Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It sounds like a cop out to say the songs are better because more money 's been spent on it , ’ continues Mike . |
| 2 | ‘ It sounds like a cop out to say the songs are better because more money 's been spent on it , ’ continues Mike . |
| 3 | Just to put the coffin into the house , the would n't have to take a window out to put the coffin in |
| 4 | We did think of bringing a pooch along to follow the bride , dressed as a bridesmaid . |
| 5 | To reach this point Johnson has taken up a third of his Journey to the Western Islands , and one can now sense the lift of excitement in him , a man about to broach the exotic . |
| 6 | Whilst on duty one Saturday afternoon during the early part of 1975 , he heard the sound of footsteps ascending the steps leading up to the box , then he became aware of the figure of a man about to enter the lobby or vestibule outside the door . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not , you know , it 's not like here , ’ and he waved a hand around to include the zebra-skin wallpaper , his new friends , the small brown vial on the coffee table . |
| 8 | She leaned over the lacy cot and put a hand out to smooth the tangled curls . |
| 9 | ‘ We need love to break the chain of evil , ’ Jesus tells a crowd about to stone the prostitute Mary Magdalene ( rising star Barbara Hershey is badly miscast and totally unconvincing ) . |
| 10 | Terry Storry is standing in for Hugh Mantle at Liverpool Polytechnic while Hugh takes a year out to coach the British men 's kayak slalom team ( Aug , p19 ) . |
| 11 | Later that afternoon the duty sergeant allowed him an hour off to dig the grave in which they would bury Private Prescott . |
| 12 | Mr Guest has been extremely helpful , first sending an inspector out to review the situation and then arranging for the 6.45am bus from Crook to Bishop Auckland to be rescheduled to arrive in Crook five minutes earlier . |