Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's correct Chairman I think erm , we will be looking obviously to see what the prospects were within er the urban area and er sites do and surprisingly do continue to arrive and come up and we some other uses , erm they would make some contribution obviously erm , the other options would as you say be to look beyond beyond the greenbelt at the opportunities that are available there . |
| 2 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 3 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 4 | ‘ The client and I work together to see what the problem was in the past and how it affects the present . ’ |
| 5 | Living with the Keraing and his wife was a very public affair ; and , although they barked a good deal at the constant throng which invaded their household while we were there , they were traditionally in no position to deny them entrance , and each resident of Bira got his chance lengthily to observe our every blink and mannerism . |
| 6 | Accordingly , your title needs not only to indicate what the essay will be about , but also the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about . |
| 7 | Maybe he was still small enough to find it a novelty . |
| 8 | But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position . |
| 9 | ‘ Just enough to buy myself a wagon , lumpkin . |
| 10 | On one birthday her friends dubbed together to buy her a necklace decorated with a ‘ D ’ for Diana . |
| 11 | The bridge party duly clubbed together to buy him a dinner jacket . |
| 12 | When the householders learned that the completion of the contract marked the start of Ron 's retirement after 35 years , they clubbed together to buy him a carriage clock and bottle of whisky as a thank you gift to remember them by . |
| 13 | Aim for a list that give the widest possible choice and price range ; whilst there will be friends and colleagues who will club together to buy you a present , others will want to buy something on their own . |
| 14 | Briefly , then , for we shall be returning to this same point later in the book , it can be said that the performance mode itself can be protective , either because it is seen to be mainly a technical or intellectual task , or because the dramatic form is powerful enough to enhance whatever the participants ' contribution might be . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So to give you an idea of our size although we may be a little bit smaller than last year we turned over some eighteen million pounds and declared a profit before tax of just over three point one million pounds . |
| 17 | Grey eyes swept the outfit which had caused her some qualms , but it was modest compared to Nicky Kai 's , the oyster-coloured chiffon shirt collarless and slit to a point between her breasts , loose enough to leave them a mystery only occasionally glimpsed when she moved , dark nipples a shadowy suggestion . |
| 18 | The owner of one of the most spiritual voices in music , he 's seen success beckon before only to give him the finger once he started to trust . |
| 19 | She fell over herself in a spasm of new gratitude , only to give him an earful because he would n't bring his own tea in and talk to her . |
| 20 | A detailed planning budget for both capital and operating accounts must now be prepared not only to give you the information you require for your own plans , but also as the main evidence to persuade the Bank Manager to finance your endeavours . |
| 21 | Even if it 's only to give you the confidence you know |
| 22 | It would be far too glib to suggest that he consciously made the second change , to adopt Christianity , merely to give himself an excuse to abandon sexual relations with Mrs Moore , whatever the nature of those relations had been . |
| 23 | The look in his eyes told her quite clearly he did n't believe a word of it , and she struggled to maintain a bland , ingenuous expression on her own features , wondering if even he could be cruel enough to brand her a liar . |
| 24 | I 'll make a good job of it ; enough to put me a county or two away . ’ |
| 25 | 11 I lift it gently to give her a ride and a feeling the perch is part of me and not the cage . |
| 26 | It is not enough to give him the facts . |
| 27 | But enough to give them a week in Devon . ’ |
| 28 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 29 | Er , if anybody 's got any items that they have n't told me about tonight and they go before perhaps you 'd be kind enough to give me a phone call . |
| 30 | He was kind enough to give me a lift home . ’ |