Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An occasional treat or privilege for a child who has made a big effort to master a new skill or managed to give up a bad habit hardly comes into that category . |
| 2 | For every dot that needed to build up a character a spark is generated by the printer which burns away the thin silver coating revealing the black backing paper . |
| 3 | This latter is illustrated by the fact that until recently operating licences were issued more or less indiscriminately to any company that wanted to set up a sawmill . |
| 4 | State Papers and other sources indicate that Stringer ran a large foundry business , owned ships for exporting and importing metals and ordnance , and planned to set up a company for colonizing West Indian islands . |
| 5 | James was in every respect the kind of driver Alexander would get along with and that their enterprise did not finish so very far from winning , and failed to win not a few times only through misfortune — or the injustice of fate , speaks creditably of an underlying seriousness that they rarely allowed to show . |
| 6 | On March 28 , 1989 , Pérez and President Virgilio Barco Vargas of Colombia met on the Urena border bridge and agreed to set up a permanent commission , chaired by former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez González , to look into their marine border dispute , which last erupted in August 1987 when a Colombian warship sailed into the Gulf of Venezuela ( known by Colombia as the Gulf of Guajira--see p. 35757 ) . |
| 7 | The government met in emergency session on May 22 and agreed to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination . |
| 8 | The Economy Ministers of Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay met on July 20 in the Uruguayan capital , Montevideo , and agreed to work out a joint set of rules to combat the dumping and sale of subsidised goods by non-members of their prospective common market agreed under the Mercosur Treaty of March 1991 [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 9 | She walked over to the pond and bent to pick up a small pebble , skimming it across the glittering water , watching the way it bounced , then sank , leaving behind it only ripples . |
| 10 | Mr Bishop , who has plastic joints in his hips , knees and spine , is an ex-boxer and tried to put up a struggle , but they were too strong for him . |
| 11 | It bit me and scratched me , and tried to escape up a curtain , which perhaps explains why I prefer Koi any day . |
| 12 | She came up once and tried to get out a cry for help to the others standing there , but the laughing gripped her lungs and they thought she was fooling . |
| 13 | She could scarcely breathe , let alone struggle , but when she heard the sound of someone in the undergrowth she knew it was Travis and tried to get out a warning . |
| 14 | A girl came in and tried to haggle over a nineteenth-century vase , but Rachaela told her Mrs Mantini fixed the prices fairly and never reduced items . |
| 15 | They left and helped to set up a competitive operation within the kilometre circle . |
| 16 | ‘ The fire has been lit and allowed to die down a couple of times — and I once smelt the stuff . ’ |
| 17 | As the front door slammed behind them , Josh finished drying his face and hands and began to put on a clean shirt and a stiff collar . |
| 18 | Gingerly she backed the old Mini away from the Bentley , then pushed the gear lever into first and began to drive forward a couple of feet . |
| 19 | She poured some warm water from the washstand jug into the basin , tipped in a little shampoo , and began to work up a lather ; and as she worked , she talked . |
| 20 | On the other hand , more than a few civilians were sloppy and needed to smarten up a bit . |
| 21 | Then he had deposited the champagne bottle on a small occasional table , next to a sleek ivory-coloured object that Folly had just about recognised as a phone , and she had watched in horrified fascination as he 'd picked up the receiver and started to tap out a number . |
| 22 | She moved to another part of the studio and started to turn over a number of stretched canvases , all of them blank . |
| 23 | In fact the 3000 MkIII had gone the way of many a sports car in its dotage and started to take on a softer aspect . |
| 24 | As we shook hands and started to walk along a narrow path in the direction of a few slit trenches , Tony remarked , ‘ Big change out here from the South Coast of England , or the wilds of Achnacarry ! |
| 25 | Having secretly decided during his childhood to be a doctor , he had to give the idea up due to his deafness and decided to take up a farming career , enrolling at the Elsenberg Agricultural College , 30 miles from Cape Town . |
| 26 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
| 27 | For his part , Corbett could only fret and decided to draw up a memorandum on what he had learnt so far : |
| 28 | He established territory over a cave roof in the middle of the tank and proceeded to carry out a reign of terror that had the other residents hugging the ends of the tank in various stages of nervous collapse . |
| 29 | At Stratford-upon-Avon , the Bishop of Worcester ( who owned the entire manor ) obtained the grant of a market in 1196 and proceeded to lay out a new town forthwith . |
| 30 | He told Waite he had contact with Islamic Jihad and offered to set up a meeting . |