Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [noun pl] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pheromones can also be used to detect and monitor pests ; some farmers in the UK already use pheromone baited collecting traps to time sprays against pea and codling moths , which are pests of apples . |
| 2 | Burns topped-and-tailed each episode with a monologue , and relished making asides to camera . |
| 3 | This action involves making amends to self by coming to understand the power of the denial system that is the dominant feature of the disease . |
| 4 | He returned to carry screaming children to safety , while White Bird and Looking Glass organised their warriors into sharp-shooting positions . |
| 5 | Taiwan , threatened with an international boycott because of its failure to sign the Montreal protocol , has begun taking steps to phase out use of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 6 | Remand prisoners at a top security jail used a thin mobile phone to make threatening calls to court witnesses it was revealed yesterday . |