Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You keep the paper , I 'll haud on to the cigars . ’ |
| 2 | The citizens charter sets out a comprehensive programme to improve the quality of public services and make them answer better to the wishes of their users , where that can be done , by providing choice for the citizen . |
| 3 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 4 | The idea of such a crude and offensive parody of the stiff , powerful heavy cavalry of the late Roman Army would appeal immensely to the peasants who could vent their feelings of resentment in bawdy mockery on those monuments of authority . |
| 5 | All of the songs in Get Ready ! area specially written for the course , and will appeal directly to the interests of children of this age . |
| 6 | His ‘ we ’ sometimes hinted at the nationalist ‘ we ’ of Britain , in a way which would appeal directly to the sentiments of the audience . |
| 7 | Lovebite would surrender joyously to the buckles of delight , and Little Liz would wake south London with her cries of consent , but where is the fun in that ? |
| 8 | The sidh , the strange , cold , faery race , who would steal up to the gates of Tara and sing the Wolfline into the world … |
| 9 | Once inside a gallery , Gina would sidle up to the bowls and shovel large handfuls of nuts or crisps into the pockets of the loose Chinese quilted jacket that she usually wore . |
| 10 | One of the main gains from the GIST project has been the clarification of what is meant by a ‘ girl friendly ’ , science , that is a science which will appeal equally to the interests and concerns of girls as well as boys . [ … ] |
| 11 | Coun Arthur Taylor said there was no planning opposition so they should not give in to the vandals by refusing the application . |
| 12 | We can whip down to the Bricklayers for a pint . ’ |
| 13 | We believe that social anthropologists can contribute more to the debates , in both empirical and theoretical terms . |
| 14 | Rich should give more to the arts , Palumbo says |
| 15 | I did n't feel up to the snubs your radical feminist friends would have handed out . ’ |
| 16 | And as he had n't at first referred to the wedding-dress , last night or until they 'd reached the spinney that morning , so he did n't refer now to the fantasies of Timothy Gedge that were turning out not to be fantasies at all . |
| 17 | Since May was seventy-two when his book was published , it is clear that many of his recipes must date back to the days of Queen Elizabeth 1st . |
| 18 | It did not refer specifically to the grounds upon which the nullity of a public limited company might be ordered . |
| 19 | It must relate directly to the facts in issue in a case or be relevant to those facts in that it tends to prove or disprove them in some way . |
| 20 | There are many types of reading test currently used in primary schools ; most of them , however , are norm-referenced rather than criterion-referenced , and so do not relate directly to the levels of attainment described above . |
| 21 | Did n't you admit to me that you 'd run away to the hills ? ’ |
| 22 | Across the Bristol Channel we could see over to the cliffs of North Devon , while off to the west Carmarthen Bay and the Pembrokeshire coast stretched out into the distance . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , well ; you can see over to the sports field . ’ |
| 24 | We must look outward to the concerns of wider sections of our community . |
| 25 | In the story , those invited to attend made excuses ; a response which so infuriated the host that he ordered his servant to ‘ Hurry out to the streets and alleys of the town , and bring back the poor , the crippled , the blind , and the lame . … ’ |
| 26 | Most of them were noticeably short even on usual offices , and it did not occur even to the agents to describe them as imposing or delightful . |
| 27 | The worst thing an interviewer can do is stick rigidly to the questions , without really listening to the answers . |
| 28 | Then in the third section , I will look forward to the activities which are likely to continue in the future . |
| 29 | So when did you actually move on to the flats ? |
| 30 | Well okay this morning what I 'd like to do in the half hour or so that we 've got before lunch is to talk about the skills we need when we actually come up here to deliver then this afternoon we 'll look at that feedback from the video and what you did and then we 'll move on to the skills of design , the preparation skills . |