Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it is useful to know what the conventional rules are , and also to bear in mind who you are writing for . |
| 32 | The manoeuvrability of the leopard stance : the student can , by use of deft footwork in which all the weight is centred on the back leg , spring forwards , backwards and sideways to defend against attack from any angle . |
| 33 | Because of a vague feeling of loyalty , a need to repay someone or something who had seemed to walk with me through the burning fiery furnace of my husband 's last illness , I had started now and then to go to church . |
| 34 | He had worked for the same firm for 16 years without working on a Sunday because of his objection to working on a Sunday and his wish to stay at home and then to go to church . |
| 35 | At the same time another craft was heard to approach shore and then to return to sea . |
| 36 | Typical of artists to read nothing except what they happen upon and then to pontificate about life and art and the way the world is going . |
| 37 | In theoretical work , the turbulence is supposed to be generated at an initial instant and then to decay as time proceeds . |
| 38 | He started to speak and then to recite in front of a mirror . |
| 39 | Couples of all ages strolled leisurely along , stopping now and then to look in shop windows . |
| 40 | Pretty certain this must be the man , Paige set off down the street , stopping every now and then to look in shop windows and cast surreptitious glances backwards . |
| 41 | They are generally operated on a fixed cycle , so that , when a known volume of water has passed through the plant , a valve is turned so as first to backwash the bed to cleanse the zeolite , and then to pass in brine for a fixed time to regenerate the material . |
| 42 | Remember that it is far better to get down and then to run into obstruction than to stall on to it at flying speed . |
| 43 | Then we talk about sexuality — what it means and how to deal with desire . |
| 44 | It gives tips on clothing , diet , warming-up and down and how to deal with injury . |
| 45 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 46 | These teams will be trained in direction and how to participate in problem solving . |
| 47 | We spent a lot of time outside on exercises , we had runs every morning in full combat kit which were longer and harder than the ones at Orange , we dug trenches , learnt how to camouflage ourselves and how to move across country at night . |
| 48 | They also act as mentors to the children , discussing the pressures of drugs and gangs , and how to cope with schoolwork . |
| 49 | It 's very important that when parents split up the child has the opportunity to know where both parents are living and how to keep in touch with both of them . |
| 50 | Information is available about members of National Associations , where they are , what they do and how to get in touch with them during the course of business travels . |
| 51 | Information is available about members of National Associations , where they are , what they do and how to get in touch with them during the course of business travels . |
| 52 | Government must decide at the same time how much to spend and how to pay for spending . |
| 53 | About 5 o'clock on the morning of 8th October , 1835 , he was one of a group of men working underground when the rock above them began to ‘ groan and grumble ’ , indicating to the experienced miners that it was settling and about to fall on top of them . |
| 54 | If you 've got a toddler with you , a two year old and this toddler is is sort of er y'know you 're looking in the shop window and this toddler 's sort of thirty yards away and about to walk in front of a bus okay ? |
| 55 | And Nan , the baby of the family , eighteen years old and about to start at university today , Nan had not been one for inviting friends home either . |
| 56 | However , it is possible to concede that defendants should be judged on the facts as they believe them to be , and yet to argue in favour of an exception in rape cases . |
| 57 | Dec. 31 , 1996 : Deadline for decision on whether and when to move to stage three of EMU , if a majority of countries had achieved sufficient convergence of their economies ; deadline for UK to notify the EC if it intends moving to stage three of EMU . |
| 58 | Whether to marry or pursue a career ; when to have children — or , indeed , whether to have them at all ; whether and when to return to work after the children are born ; whether to continue working or stay at home and look after an aged relative — the problems for today 's woman are endless . |
| 59 | All patients with diabetes and their relatives or carers should understand the range of hypoglycaemic symptoms , appropriate self treatment , and when to call for help . |
| 60 | Human affairs , and especially matters involving learning , are on the whole a lot neater and easier to understand on paper than they are in reality . |