Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly evasion was rife in 1381 , as can be seen from the marked discrepancies between the numbers paying the tax in that year and the figures for 1377 [ A.4 ] , and there is no reason to believe that the payments in the earlier year , although more complete , provide anything close to a total record of the population . |
| 2 | Jeremy 's voice summons her uncomfortably to a mesh of past and present . |
| 3 | As he once put it wryly to a friend , ‘ the guys who have the brains ca n't get elected , and the guys who get elected do n't always have the brains ’ . |
| 4 | The beautifully rich tones of this picture lend themselves well to a ruby wedding anniversary . |
| 5 | If you ca n't lock ladders away inside , chain and padlock them horizontally to a fixed point . |
| 6 | When her shift is over , I propel us straight to a Vintage Horror All-Nighter in an old cinema near King 's Cross for some spiritual refreshment . |
| 7 | Refuse to be my wife and you limit yourself forever to a track of selfish ease and barren obscurity . |