Example sentences of "[prep] [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But was damnably plagu 'd for to find out the Sign |
| 2 | There is little chance of the " professional " participator emerging with real understanding , for to find out the truth of religion it has to be wrestled with and lived , not just safely and probably patronizingly studied from a safe distance . |
| 3 | She stood dreaming , trying to imagine what it must be like to walk up the aisle to the side of a man who was waiting to marry you , and so enthralled was she with her imaginings that she never heard him . |
| 4 | He had a blackboard on each wall with only tiny windows in between to let in the light . |
| 5 | something just approaching from the south two thousand feet one zero one niner , and now turning eastbound er , via to pick up the M twenty five clockwise . |
| 6 | Human brains can be relied upon to fill in the gaps when they reconstruct the image on the television screen in their visual cortexes . |
| 7 | Not that an official proctor was necessarily called upon to take up the case ; often clients received only the less expensive advice of petition-drawers , who drew up as many as ninety per cent of all criminal plaints . |
| 8 | ‘ The staff have been very generous with both their time and money , ’ said Lindsay who was called upon to hand over the £2,000 cheque during a get-together at The Old George pub in Newcastle . |
| 9 | In a year when the annual quantity required ( 207,461,000 cu. ft. ) is balanced by adequate rainfall then the storage must be such as to make up the supply during the relatively dry period . |