Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text goes on to refer to a general trust clause providing that the heir should pay the legacies and carry out the instructions in the will . |
| 2 | The former Middlesbrough reserve bounced back to form after a spell on the sidelines by hammering a hat-trick in the 6–1 win over Harrogate Town on Tuesday . |
| 3 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
| 4 | In the corner there was a discreet datalink terminal got up to look like a '30s radiogram . |
| 5 | On the fourth floor is Mozart House , a room which features 3,000–4,000 Mozart CDs , portraits of the maestro on the wall , and an Empire couch to sit on to listen to his music being played continually . |
| 6 | Charlton 's players will be back at The Valley today — seven years after the club moved out to share with Crystal Palace . |
| 7 | Th there is erm a study going on to do with something called the British National Corpus which I do n't quite know what that 's about but they they want er samples of the sort of things that lecturers do in lecture theatres . |
| 8 | Despite a boycott in parts of Abkhazia , over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in the elections , in which Shevardnadze stood as the only candidate . |
| 9 | Yes , the first goal in the fourth round of the F A Cup was scored at Millwall when Stevenson put the home side in front after just one minute of their tie with Sheffield Wednesday ; Ron Atkinson 's side hit back to equalise after twelve minutes . |
| 10 | Although these depended for their success on voluntary support , the Association went on to lobby for new towns sponsored by the State . |
| 11 | The convener went on to warn against funding schools on the basis of their pupil numbers . |
| 12 | There was much swearing , but the big man finally had a leaf of flame springing up to lick around the dried heather curls from the tinder sack . |
| 13 | The study set out to look at responses of Primary 7 pupils to simple addition problems . |
| 14 | They work out how much money to feed back to pay for the inputs for the next year , and the remainder is profit . |
| 15 | Bagehot goes on to say of Peel : ‘ From a certain peculiarity of intellect and fortune , he was never in advance of his time . |
| 16 | There is nothing in the Act to confer immunity on a conveyance or transfer carried out to comply with a court order , but the existence of the wife 's right to financial relief against her husband may provide sufficient value to prevent the transaction being at an undervalue within the context of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( see Berry and Bailey , Bankruptcy Law and Practice Butterworths 1987 , p294 ) . |
| 17 | But it paid off in the end ; here was the pretty little Girl-Human walking over to talk to them , smiling up at them — Inchbad always noticed the fair , smooth skins of humans , whereas giantesses were apt to be a bit coarse and occasionally had incipient beards . |
| 18 | His gaze came up to lock with hers , and she could n't move . |
| 19 | But one kind of suffering seemed about to end for him . |
| 20 | It was such an important discovery that the Mayor and Corporation were persuaded to inspect it the following afternoon and the whole village turned out to wait for them . |
| 21 | ‘ The lap-top turned out to belong to the Admiral , so it 's been taken off to Scotland Yard for fingerprinting and all that while they analyse the contents of the disk . |
| 22 | High on Victoria Peak , it overlooked the city through a faint mist , the sun breaking through to gleam on the skyscrapers and the bay below . |
| 23 | The cutting went on to quote from the review , which had certainly been unusually savage : ‘ puerile nonsense ’ and ‘ unmitigated twaddle ’ were two of the phrases Sykes had used . |
| 24 | Des Koogan would have his work cut out to keep at bay all the reporters and photographers heading for the college , Loretta thought with the ghost of a smile . |
| 25 | Mounting economic problems in Japan and Germany , and the London property crisis , could mean that economic revival will be long deferred ; a party whose record made the Financial Times refuse to back it is going to have its work cut out to keep in control . |
| 26 | The little boy went back to sit on the stairs with his seven brothers . |
| 27 | Instead the rep went off to arrange for his boss to telephone Mr Humble later with a special offer , which turned out to be a costly special offer . |
| 28 | Colourful adverts for the Farley 's drink in magazines show a child snuggling down to sleep with a cup slipping from his hand , and the slogan : ‘ Five minutes ago he was demolishing the house . ’ |
| 29 | Colourful magazine adverts for the Farley 's drink show a child snuggling down to sleep with a cup slipping from his hand , and the slogan : ‘ Five minutes ago he was demolishing the house . ’ |
| 30 | NORTHERN Ireland will be represented on a committee set up to look at the handling of complaints from National Health Service patients and their families . |