Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cassock and surplice , a black cassock and white surplice once I told you that my grandmother was once living with us , she used to delight in washing my surplice and ironing it up except me when I was singing in the choir , I did n't take a , the treble solos , that was after the choir used to sister of ours at least oh twenty men , and as many lads and youths the as I say Johnny was in the choir there was er the two brothers and there was Dick was a incense boy and his father was a manager to go in the , he used to have a red cassock and surplice , but he used to Dick 's dad was the incense swinger and they used to go about swinging incense and that , I do n't suppose they do that at all now , but er your first job as a choirboy was to pump the organ it , have you ever been in the church ? |
| 2 | They have been established in recognition of the fact that it is pointless to wait for public sympathy and a change of political will to improve the level of basic old age pensions , and the quality of life for older people generally . |
| 3 | With the recession the local labour council has refused to go for new jobs and at the height of this , they sacked the man whose job it was to bring jobs to Swindon . |
| 4 | Did they try to go for passing shots as they stood two feet behind the baseline ? |
| 5 | It had been anticipated they would be operating mainly among the trees surrounding the estate , so the object was to go for maximum noise and shock effect while inflicting the least injuries possible . |
| 6 | ‘ I told him how I had to go for special lessons and how other kids would sometimes laugh or pick on me . |
| 7 | In fact , practically all I did was to go for solitary walks or pretend to read Virgil or Sophocles , whose two dead languages were now as meaningless to me as mental arithmetic , and as incapable of claiming my concentration . |
| 8 | Despite his resignation Mamaloni stated his intention to remain as Prime Minister and to form a government of " national unity , based on proportionate representation of the nation 's scattered provinces — including the capital , Honiara — in terms of population and resources " , and " guided by the principles of political reconciliation , national reconstruction and policy redirection " . |
| 9 | MacDonald 's reply , that he did not share that belief , is , again , an indication that he did not wish to remain as Prime Minister if his government collapsed . |
| 10 | The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock and the level had a hydraulic engine , worked by water from the dam at Sun Hush , which had such a head of water that it developed up to fifty horsepower and worked both the water pumps to drain the deep levels and the winding gear . |
| 11 | At Level Three students will identify personal development goals they wish to acquire through residential experience and will take responsibility , along with other group members for the planning , organising and implementation of a residential experience . |
| 12 | DAVE SEXTON , the England Under-21 manager , is prepared to search for friendly fixtures if his side fall out of the European Championships at the qualifying stage for the first time in 12 years . |
| 13 | Perhaps , like the lungfish of today , they lived in pools that were seasonal and used lungs and legs to search for other water when their homes went dry . |
| 14 | The auditing profession er argues , and I must say the audit practice board 's er er proposals are very , for very passive auditing , the audit profession argues that it 's difficult to detect fraud but on the other hand er the local government er act er local government finance act of nineteen eighty two requires local authority auditors to have er er er a duty to search for unlawful acts and report on them . |
| 15 | The police began to search for various people but our security system was very good and we had been warned about what was happening . |
| 16 | In 1985 , however , the Government specifically rejected calls for another inquiry like Lord Scarman 's , arguing that since the riots were a ‘ criminal enterprise ’ it was useless to search for social explanations or to have yet another report advising it about what to do . |
| 17 | The boom saw the generalization and expansion of state welfare provisions , unprecedented attempts by governments to plan for economic growth and shape industrial structures , and some experiments in worker involvement in the direction of enterprises . |
| 18 | Above and inset : Before winter arrives it 's important to plan for extra colour and warmth in the garden |
| 19 | Do they want to plan for organic change or reap the fruit of a retail giant that might , no matter what the quality of the architecture , be redundant in another 25 years ? |
| 20 | It is never a good idea to sit for long periods but , if this is essential , get up from time to time in order to move the body . |
| 21 | They may have different areas of expertise and will be able to concentrate on these without having to sit through lengthy periods when colleagues are asking questions about their own area of interest . |
| 22 | Although there is an inevitable summer climax , a hot , dry border is much easier to plant for year-round interest than most other parts of the garden . |
| 23 | The , the minute , the note last time said a pool of cand , they , they will be told that a pool of possible candidat candidates will be contacted to attend for final interview once it 's decided to go ahead with the new appointment , so you could the thr the the three , or whatever it is that you are not putting forward , that their , that our interest in them has ceased |
| 24 | It 's at a very early stage at the moment , there , there is a code being drafted ; it 's got to go through various processes and probably wo n't be in general circulation till December/January . |
| 25 | This is understandable as , given the choice , no one wants to go through great suffering or pain . |
| 26 | There are many clinical features in common among these treponematoses and some of them appear to go through similar stages and periods of latency . |
| 27 | The more experienced teacher who has used the program several times , on the other hand , will not want to go through lengthy explanations and interrogations by the program amid the pressures of the classroom . |
| 28 | He was so small that Sir Dermot 's old suits had to go through considerable abbreviations and pinchings-in before they fitted him . |
| 29 | Most conductors of my generation have to go through different experiences before we understand that it 's not the main thing in the world to conduct all American orchestras . |
| 30 | Where to shop for Scottish Goods and Souvenirs |