Example sentences of "do [verb] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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1 | Doth glance from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven ; |
2 | The poet 's eyes ( according to Shakespeare 's Theseus ) " in a fine frenzy rolling , doth glance from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven " . |
3 | What can be done to shift from pseudo-questions to those which genuinely invite an answer ? |
4 | Doctors from the hospital told the coroner that although it was ’ highly unusual ’ for such a thing to occur , such complications did arise from time to time . |
5 | Commitments do exist from year to year and constant re-evaluation is impractical and might prove more destructive than constructive . |
6 | All these efforts do need of course to be assessed against their compliance or otherwise with national and regional guidance . |
7 | Unlike Faulkner 's discussion group , the Parliamentarians could and did agitate for action to be taken on certain issues for which there was all party support . |
8 | Some schools do provide for students to be granted a scholarship towards the cost of tuition , but there are not many endowments of this kind . |
9 | Spokespeople will not confirm this , but point out that numbers do fluctuate from year to year . |
10 | However , others did not satisfy the requirement and the section did apply with respect to those particular transfers . |
11 | I never established anything like a friendship with him , but our paths did cross from time to time . |
12 | Those who did read from end to end discovered that , far from giving its blessing to ever-expanding production and consumption , it pointed out its futility . |
13 | The U S did cut off aid to Chile after the Chilean government had nationalised the copper mines with token compensation , but was not able to prevent other Western governments from continuing to extend aid . |
14 | In assumpsit in the Common Bench , it was alleged that Brathwait , having killed a man , asked the plaintiff to use his endeavours to obtain him a pardon , wherefore the plaintiff did go to Royston to the King to get the pardon and , in consideration of this service , the defendant promised the plaintiff £100 . |
15 | I always find much of interest in each issue as it reaches me and if I do criticise from time to time , this is meant to be constructive and helpful . |
16 | One was the periodic factor that wages did increase from time to time -and the other was what he called the adjustment factor which meant that a time might come in any industry when a distortion or trend had to be recognized as such for correction . |
17 | Some of these considerations are sometimes valid , and must be taken into account , but surely they should not excuse us from seeking out such evidence as does exist in relation to the period and style we are performing ? |
18 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
19 | Although it once guaranteed good quality , now no one company holds an exclusive licence over the use of the name and the quality of the knives really does vary from brand to brand . |
20 | This range of hearing does vary from person to person . |
21 | Thank you , Mr Chairman , erm , I 'm here to say , it 's quite true to say that it does vary from year to year , on er , what our programme is , but er , we we also have to face it , that er , com compared with some other areas , both east midlands and nationally , we do not have the traffic , and this does go against our for T A. Er , the the traffic on our roads |
22 | But it does vary from year to year . |
23 | Although the Act does allow for children to be absent from Hearings under the circumstances already referred to , they should still be notified of the Hearing , and an explanation of why it is taking place should be given . |