Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we met up as planned , it soon became apparent that Paul had in fact researched the matter in hand extremely thoroughly , and I had an impressive number of addresses and names of contacts to take back to Katrina . |
| 2 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 3 | When we come to deal with infant baptism we take the view that the failure of parents to measure up to certain standards is to be allowed to stand in the way of the grace of God being available for their children . |
| 4 | The usual 'flu stiffness and aching in the muscles did n't go away as it should have done , so Father sent for Dr Allott , our family physician , a patient , gentle old man who always arrived in an Essex sedan and — more important to us — always carried a pocketful of toffees to give away to children . |
| 5 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 6 | Political scientists should analyse details of the behaviour and statements of officials to infer backwards to the value-maximizing choice of the relevant elite . |
| 7 | Lisa nodded , carefully scooping up armful of bouquets to carry out to the van . |
| 8 | He would have liked to have stayed and pried further , but he had a list of figures to telex up to New York , and as usual Stephen wanted them instantly . |
| 9 | Er Tom has also asked for twenty tonne of anutrients to go up to . |
| 10 | When falsificationism was introduced as an alternative to inductivism in the previous chapter , falsifications , that is , the failures of theories to stand up to observational and experimental tests , were portrayed as being of key importance . |
| 11 | Ramblers were often trained as weeping standards , with their stems tied to a vertical pole and then fanned out over a series of hoops to cascade down to the ground . |
| 12 | They left after less than two hours of talks to report back to Saddam Hussein on the face of it having agreed to all allied demands . |
| 13 | He ordered the crowds of sightseers to go back to their homes , so that the work of the country could continue and I would not be annoyed . |