Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To treat them simply as statements of objective fact , to be proved or disproved by appeal to observation of the world around us , to the speculations and arguments of metaphysical philosophy , or even to the authority of the Bible understood as a collection of ‘ divine truths ’ , is to misconceive their nature and function . |
| 2 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 3 | She took them off again when she remembered that it would be she who would have to Ronuk it again if Matey saw its shine marred . |
| 4 | ‘ I know that does n't and ca n't excuse the way I came here and attempted to pass myself off as Cara , but I 've otherwise tried to keep to the truth , as far as possible . ’ |
| 5 | In Sussex , bailiffs were alleged to have refused an offer by a couple with two children on family support to pay £5 per week , refusing to accept anything less than £20 per week . |
| 6 | West Indians began to troop off , only for Gower to wave them back since Terry , arm in sling beneath sweater , was returning . |
| 7 | Whenever kids are near he goes out of his way to pick them up and snuggle and kiss them , sometimes more tenderly than one could imagine their parents doing . |
| 8 | Whether we ought to set ourselves up as molders of it is another question . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd normally send young Henri to pick anybody up but Vice-Admiral Hawkins and the two no doubt equally distinguished civilians who are with him are not anybody . |
| 10 | And he asked Jane to go down to sort her out but Jane 's scared of a fight . |
| 11 | I always used to pick him up when daddy went out in the morning on his bike or on the bus , pick him up and wave bye-bye , see you soon . |
| 12 | Perhaps it just grew and matured until it took in all their emotions , but his hands began to smooth her back and shoulders , until in the end his fingers were threaded through her hair and his big , warm hands were holding her steady while he kissed her with mesmerising thoroughness . |
| 13 | I kept pretending to pick it up and others , getting further and further to the door picking them up . |
| 14 | Christians singer Henry Priestman , at No 33 with What 's In A Word says : ‘ We spent two years trying to sort it out and relationships in the band suffered . |
| 15 | Yes , it is too bad about the Kuwaitis ; but oil is a commodity and Iraq will have to sell it just as Kuwait did . |
| 16 | This is not to set themselves up as nutritionists or as medical experts — but to use the knowledge available to them from every quarter sensibly , and to ensure that others are using their knowledge and expertise in the best interests of the counsellee . |
| 17 | It is no surprise that Tanzania is the first country in Africa to introduce a less centralised and examination-oriented system of selection for secondary schools and that Zambia intends soon to follow suit , nor that Kenya and Ghana are much concerned with giving primary leavers the skill and the incentive to set themselves up as entrepreneurs when they leave school . |
| 18 | Mrs Tiggy-winkle came tripping out to wave us off and Buster 's chains began to rattle inside his kennel . |
| 19 | Given that you can draw all sorts of amazing objects you might not think that you need to edit them much but IntelliDraw has some powerful editing tools . |
| 20 | It may be that Archbishop Jaenberht refused to consecrate him so that Offa was driven to establishing a metropolitan see at Lichfield in order to procure an archbishop who would perform the ceremony . |
| 21 | Dean Martin , Sammy Cahn and Tony tried to calm her down while Sinatra reached for his car radio and called for the police and an ambulance . |
| 22 | ‘ In fact he was very put out because Martinez simply told him one day at the end of last year that the agency had a new client but he , Martinez , was going to handle him personally and Ed Grainger did n't need to bother about him . |
| 23 | Gemmell 's clearance Whitlow down to Ormanroyd , Collimore did well to win it back and Ormanroyd just got a foot in again . |
| 24 | used to have them in the pub and then to play it back and people did n't realise it was there voice you know . |
| 25 | I sat for an hour in my roomette looking out at the unvarying scenery and trying to imagine anything else that Filmer might have paid to have done . |
| 26 | He got very worried , had to calm us down before Cis came back . ’ |
| 27 | But , I understand , Cheltenham managing director Edward Gillespie decided to go one better after Christie won his 100 metres gold medal in Barcelona . |
| 28 | Inspector Blakelock gets here early those mornings to let them in and Scobie keeps an eye on them . |
| 29 | When the amendment is carried , it becomes the substantive motion and when it is put to the vote you vote against it since you would prefer to give nothing rather than £15 . |
| 30 | Trent considered showing one of them how to keep the bows of the Zodiac to the wind in case he had to cast them off but Louis was beside him . |