Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was not travelling round the world , Miss Hayes lived at Nyack or spent time with her adopted son , James , who became known to television viewers as detective Dan Williams on the series Hawaii Five-O . |
| 2 | Later in the month teachers who failed to return to work were dismissed . |
| 3 | Those who failed to respond to vaccine ( concentration of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen <10 IU/l ; 14% of those vaccinated ) were first tested for antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen , a marker of past or current infection with hepatitis B. As can be seen from the table , most of those investigated ( 99% ) had negative results for antibodies to core antigen and were true non-responders . |
| 4 | The singer , who has shot to No. |
| 5 | Stockholm-based DJ Dr Alban — who has shot to No 4 with It 's My Life admits : ‘ I was drilling this guy 's tooth when all of a sudden blood started spurting everywhere . |
| 6 | Similarly we may see the nutter as a pathetic figure who has to resort to self-humiliation in order to establish an identity for himself . |
| 7 | He is the one who has reacted to success by becoming obsessive about peace and quiet , about making time to read books and see friends . |
| 8 | Frodsham hotelier George Harrison , who runs the Queens Head , is one who has complained to Vale Royal Council about rats on the railway behind his business . |
| 9 | Frodsham hotelier George Harrison , who runs the Queens Head , is one who has complained to Vale Royal council about rats on the railway behind his business . |
| 10 | The talented Miami-based singer , who has rocketed to No. 8 with Just Another Day , has already earned £2 million from writing a string of hits for Gloria Estefan . |
| 11 | Maguire , who has rocketed to stardom in the last 18 months , was punished for incorrect use of the whip on Playing Truant , short head winner of the Hopeful Novices ' Hurdle . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose it is all very Come On Down and Leslie Crowther-like , but it is an American idea , ’ says Kath Bradley , a star Tupperware lady , who has graduated to executive manager . |
| 13 | ‘ Who wants to go to university for heaven 's sake ! |
| 14 | And who wants to go to school in Hammersmith when you can live in the East End ? |
| 15 | Clearly it is vital to recruit more men or take account of the problems facing the married woman who wants to return to work . |
| 16 | They would like men to accept more domestic responsibility , and they believe that , just as childcare allowances should be given to help women who want to return to work , there should be equally generous financial incentives for women to stay home . |
| 17 | So too is the threat of paramilitary force from whites who want to cling to apartheid . |
| 18 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
| 19 | The pop star 's revenge , FEARGAL SHARKEY , formerly wobbly-voiced member of THE UNDERTONES who sought the kicks of teenagers , and wobbly-voiced failed solo star who advised listening to dad ( wonder why his career went down the toilet ) , has swapped allegiances and is now A&R man at Polydor . |
| 20 | Had it not been for the activities of Lady Laetitia 's lover , bold Sir Rupert Cartland ( played by an odious young actor who 'd risen to prominence by playing a tough naval lieutenant in a television series ) making with the garlic and the wooden stakes ( a bit of vampire lore crept into the script ) , Lady Laetitia and her father would have been turned into zombies and carried back to the subterranean cave , where they would never be heard of again . |
| 21 | As it was cruel to Eileen , who 'd bled to death after the birth of her tiny baby . |
| 22 | There should be no difference in principle between the patient diagnosed as having irreparable kidney failure who refuses to submit to dialysis on an artificial kidney or who refuses to continue such treatment and the polio victim on the ventilator who requested that the machine be switched off . |
| 23 | This new type of farmer is one who refuses to submit to nature , who rebels against passivity and fatalism and who dares to innovate . ’ |
| 24 | Conversely , those who decide to return to work very soon after having a baby get the message that they are neglecting their child . |
| 25 | For those who liked to go to church there were padres of several denominations and candles and a camp-built altar . |
| 26 | The ones who leave to go to college or to live in some kind of hostel attached to a place of work , will eventually be embraced into an active social life by their peers . |
| 27 | For those of them who do come to church , particular sensitivity and encouragement are needed and they should never be patronised . |
| 28 | The current warm-weather soundtrack of choice for discerning numbskulls is Ugly Kid Joe , a quartet of stoned surfers who 've risen to power on the Young Dumb Fun ticket in a way that critically-defied combos like The Ramones never managed . |
| 29 | Owen : Well Kevin , we are trying , and we 'll be working with your parents on this , to get you back to school and up onto that list up there … see … that 's a list of those who 've returned to school . |
| 30 | The remaining four records were of patients who had presented to neurology departments after 1983 . |