Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I think the thing is if , if you 'd 've demonstrated that or , or got to the stage of saying well alright , you know , if you 're retiring tomorrow how much money do you need to , to live on |
| 2 | Many of the canvases produced in the later part of 1906 constitute what might be called a ‘ crisis ’ point in Picasso 's art in that he was becoming increasingly obsessed with creating figures which were heavily volumetric , indeed often almost grotesquely bulky , but which simultaneously adhered or clung to the picture plane : the effect they produce could best be described by imagining a series of pneumatic models pushed up against heavy panes of glass and pumped up with air , so that they get larger and larger whilst simultaneously flattening up against the surface in front of them . |
| 3 | The mandible should not be glued or plastered to the vault . |
| 4 | One working day 's notice will normally be required before any request is serviced or added to the Computer Group task list . |
| 5 | For example in Estate Agents documents the phrases ‘ within easy walking distance ’ and ‘ sought after ’ are very common , and for use in such a context , these would be included in or added to the compound lexicon . |
| 6 | On the other hand , a holiday video which is basically a travelogue will probably need the help of sub-titles , or a commentary which can either be ad-libbed at each showing or added to the sound track later . |
| 7 | Proprietary ( and some home-based ) remedies can be used in two ways — in a short-term bath , or added to the pond . |
| 8 | Women were referred to the clinic by a gynaecologist or other specialist ( 302 , 61% ) or by a general practitioner ( 101 , 20% ) or came to the clinic on their own initiative ( 85 , 17% ) . |
| 9 | He could tell she was upset by the words she used : bad words he had often heard from the men who worked with the pigs or came to the house to drink with Buddie in the music-room . |
| 10 | Its purpose is chiefly to add entries for new words and new meanings of words : ‘ new ’ implying that they came into existence , or came to the attention of scholars , after the relevant part of OED was published , and therefore could not be inserted in the main work . |
| 11 | It 's in these areas that the ocean heat is lost or vented to the atmosphere as this heat vent was carried into the ocean in the lower latitudes . |
| 12 | ‘ For more than four hours Tally and I lounged around in the carry-out , talking , drinking coffee , watching people come and go , watching other hangers-on as they bantered with the waitresses , horsed around among themselves , or danced to the juke-box . |
| 13 | Often on a business transfer , parties to contracts with the vendor will need to consent to or agree to the contract being assigned or novated to the purchaser . |
| 14 | The line itself must be securely tied or spliced to the swivel . |
| 15 | Gunfire was directed even at them and they fled or fell to the ground . |
| 16 | You could have got a T V or listened to the radio . |
| 17 | I never read the papers very much , or listened to the news . |
| 18 | Members based outside of London used the telephone service or wrote to the library for answers to 1,465 queries about banking practice . |
| 19 | With no choice , he told her and while he never discovered what she did or said to the girl or her parents , the girl never spoke to him again , indeed , never even looked in his direction . |
| 20 | Even when the inaccuracy was exposed by the Fund 's own statisticians , the IMF neither owned up , nor apologized to the government , nor publicly corrected its misinformation despite the implications of its judgement for foreign investment . |
| 21 | ‘ Nor travelled to the city for the purposes of your work ? ’ he thought to enquire , a reasonable enough question in the circumstance of his thinking her a journalist , she realised . |
| 22 | He stepped back from the console and whispered to the Cell . |
| 23 | She curled up in the darkest corner , pillowing her head on her arm , and clung to the memory of four hours before , when the time had stilled and she had been not , sweet tearing bliss … . |
| 24 | He crouched down and clung to the rail with his right hand and reached out with his left as if to punch a hole through the wall . |
| 25 | We watched the emergence of one moth ; it crept out from its pale yellow papery cocoon , and clung to the stem of grass to which the cocoon had been fixed with silken threads . |
| 26 | And yet the various integrationist movements , brash or hesitant , in the 1940s looked to Britain for leadership , and clung to the hope that Britain would be absorbed , not least because of concerns over security . |
| 27 | There was the taste of death in the kiss , but she accepted the price with the prize , and clung to the bitterness and the bliss alike , knowing them for ever inseparable now . |
| 28 | A cold damp hung about the beechwood furniture and clung to the velour drapes . |
| 29 | A string of mucus hung from her left nostril and clung to the curve of her lipsticked mouth ; the waitresses kept looking across at the table . |
| 30 | Madge had offered to carry her bag but she drew away and clung to the bannister rail . |