Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I think the thing is if , if you 'd 've demonstrated that or , or got to the stage of saying well alright , you know , if you 're retiring tomorrow how much money do you need to , to live on |
| 2 | Many of the canvases produced in the later part of 1906 constitute what might be called a ‘ crisis ’ point in Picasso 's art in that he was becoming increasingly obsessed with creating figures which were heavily volumetric , indeed often almost grotesquely bulky , but which simultaneously adhered or clung to the picture plane : the effect they produce could best be described by imagining a series of pneumatic models pushed up against heavy panes of glass and pumped up with air , so that they get larger and larger whilst simultaneously flattening up against the surface in front of them . |
| 3 | The mandible should not be glued or plastered to the vault . |
| 4 | One working day 's notice will normally be required before any request is serviced or added to the Computer Group task list . |
| 5 | For example in Estate Agents documents the phrases ‘ within easy walking distance ’ and ‘ sought after ’ are very common , and for use in such a context , these would be included in or added to the compound lexicon . |
| 6 | On the other hand , a holiday video which is basically a travelogue will probably need the help of sub-titles , or a commentary which can either be ad-libbed at each showing or added to the sound track later . |
| 7 | Proprietary ( and some home-based ) remedies can be used in two ways — in a short-term bath , or added to the pond . |
| 8 | Women were referred to the clinic by a gynaecologist or other specialist ( 302 , 61% ) or by a general practitioner ( 101 , 20% ) or came to the clinic on their own initiative ( 85 , 17% ) . |
| 9 | He could tell she was upset by the words she used : bad words he had often heard from the men who worked with the pigs or came to the house to drink with Buddie in the music-room . |
| 10 | Its purpose is chiefly to add entries for new words and new meanings of words : ‘ new ’ implying that they came into existence , or came to the attention of scholars , after the relevant part of OED was published , and therefore could not be inserted in the main work . |
| 11 | It 's in these areas that the ocean heat is lost or vented to the atmosphere as this heat vent was carried into the ocean in the lower latitudes . |
| 12 | ‘ For more than four hours Tally and I lounged around in the carry-out , talking , drinking coffee , watching people come and go , watching other hangers-on as they bantered with the waitresses , horsed around among themselves , or danced to the juke-box . |
| 13 | Often on a business transfer , parties to contracts with the vendor will need to consent to or agree to the contract being assigned or novated to the purchaser . |
| 14 | The line itself must be securely tied or spliced to the swivel . |
| 15 | Gunfire was directed even at them and they fled or fell to the ground . |
| 16 | You could have got a T V or listened to the radio . |
| 17 | I never read the papers very much , or listened to the news . |
| 18 | Members based outside of London used the telephone service or wrote to the library for answers to 1,465 queries about banking practice . |
| 19 | With no choice , he told her and while he never discovered what she did or said to the girl or her parents , the girl never spoke to him again , indeed , never even looked in his direction . |
| 20 | The lean hand gripping his arm thrust him in at a door in the long encrustation of buildings that clung to the curtain wall on the sunny side , where the best light fell and the day lingered longest . |
| 21 | And Molly Malone was right : the gangway was little better than a ladder that clung to the ship 's side with fragile tenacity . |
| 22 | The response made to a sign ( word ) and that made to the object represented by that word . |
| 23 | We could be back to the boom that led to the crash that lost the job that paid for the house that Jack bought . |
| 24 | But the two were at odds on many issues , especially the 1988 Geneva accords that led to the withdrawal of Soviet troops from neighbouring Afghanistan . |
| 25 | She was halfway down the corridor that led to the back of the house when , out of nowhere , Mrs Birkin appeared . |
| 26 | Unfortunately it was the door that led to the back stairs . |
| 27 | Indeed , it was a precocious interest in Wealden fossils that led to the assembly of a large and valuable collection that was donated in 1884 to the newly opened Natural History Museum in South Kensington , and which gained him not only the title of honorary collector for the museum but also brought him the coveted fellowship of the London Geological Society at the age of twenty-one . |
| 28 | Humans were clearly not the primeval enemy that led to the evolution of this unique backbone , so which deadly crusher was involved ? |
| 29 | They were coming down one of the streets that led to the square . |
| 30 | That led to the Hundred Years War , and in the summer of 1346 , Edward III landed in Normandy and that led to the battle of Crecy on 26th . |