Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The troubles of the nuclear industry in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 are well known : a slowdown or halt to construction of new plants , plus the closedown earlier this year of the nuclear power station near Erevan in Armenia because of safety worries after last December 's earthquake . |
| 2 | Some measures used [ were ] ambiguous , misleading or open to manipulation by managers ’ . |
| 3 | Perhaps Mr Paxman would at last achieve what we have always been waiting for him to do in one of his interviews : either fall fast asleep or choke to death on one of his own jokes . |
| 4 | If doctors fail to do something the Bill lays down , the could be fined or go to prison for six months . |
| 5 | Judge Lawrence Rubin warned : ‘ Sort yourself out — or go to prison for three years . ’ |
| 6 | Since they have been disturbed and more than a little frightened in the process they will vacate the burrow , will very likely feed and then either lie rough on the surface somewhere or go to ground in a completely fresh burrow system . |
| 7 | The European Commission must now decide whether to give broadcasters a harder push towards D2 MAC or bow to lack of interest . |
| 8 | For the above leaflets telephone 01-691 9000 or write to Department of Energy , Energy Efficiency Office , Blackhorse Road , London SE99 6TU . |
| 9 | In H. gallinarum all three parasitic moults appear to occur in the caecal lumen , but in H. isolonche infection the hatched larvae enter the caecal mucosa , and develop to maturity in nodules . |
| 10 | The bends lie at the centres of the met boxes , and correspond to compression of the major groove to a width of 9.4 around the bound repressor β -ribbons , and opening of the opposite minor groove to 8.3 . |
| 11 | The point is that sometimes it ca n't be avoided — there are some issues which are so important that you have to take a stand and say to hell with how people react . |
| 12 | Both parties marked their letters with a variety of combinations of expressions like " without prejudice " , 'subject to contract " , and 'subject to approval by … |
| 13 | God who 's idea was it come and freeze to death in Aldeburgh ? |
| 14 | They let them slide around on the polished floor and listen to music on the ward radio . |
| 15 | Once the sun goes down you can enjoy dinner in Maravilla 's own restaurant , then sip cocktails and listen to music in the Honolulu Bar . |
| 16 | This is because speakers of these German dialects look to German as their standard language , read and write in German and listen to German on radio and television . |
| 17 | Congratulations to all graduates and welcome to membership of a special group of people of a wide variety of ages and careers , in all parts of the world who share with you the experience of studying at this University . |
| 18 | The form of slave production and exploitation and subsequent colonial development of the West Indies has also ensured for most of the islands a fate similar to that of many modern African states : a form of ‘ peripheral ’ development in which individual economies are dominated by a very small number of cash crops , often the same as those cultivated under the original system of slavery , the income from which is dependent on world commodity prices subject to considerable fluctuation and open to manipulation by metropolitan powers ( Beckford , 1972 ) . |
| 19 | Is what is small scale and open to observation by only one teacher capable of demonstrating a broader relevance ? |
| 20 | If he lay there until the morning , assuming he did not pass out , or drown , or spew up and choke to death in the meantime , he would be found when the boys came in to wash ; the humiliation would be unbearable and the whole story would be all over the school by breakfast . |
| 21 | ‘ If you want to run that video and get to bed before daybreak we 'd better go down now . ’ |
| 22 | Steven dreams of driving his car swiftly and effortlessly over thrilling lanes and highways … not realizing how Saturday will come , no present bought for Pervert and Queen , will have to leap into car , 11.08 Saturday morning , claw through Saturday traffic to near place of work , double-park car , run into weathered antique shop , snatch slightly unsuitable rococo frame from shelf , pay with desperate ACCESS he was trying to cut down on , emerge , tear ticket from windscreen , drive recklessly home , fling frame at Claire , discover best shirt in fact dirty and get to wedding with three minutes to spare … |
| 23 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 24 | I took my make-up out of my bag , leaned close to the mirror and set to work on my face . |
| 25 | Our first winner was Debbie Moseley and when Debbie told the guys at Feature You she would like to do modelling but thought she was n't good enough , they decided to prove her wrong and set to work on a dramatic transformation . |
| 26 | He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock . |
| 27 | When they had done her back , they turned her over and set to work on her front . |
| 28 | He became quite carried away as with dexterous strokes he carved a particularly exquisite right breast and set to work on the delicate fluting of the ribs . |
| 29 | As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass . |
| 30 | Minton took him upstairs to his studio , where his portrait of Nevile Wallis was in progress , and set to work on a small canvas . |