Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some go on to accuse him of tunnel-vision , saying they doubt whether he ever really wanted a peaceful settlement in the Gulf ; whether he now has a view of what American policy after the war should be ; and whether his single-minded determination to win the war is blinding him to other dangers . |
| 2 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 3 | Molly had the same feeling of doom she remembered when her father wrote to say he 'd be coming down to see her at school and would take her out to tea , so she could meet a ‘ new friend ’ . |
| 4 | Sunday and they were , say they were going down to see her in hospital , I mean that 's terrible one arm and living on your own , I do n't know how she 'll manage |
| 5 | I thought Father was down to see you at Christmas . ’ |
| 6 | I remember because in nineteen thirty eight , er we were scheduled to have an opening in about the September and we got a team coming down to play us at football and we were going to have a social evening , darts and that , at , in the evening and of course at that particular time , the war was a definite threat . |
| 7 | Sarah Anne Burke was critically ill last night after being found lying in her bed covered in blood by a care assistant who went in to wake her for breakfast . |
| 8 | The mirror is placed onto the fixed clips , pushed back against the wall , and the sliding clips are pushed in to hold it in place . |
| 9 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 10 | Manufacturing capacity has been scaled down to bring it into line with projected demand . |
| 11 | I do n't know who this is against , and I 'm off to see us v ippo in any case . |
| 12 | Her eyelids fluttered and she went deathly white , but she fought back the dizzying sensation , her hands coming up to brace herself against fitzAlan 's chest while the world righted itself . |
| 13 | J. was blown off his bicycle by the force of one explosion , while cycling from one aircraft to another , and woke up to find himself in hospital with concussion . |
| 14 | Temples and shrines were built to his memory , and a cult grew up to venerate him as founder of the Empire . |
| 15 | One issue deserving of attention if only because of the importance it assumes in the United States implementation literatures is the ‘ special ’ agency set up to concern itself with policy making and implementation in a specifically limited policy field . |
| 16 | The man he relied on to keep him in power . ’ |
| 17 | Beefy is a hero to the thousands that turn out to see him through rain and shine as he marches down the south coast . |
| 18 | I had the feeling that Prentice was out to kill me with kindness , or at least make me put my hands up to something I had n't done . |
| 19 | Without warning Penry 's arms shot out to pull her on tiptoe against his broad chest , returning the brief little caress with a kiss which left them both shaken when he finally set her square on her feet again . |
| 20 | The mamluks came out to meet him in battle , but their colourful medieval cavalry was no match for the modern firepower and discipline of the army of France which won a decisive victory at the Battle of the Pyramids . |
| 21 | But of course , you are n't out to trap me into matrimony , so it is easier for you to be frank . |
| 22 | We began by talking politics , which he enjoyed doing with someone not out to convert him to socialism — then , as now , the established faith of most intellectuals — and , referring to A. L. Rowse 's fervent attempts , the first of many , to persuade him to join the Labour Party , he flung wide his arms and said : ‘ I refuse to be tied down to allegiances of this kind . ’ |
| 23 | He originally studied law , before dropping out to devote himself to film criticism and assistant direction on films . |
| 24 | She found herself reaching out to touch him in return , closed her eyes and told herself to stop , but could n't . |
| 25 | If you 'd care to stay , there 's coffee and magazines over there , or you could call back to collect her at noon . ’ |
| 26 | So you hired horsemen , God knows from where , though there are enough ex-soldiers around to do anything for silver . ’ |
| 27 | By the time they produce their own young they are solitaries with no older females around to teach them by example . |
| 28 | but he kept me on to get me through Christmas you know things like that . |
| 29 | Fucking twenty five to three clamped up fucking arsehole , about to stick one on tramp . |
| 30 | No , I just dropped by to invite you to dinner on Saturday . |