Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Now Wilkinson admits he is tempted to call up Rocky to hit the German champions Stuttgart with a surprise selection .
2 Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque .
3 They used to walk the twelve miles Stowmarket to Ipswich , they used to go to the police station after five o'clock , and they used to get a ticket , which they used to take up to the casual ward .
4 This is the most senior grade of corporate membership and members are entitled to use the designatory letters FHCIMA .
5 Members are entitled to use the designatory letters MHCIMA and form the main corporate membership of the Association .
6 If , at any point , I thought that his solicitude was the sort of tender kindness you might show to someone utterly dependent and helpless — a prisoner or a caged bird — I was ashamed at once and re-doubled my efforts to be a good wife , asking Nonni to teach me how to cook the elaborate dishes Richard liked , and taking care to change my dress before he came home in the evening .
7 That 's where Charley 's Aunt was supposed to come in , to chaperon the swooning sweeties Kitty and Amy , but a last moment delay left Jack and Charles desperate .
8 Kim probably then fought with the Soviet forces but there is no evidence to substantiate the grandiose claims Kim was later to make concerning his contributions to the Second World War .
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