Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 2 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 3 | THE fight is on to include an old power station site within a country park . |
| 4 | She went on to emphasise the growing need to tackle environmental problems : ‘ It is no good proposing that we go back to some simple village life and halve our population by some means that have not yet been revealed . |
| 5 | Reshevsky went on to lose an interzonal play-off for the World Championship in 1964 and was beaten again in the quarter-finals four years later . |
| 6 | The Board ordered that they be received into the vagrants ' ward as a temporary measure , and went on to instruct the medical officer to vaccinate all the other unprotected inmates of the workhouse . |
| 7 | I was n't about to miss the parade , and went on to see the whole event , and photographed it — all the red flags , the guns , the cannons , the missiles , everything , including Black September Group marching . |
| 8 | He goes on to connect the semantic change with ‘ the general tendency of the Enlightenment not to accept any authority and to decide everything before the judgement seat of reason ’ ( p. 241 ) . |
| 9 | Only around 30 per cent of those who have been vaccinated go on to contract a mild dose of flu , and even then the risk of secondary infections is considerably reduced . |
| 10 | The shy 19-year-old who married the heir to the throne has gone on to shake the British monarchy to its roots . |
| 11 | ‘ Hopeless , I know , ’ said Karelius , going on to relate a fictitious story of the difficulties encountered by one of his farmer patients in obtaining payment for fodder . |
| 12 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 13 | Occasionally , this may be foreseen even at the start of your employment : for example , if your position is subject to funding from an outside source or if you are taken on to supervise a particular contract , as may happen in the engineering and construction fields amongst others . |
| 14 | But brave dad Brendan has vowed not to give up hope and a Europe-wide search is still on to find a suitable donor for Caolan . |
| 15 | If you know such a coach then nominate him/her now because the search is on to find the 1993 Coach of the Year . |
| 16 | And the search is on to find the top dog among an entry of eight hundred collies , German shepherds and even poodles . |
| 17 | In 1843 the Corsican hotelier Zenon Vantini leased them , achieving such success that he went on to establish the first railway refreshment room at Wolverton . |
| 18 | So the teacher finally asks Peggy , who can be relied on to know the correct answer : |
| 19 | He then went on to provide a long list , not of items that we could accept , but of items that we could not accept . |
| 20 | Bitterly disappointed , Harrison abandoned medical reform , but his ideas lived on to provide a solid basis for future important developments , which culminated in the Medical Act of 1858 . |
| 21 | There is a ‘ loop ’ ( ( 5 ) d-(5)f ) while the listener establishes the siting of the aerial but having established the options the speaker then goes on to indicate the next step of the route — ( ( 5 ) i ) . |
| 22 | In 1893 , when American celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus ( a year late ) , the robber barons who banded together to support the Chicago exhibition went on to found the American Academy in Rome . |
| 23 | The letters dated 25th May and 6th June were fully endorsed by the most recent meeting of the Forum which went on to pass a detailed resolution which is referred to in the press release . |
| 24 | School parties were bused in to see the existing power stations in action . |
| 25 | I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence " |
| 26 | In 1977 , at the time of the Bullock Committee on remoulding industrial relations , Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of West Germany had been brought in to instruct the Prime Minister , Callaghan , and Britain 's industrial leaders and trade unionists on the need to frame a new industrial climate as a basis for productive growth and a revived influence in the world . |
| 27 | Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey . |
| 28 | The point is , darling , that in order to make sure Huerter has a future , we would have to put a lot of money in to restore a bombed-out balance sheet . |
| 29 | The effects must be charming , to see the dark green elm with the lighter shades of the lime and beech or the yellowish green planes with the silver-leaved abele , the Chestnut , the poplar , the acacia , the horse-chestnut , cum multis aliis , when fanned by a gentle breeze , then how beautiful the contrast , how delightfully the light and shade fall in to diversify the sylvan scene . |
| 30 | My memories of it , I 've got , I 've always got wonderful memories of the Co-op , you see and that Co-op has been there m on that corner which , when it closed a few years ago I went down to see the present executive officer , he was then assistant , and we campaigned against the closing of Walsall Wood shop but erm course it was of no avail . |