Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was to call him Tom from now on , he had said … she had walked him to his car after he had dropped in to see Faye over lunch . |
| 2 | Social services stepped in to take Gemma into care after a neighbour looking after her went into hospital . |
| 3 | This means that tour captain Gavin Hastings will be half a game ahead of his colleagues , as he came on to replace Hunter against North Auckland in Whangarei . |
| 4 | 1967 UN Council for Namibia set up to administer Namibia on behalf of UN until independence ; refused access by South Africa [ see pp. 22637-38 ] . |
| 5 | We 're just about to leave Sian by air for Nanking , and we 've just heard that a bevy of Brit . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought I 'd drop round to see Irena after work , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Inspired by the words of his immigrant father , who told him , ‘ You could be anything you want to be , if you wanted it bad enough and were willing to work for it , ’ Lee Iacocca worked his way up to the presidency of Ford Motor Company , from which he was abruptly fired by Henry Ford II , only to go on to rescue Chrysler from bankruptcy , thumb his nose at Ford in a best-selling autobiography , renovate the Statue of Liberty , and gain mention as a possible presidential candidate . |