 19 | Since most men had acquired wives before they reached the stage of being an S.S.O. — and Benedict 's , having yet to appoint its first female house-surgeon , never had any but male S.S.O.s — a bachelor S.S.O. was regarded as an unexpected bonus and fair game for the entire nursing staff . |
| 20 | ‘ So you wo n't be ‘ anging around to cook my first dinner then ? ’ asked Charlie . |
| 21 | The Bill went on to receive its third reading in the Commons , and received the Royal Assent on 27 July 1967 . |
| 22 | He went on to assert his first mature , outrageous , filmmaking style with a D. H. Lawrence adaptation , Women in Love ( 1969 ) , The Music Lovers ( 1970 ) , covering the life of Tchaikovsky , and The Devils , an extraordinary collage made up of images of ecstasy , violence and cruelty . |
| 23 | She succeeded on the bill of sale point but Russell J. went on to consider her second line of defence . |
| 24 | The girls , spurred on by their victory went on to win their next league match and the boys went on to play for England football and cricket teams . |
| 25 | But win Norwich did and they have since gone on to preserve their First Division lives and reach the FA Cup semi-finals . |
| 26 | You go along to see him first thing tomorrow . ’ |
| 27 | Meridian fell apart on the penalties and Woodmill went through to make their fourth appearance in the final . |
| 28 | At this point you should go back to amend your first draft structure before you start writing . |
| 29 | ‘ We will go out to win our last three games both as a matter of pride and to further boost our international standing . |
| 30 | One day Judge Raymond Dean was reminding us of the perils of ignoring men 's bestial nature-— ‘ Men ca n't turn their emotions on and off like a tap as some women can ’ ; the next , Prince Edward was vehemently denying his alleged homosexuality by expressing outrage that such an insult should be levelled at him ; meanwhile , on TV the Audi driver screeched to a halt at the hospital where — with toddler in arms — he managed narrowly to miss his second child 's birth , and Good Housekeeping boasted a curious advert showing New Man ( Audi safely in the garage ? ) in boxer shorts , cradling new baby , sitting on a German washing machine . |