Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Xtradrive requires a device driver , which means that it is a system level device , bypassing DOS and the BIOS to go straight to the hard disk would result in the swap file not benefiting from compression . |
| 2 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
| 3 | This in turn encouraged Samsonov to drive farther to the west than originally intended , before turning northward , in the hope of encircling even greater numbers of Germans . |
| 4 | She also asked Pamela to try again during the next week to draw up a list of ways she would like her parents to change . |
| 5 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 6 | They sat in the parlour , on the evening of Saturday , September 2nd , waiting for Menzies ' man Allan Stewart to come back with the news from Blair Atoll . |
| 7 | I do n't want Matt to struggle alone with the barbecue — and that 's precisely what he 'll do if I 'm not there . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Get Hawkins to go down in the cellar and help thee , and mind th'do n't get up to any pranks . ’ |
| 9 | Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception . |
| 10 | The fire finally doused with water , a young doctor across the hall was called and he advised Dustin to go immediately to the hospital . |
| 11 | After dinner that evening , Cocello instructed Randy Mueller to set up a task force team from Detroit to come up with a phase-out plan for vehicle manufacture , and a phase-in plan for supplying the UK market from imports , |
| 12 | we have persuaded the international paper-making giant Scott to pull out of a forest-destroying project in Indonesia ; |
| 13 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 14 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |
| 15 | It will be up to the SMMB to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to them . ’ |
| 16 | A group of four parties — the People 's Party , the Socialist Party , Social Democracy and the Democratic Party of Slovakia — issued a statement on May 18 calling on the CPCz to withdraw voluntarily from the general election in June as an admission of the party 's responsibility for the country 's condition after 41 years of communist rule and of the party 's continued totalitarian tendencies . |
| 17 | Mr Lu warned the United States to stay out of the row . |
| 18 | MP and JF to get together in the meantime , to see if any short-term improvements are possible . |
| 19 | I am well aware of the anxiety of people in Plymouth to get on with the whole business of the release and development of Ministry of Defence land . |
| 20 | ‘ A call I should like , ’ said Dorothy , with some emphasis , ‘ but Ray seems to be inviting himself and Kathleen to stay here for a night or two . ’ |
| 21 | An unpredictable , nuclear-armed North Korea would be a threat to the whole region , including China , since it could provoke South Korea , Japan and Taiwan to go nuclear — and prod India and Pakistan to step publicly across the nuclear threshold . |
| 22 | Sarah Bamfield seized on a loose ball and swung the ball across the D for Lucy Youngs to poke home at the far post . |
| 23 | Whatever the reason , for Scotland to swing even in a small way from Labour to Conservative is remarkable ; and there can be no doubt that the brave decision to put the Unionist case at the centre of the argument has been justified . |
| 24 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 25 | Sir George drew the curtains , and motioned Roland and Maud to sit down by the fire , in the velvet chairs . |
| 26 | All of us should know by now of the decision taken at the special church meeting on 13th May to go ahead with the purchase of the Camphill building . |
| 27 | Opposition to the ban has forced Governor Wiyogo to apologize publicly for the heavy-handed tactics of the authorities . |
| 28 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 29 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 30 | Ed Morrison allowed John Jeffrey to come in from an offside position and ‘ collect ’ a passing movement between two Japanese players while Hayashi was tackled without the ball when a try seemed certain for Japan . |