Example sentences of "four [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it is calculated that a retained crew might take four minutes to get to the station the computer calculated other stations could respond quicker . |
| 2 | Scholl gave me four pairs to take to the Sahara . |
| 3 | Immediate plans were for four parties to leave for the area directly behind the German lines in jeeps , to attack supply dumps and soft-skinned transport . |
| 4 | Mark Breland took less than four rounds to come through the third defence of his WBC welterweight title yesterday in Tokyo , opening up a bad cut above the right eye of his Japanese challenger , Fujio Ozaki . |
| 5 | Sludds at 5 under , 211 , is three ahead of Darcy , who in turn has four strokes to spare over the leading Ulsterman Darren Clarke and Christy O'Connor junior . |
| 6 | Take about three bananas , and cut them up and arrange them on a plate in four pieces to look like a monster . |
| 7 | South Africa ( 171 for 6 ; Peter Kirsten 64 ) defeated Zimbabwe ( 170 ) by four wickets with four balls to spare in the first-ever meeting between the two countries , in front of a crowd of 8000 at Harare on Feb 5 . |
| 8 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 10 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 11 | Their needs alone would have been enough reason — were enough — for a number of us over the next three to four years to stay in a male organization , with largely male resources for mainly male callers and to join with some of those men to change it . |
| 12 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 13 | The American proposals would embrace holding of elections in north and south Korea through multi-party ballot based on universal suffrage ; each legislature established in consequence would select representatives to meet representatives from the other to form a provisional government for a united Korea ; the provisional government would meet representatives of the four powers to consider on a basis of equality the assistance required by Korea ; the provisional government and the powers would agree on a date by which occupation forces would be withdrawn . |
| 14 | It has not been possible to produce a diagram modelling our use of information services — it would have required at least four dimensions to deal with the different aspects . |
| 15 | With four sales to cover in a short space of time your correspondent was left with the impression that there is no lack of interest in the subject , that the general standard of cataloguing is high , but prices remain depressed — except that is for anything related to Zeppelins and lighter-than-air aviation . |
| 16 | Their son Simon , 16 , was one of four sixth-formers to die in the school outing tragedy at Lyme Regis on Monday . |
| 17 | The ‘ comfort ’ fit would delete the armrests between the rear seats allowing either four passengers to sit across the rear bench or a 50/50 split which accommodates two rear passengers and freight . |
| 18 | Lawrie and McAllister have been working hard to strengthen their games , and the Aberdonian has struggled in early events this season , failing in four tournaments to get beyond the halfway cut . |
| 19 | Except for the toughest types , such as yew and holly , protect newly-planted evergreens by stretching clear polythene around four stakes to act as a windbreak . |
| 20 | Highland Regional Council 's policy and resources committee nominated four councillors to serve on a special Highland liaison committee on travellers , in spite of strong objections from some members to the committee considering the new-age phenomenon . |
| 21 | We are allowing our four men to remain at the Palace . |
| 22 | MARTIN CROWE hit a match-winning 94 as New Zealand ( 272–6 ) beat Zimbabwe ( 271–6 ) by four wickets with more than four overs to spare in a one-day cricket international in Harare yesterday . |
| 23 | For British golf fanatics , there has perhaps never been a more nerve-wracking day than when , with only four points to get in the final singles , there was never a moment when it appeared likely that we could get them . |
| 24 | The fragmentation of water and electricity industries , further privatization of water and electricity in Northern Ireland and water in Scotland , market testing in the National Rivers Authority , changes in British Gas with four reports to come from the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in July . |
| 25 | Then when I was chosen with four others to go to the Folies , we were all excited about going then . |
| 26 | The NSLC liaised directly with eight city agencies and nominated four representatives to sit on the NSCDC . |