Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other semi-final saw Newtownabbey side Palm Grove come from 5–3 down to snatch a first leg 7–5 win over Ballynahinch side Montalto Rangers . |
| 2 | Sikh ones have learned to live with the reality of this on their own terms , while Gujerati Hindu male egos appear in general not to suffer from this particular weakness at all . |
| 3 | BARRY LANE produced a best-of-the-week 66 to come from eight behind to force a tie with Jose-Maria Canizares ( 74 ) in the Rome Masters at windswept Castelgandolfo yesterday , only to lose out at the fourth play-off hole . |
| 4 | Sandy , at three in the morning , watching Boy : ‘ If I was built like that I would n't wait until three o'clock to take my shirt off . ’ |
| 5 | The second set unfolded in much the same way , with the Herts player — who recently scored another major success when he beat the nationally-ranked Neil Dyson in a county friendly — rally from 4–5 down to hold his serve and make it all-square , before breaking Ainley 's service in the following set to go 6–5 ahead . |
| 6 | They were , he said , ‘ cultural orphans ’ , and ‘ the children just did not know at all how to keep a house clean . |
| 7 | Well look at the time you see I did promise at one o'clock to make five o'clock arrive earlier , quicker and we got there in style for the past four hours . |
| 8 | ’ I could n't think of much else to say . |
| 9 | Knocking the arrow seemed after all not to have been the ultimate disaster . |
| 10 | Daisy , seeking above all not to betray Aunt Millie , had stood her ground , trembling , white-faced . |
| 11 | The ASEAN states decided in 1976 not to form a multilateral security relationship but to confine security cooperation within ASEAN to the bilateral level . |
| 12 | They are in Vicar Lane , Well Street and Peckover Street , and were built from 1853 onwards to supplement the old Piece Hall ( now demolished ) , which could no longer contain all the wool traders . |
| 13 | In this case , her thought processes were negative , seeking before all else to draw suspicion away from Barney but lacking the vital scene-of-crime evidence which , if Harris 's attitude was anything to go by , pointed strongly at his guilt . |
| 14 | MONTGOMERY councillors will be meeting in private tomorrow to consider a report on unauthorised deposit of controlled waste at the Severn Farm Industrial Estate , Welshpool . |
| 15 | Earlier , Price came from 3-1 down to beat last year 's runner-up , Mark Johnston-Allan , 5-3. 930219 |
| 16 | The East Lothian man took the third set 7-1 , came from 1-4 down to take the next 7-4 and then opened the decider with three singles . |
| 17 | The final of the Inter-County Under-16 competition will be between Berkshire , who came from 2-0 behind to beat Essex 4-2 at Wokingham , and Greater Manchester , who won 2-1 against Nottinghamshire at Meadow Lane . |
| 18 | Shurin , who beat world number five Neal Foulds 4-1 in the last round , came from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 and 4-3 . |
| 19 | ENGLAND , strengthened by Paul Rendall and Rob Lozowski , came from 7–0 behind to beat Wales 24–12 and reach the final of the World Rugby Classic in Bermuda . |
| 20 | Willie Thorne came from 3-2 down to beat Jimmy Michie 5-3. — PA |
| 21 | STEVE DAVIS drew level with Stephen Hendry at the top of the Matchroom League when he came from 3–2 down to beat Tony Drago , of Malta , 5–3 at the Dome in Doncaster . |
| 22 | It was relaxing for each not to have to strain for approval in the parade of love . |
| 23 | HSE was founded in 1969 primarily to supply Hitachi with programmers . |
| 24 | That will require additional staff and we need to er look at that afterwards to see what effect that has on the er staffing budgets . |
| 25 | So I said well I 'd like to go but Barbara 's going at five o'clock to get down and get a tea that 's too early . |
| 26 | I have also purchased a monograph of Parrots from a Mr Lear — When you and I are old men — how pleasing it will be to us to look at these together to quiz them all , and pass our We to upon them ! |
| 27 | Letters of recommendation were often requested by those about to sail for India or another overseas possession , and such letters were even sought by those already serving in India when they appreciated that the interest of a man of influence would accelerate their own advancement . |
| 28 | The French government began from 1851 regularly to appoint a military attaché to its Berlin legation , while the first British ones were sent to Paris , Turin and Constantinople in 1855 ( though they were not officially described as military attachés until two years later ) . |
| 29 | MEMBERS of Montgomeryshire District Council 's environmental health committee will meet in private tomorrow to consider an officer 's report on alleged trespass on council land adjacent to River Cain , Llanfyllin . |
| 30 | ‘ Go on , Miss Kyte ! ’ prompted Araminta , moving in close enough to deliver a vicious prod to Theda 's ribs while she bestowed a melting look upon the hapless Reverend gentleman . |