Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feelings that the companies set out to instil with such buildings — admiration , respect , and confidence — are perfectly mirrored in the comment of Dionysius Lardner in Railway Economy ( 1850 ) : |
| 2 | There were accusations that their presence had been orchestrated using methods reminiscent of the Ceausescu regime , with factory NSF committees giving workers time off to participate in demonstrations , and transport being laid on to bring demonstrators from as far away as Constanţa , the Black Sea port around 200 km from Bucharest . |
| 3 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 4 | But he opposed any suggestion that representatives of the environmental movement might sit on the technical committees set up to decide on the safety of any release of genetically manipulated organisms into the environment . |
| 5 | Most of our lodgers go out to work during the day , but Miss Hoffmann is not in good health . |
| 6 | He gave out that he would hold a great meeting and that at that meeting he would give a present to every animal and bird , to make each one different from the rest And all the creatures set out to go to the meeting-place . |
| 7 | Indeed , as members shuffle in to vote on this issue vital to Mr Major 's survival , the suspense will be as killing as in any Indiana Jones movie . |
| 8 | ‘ She even took this awful villa , it was offered , it was available ; and when I saw that she was firm about not letting any of her friends come out to stay with her , I decided to stay myself . |
| 9 | This means that not only can aspiring professionals come back to play in the Home Internationals afterwards , even if they have been successful , but also that they are in a position to change their minds if successful . |
| 10 | Occasionally the police drop by to complain about the noise , but they do so only after midnight , and they fail to notice the incessant smell of dope , sharp as burning leaves . |
| 11 | But in fact the experimental results turn out to allow of more ambiguity than has commonly been supposed . |
| 12 | I drank to the Conon Corbetts , glad , as st Augustine wrote , that ‘ men go out to wonder at the Mountain Heights . ’ |
| 13 | WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER AS THE PRETENDERS LINE UP TO FIGHT FOR IBM 's CROWN |
| 14 | The women go out to work in the same way as other women , but know that their main priority in life is to care for their families . |
| 15 | A higher proportion of women go out to work in Britain than in any other EC country except Denmark . |
| 16 | After a time the others go off to search for ‘ Smee ’ — but of course they do n't know who they are looking for . |
| 17 | Yet , Nakane adds , actors queue up to work with him and audiences flood to his shows . |