Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I 've got to find my keys now to get in .
2 Even those of us who have had a sneaking sympathy for Marina 's parents find their inability to accept their grandchild hard to comprehend .
3 Mr Ubial Susey , whose Department of Communication is a member of WACC and who served on WACC 's Central Committee in the 1980s , is publicising the plight of Zaire in an effort both to gain international support for his country 's struggle for democracy , and to encourage its people not to give up .
4 For the most part they are confined there by the same spell which draws the magic to Ulthuan , but some things manage to find their way down to ravage the lands below .
5 It makes sense to train your children how to stay safe .
6 It was nicely presented , moreover , and since I had n't taken any eating irons with me I am pleased to report that nobody asked me to cup my hands together to take my Cottage Pie a la Toulon ?
7 The brewery employs people to visit its pubs anonymously to quantify the effects of these charters .
8 Here again Iran 's strategic aim had been to render its opponent harder to govern .
9 He had to hitch his chair forward to make room for a party who were moving in around the table behind him .
10 Mr Shamir refused to reverse his decision not to allow the United Nations to investigate the killing of at least nineteen Arabs by Israeli security forces .
11 Finally , the revenue has contended that the proper procedure was for Woolwich to seek to challenge its decision not to pay interest by way of judicial review , although it would of course contend that no order should be made on such a review in the present case .
12 You make a cup of tea for a friend who has called around to express their condolences only to find as you pour it out , that there is no tea in the pot .
13 Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done .
14 At the same time he said he had had to select his shots wisely to get the better of Chesnokov .
15 Although an order of substituted service may be made in committal proceedings , the judge may decide to exercise his discretion not to commit until personal service has been effected .
16 without asking , it comes up on the er have er , I 'll ask her first hello it 's the G P G engineer love , yeah , er my pager 's just gone off , is it okay to use my telephone just to answer it please ?
17 ‘ I have to use my pension just to pay for food but it 's not enough to cover the bills or if you need a new coat or linen .
18 Partly for Clare 's sake , but mostly for my own satisfaction , I decided to do my level best to break that man .
19 I have to bend my head forward to squeeze in .
20 From then on development staff appeared to leave their programmes simply to unfold .
21 And secondly a lot of er a number of consultants want to leave their bonuses in to accrue during the year .
22 CLYDE fishermen are preparing to use their boats today to prevent Renfrewshire Enterprise closing off the entrance to Greenock 's East India Dock .
23 Then she rang Mrs Chalk , who agreed to curtail her afternoon off to dash back to Armscott , ready to pass on the news if Charles called home first .
24 The Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie , appealed to parents of new Timex recruits to persuade their families not to cross picket lines with the warning that they would be sacked quickly when it suited the company .
25 Yeah I I what I 'm a bit worried about is whether it 's come to the stage where girls are now scared to put their name down to take home economics at school .
26 Six months later , in September , I followed this up with a circular to health authorities requiring them to put their services out to tender .
27 He told them to put their pushers out to undercut Huey 's prices .
28 This was the origin of the myth that workers had to put their hands up to go to the lavatory .
29 Nations such as Germany and japan , increasingly recognized as chronic surplus countries , were reluctant to revalue their currencies upwards to assist the overall process .
30 ‘ No more games , ’ he said roughly , as he finally had to draw his mouth away to drag in a quick snatch of breath .
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