Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may also be that whereas the British kings intended to replace Oswiu with a more acceptable candidate , Penda sought only to reduce Oswiu to the status of a dependant and at the same time effectively to establish territories such as Lindsey as falling within a southumbrian Mercian orbit . |
| 2 | The first stage , of direct military rule , sought merely to suppress opposition to Japanese control — a short-lived republic was declared in 1895 — and wipe out the widespread banditry and disturbances which had long plagued the island under Chinese rule . |
| 3 | Instead of banning corporal punishment outright , however , it sought merely to give effect to the Court 's ruling . |
| 4 | On the way out the head knelt down to say goodbye to Balbinder , who was still looking rather mystified but was much less clinging and was smiling more . |
| 5 | The last two used together allow tests to be performed without affecting the operands . |
| 6 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 7 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
| 8 | That helped nearly halve losses to £79 million in the last six months |
| 9 | That these may be continuing problems is evident by a study by Bauman ( 1964 ) who found partially sighted pupils to be particularly insecure and with a greater sense of loneliness when they were integrated into open education systems . |
| 10 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 11 | ‘ The way I behaved certainly gave rise to a bit of drama , from time to time . |
| 12 | We 'd better say goodbye to Shrub . |
| 13 | Last night television 's aristocracy came together to pay homage to his service … still unfinished by the way , attempts to retire have failed and he 's still running the Sunday evening programme Highway with Harry Secombe . |
| 14 | as if they 'd just discovered immortality to be |
| 15 | So I did n't do any appropriate sociability there but I think what threw me off is cos I 'd already said Helen to Stephen , I know you and everything and it was as if it was part of the same thing |
| 16 | Her nails had been manicured and lightly touched with colour , and her cheeks , slightly flushed , seemed somehow to add emphasis to the startling green of her eyes . |
| 17 | He lowered the horse 's left foreleg and came back to lift Isabel to the ground . |
| 18 | She 'd never imagined Steve to be the marrying sort but … |
| 19 | That was proved today by the number of people who turned up to pay tribute to Lord Ridley of Liddesdale . |
| 20 | The stars turned out to pay tribute to Fred Scuttle — better known to us as … ? |
| 21 | Members of both Houses of Parliament turned out to pay tribute to the controversial MP who died in March . |
| 22 | As well as defects apparent at birth being recorded , developmental screening of children by a health visitor on three occasions before their 4th birthday allowed newly detected abnormalities to be recorded . |
| 23 | STAN FLASHMAN last night vowed never to sell Barnet to any consortium involving Barry Fry . |
| 24 | ‘ The letter I got back brought tears to my eyes , ’ he says . |
| 25 | The English courts had to consider the meaning of the phrase ‘ civil or commercial matter ’ as used in section 9(1) of the Evidence ( Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions ) Act 1975 , passed mainly to give effect to the Convention ; the precise question was whether the evidence sought was ‘ for the purposes of civil proceedings … before the requesting court ’ within section 1 of the Act , the italicised phrase being interpreted in section 9 to mean proceedings in any civil or commercial matter . |
| 26 | Chrzanowski ruled out inviting Jaruzelski to a Sejm meeting , but told the press that he might be summoned by a special committee , set up as a result of the resolution , to investigate ways of compensating people for wrongs inflicted for political reasons under martial law . |
| 27 | The total energy consumed overnight is 70 megawatts , the amount needed daily to supply electricity to a town of around 70,000 like Basingstoke , St Albans or Methyr Tydfil , according to research published yesterday by Friends of the Earth . |
| 28 | Beware the unrealistic high offer submitted just to ensure passage to phase II . |
| 29 | The form of personal rule which Maclean established inevitably gave rise to claims that he was , if not actually involved in slave-trading and slave-holding , insufficiently energetic in combating them . |
| 30 | The exceptions were Michael Crawford as Nuri , the Prime Minister 's son , who , from his first entrance , worked hard to give pace to this ponderous piece ; Barbara Atkinson also amused as Millie the coffee-bar manageress , at times giving quite a credible imitation of Hylda Baker . ’ |