Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As well as lines , Sumitomo had to install filters at each end of the lines to check that traffic that ought to be kept on the LAN does not disappear on to the WAN .
2 He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 .
3 Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training .
4 Sheena Falconer , senior lecturer in textiles , has been told by the principal , Dr David Kennedy , that there is room for only one textile lecturer , but that she could stay on as an ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Barbara Diack .
5 A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise .
6 There is a fire-tinge of violence to it here in New York , as there is to everything in this city , which just wo n't slow down like the other city did and get more innocent and less crazy and less dirty-colourful .
7 But he could cash in with a lucrative return against the 24-year-old German early next year .
8 If the small company audit is abolished , the reason for being authorised will disappear along with a substantial part of their earning capacity which they do not believe they can recoup through selling other services .
9 You want to be very careful er , Mr Chairman , how we put out erm , information , I mean , let's face it , you know , you start sort of raising a lot of hairs if you 're not careful and if , if , even if it 's totally irrelevant people will latch on to a particular com comment and make it their own .
10 If she went out into the rue du Bateau her suspicions might latch on to an innocent person coming from one of the other flats .
11 If they think peace is impossible , they will hang on to the extra layer of defence these territories provide .
12 While I agree that worm watching will probably never catch on as a mass pursuit , something well known here in Cornwall is to observe seagulls tap dancing on the lawn after rain .
13 Back then , they did n't catch on in a big way . ’
14 We will opt in to the Social Chapter of the new European Treaty and introduce employment standards common in successful economies , including the best health and safety legislation .
15 From the third floor offices of the NME you could gaze down on the clueless hordes below .
16 Let's jump in at the deep end — literally .
17 Russell sees good opportunities in synthetic leather clothing , particularly if Morton can tie in with a European designer .
18 Just For the Record will tie in with a nationwide tour of the same name , and will be promoted ( including signing sessions ) by band members Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt .
19 In their small hamlets drink was associated with Cossack brutality , when horsemen would swoop down into the Jewish shtetels after Easter and terrorize the people .
20 Comment : Indirect questions are used all the time by people who need their status boosting through being given buckets of approval , or who are looking for a reason for punishing other people should they not fall in with the anticipated scenario .
21 Everyday atoms would fall in towards the dark matter , and eventually form stars and galaxies , highlighting the peaks in the distribution of dark matter .
22 But then the feet began to stretch wider and wider apart , and I knew that when the feet were as far apart as I was long , I 'd fall through to the heaving belly beneath .
23 Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black .
24 You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared .
25 Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand .
26 Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple .
27 She would never catch up with the enormous range of reading which seemed to be taken for granted by Bob and his friends , never .
28 It still exists and it will undoubtedly catch up with the retail price index shortly and go ahead of it from 1994 onwards , as the direct tax burden which is included in the TPI rises faster than the indirect taxes which go into the RPI .
29 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
30 With patterned fabric , the design must line up across the whole width of the curtain .
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