Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting up a ‘ hearth ’ corresponds to setting up a home . |
| 2 | Except , more often than not , the Second Mrs Tanqueray reveals herself to be a carbon-copy of the first one in almost every way but one and that 's only until the new Tanqueray brood arrives , whereupon Lothario takes to ringing up the first Mrs T to say ‘ Where did we go wrong ? ’ |
| 3 | Comrade Springer tries to liven up the party |
| 4 | Enter the same bend with a trailing throttle , however , and the story is quite different — the syncro system reverts to supplying only the front wheels as in normal driving . |
| 5 | ‘ They 'll give us the extra numbers we 'll need , when it comes to roundin' up the rest of these Triad Jesus freaks . |
| 6 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 7 | But like her own mother and her grandmother before her , when it comes to stocking up the food cupboard for her baby Lisa relies on a name she can trust . |
| 8 | Love which makes the world go round is no substitute for gelatine when it comes to holding together a lasting peace , for love is the most abused four letter word in the language . |
| 9 | When it comes to cleaning up the environment , it is said that ‘ the polluter pays ’ … but who is the polluter ? |
| 10 | They explain that they have always fended for themselves because of being at work , but when it comes to going home the difficulties begin . |
| 11 | Those who sell dogs in the first place have a great deal to answer for when it comes to explaining why the human-dog relationship is so often a disastrous mismatch . |