Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see him thumb through several papers before returning to the counter with a single sheet ; he made no attempt to invite me in or even to offer me a chair . |
| 2 | But friends assured me there was more to this grand range of mountains than my experience had suggested , and so to give it a chance I went back to climb Cairn Gorm properly , giving the bridies as wide a body swerve as possible . |
| 3 | This project aims to analyse the business and social composition of London at that crucial stage of its development , and so to make it a substantial contribution towards our understanding of the emergence of the modern British state and its economy . |
| 4 | And just to give it a centre . |
| 5 | And just to give you a flavour of the sort of thing the Fourth and Fifth Floors of No 19 , here are two of the many very hot issues currently under development . |
| 6 | Finally I signed an agreement with them , in which they promised to offer Herbert a job , and later to make him a partner . |
| 7 | As she hitched up the fox fur draped about her neck , she was tempted now and then to give them a regal wave but decided that to sit back in dignified hauteur was more fitting to her role . |
| 8 | And never to leave me a penny . ’ |
| 9 | Their desire to escape the rain might hurry their attack — not much but enough to give him a small advantage . |
| 10 | But enough to give them a week in Devon . ’ |
| 11 | But just to call anyone a slut is just so rude . |
| 12 | Just as an example , because we do n't like talking about cold , but just to give you a very simplistic example of how it can work . |
| 13 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 14 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 15 | However , he records with thankfulness that it ‘ pleased God not only to keep me from them ’ , but also to give him a friend whose example of zeal and practical godliness was of great spiritual help to him . |