Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After many trials with cross-spars and bridles , the Geisha flew well enough to win Joel a trip to Japan ! |
| 2 | Only as the men left did he relax sufficiently to give Constance a glance of bitter complicity and move his lips soundlessly . |
| 3 | The score was 288 when Smith departed for 57 , and if the last wickets did not pile on the pressure they did enough to give England a lead of exactly 200 . |
| 4 | The films were thus split into sections of five seconds each , this interval appeared to be long enough to give subjects a feeling for what was going on while still allowing them to give fairly comprehensive descriptions of the objects and events contained within each film section . |
| 5 | Nastasya the maid has only to hand Raskolnikov a bowl of soup for his mental structures to be set trembling in their unrealism . |
| 6 | But just to make life a lot easier — and that helps when you only have a 30 second commercial in which to get your philosophy and bargain offer across — advertising agencies have edited out death . |
| 7 | The RICS acted early to make CPD a requirement for new members elected after 1981 . |
| 8 | Jo began frantically to try frame a lie in her mind but she could not think clearly . |
| 9 | Simply to pass risks a sense of purposelessness ; but the purposefulness of approach requires delicacy and tact . |
| 10 | The speed judgment task was included simply to give subjects a task comparable to that used in Study 2 . |
| 11 | But Roy explained : ‘ This was simply to give Hunter a chance to get match fit . |
| 12 | ‘ The Parliamentary system is n't there to give people a say in how the country is run but to delude them into thinking they have some power . |