Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a real benefit , and helps to explain why so many medieval campaigns rapidly declined into a series of fruitless sieges and failed to lead to any deep penetration of enemy territory . |
| 2 | Equally , a socialism which restricted itself solely to solving the problem of exploitation in the social relations of production , and failed to respond to these contradictions in culture , might find itself far less attractive-to an electorate , for example-than it envisaged . |
| 3 | This is a very real cause of accidents and has led to several fatalities in recent times . |
| 4 | This has been studied in many parishes and has led to some changes of heart and attitudes . |
| 5 | It 's an important issue , and has led to some serious misunderstandings about the teaching of drama . |
| 6 | Picture cards These might be classified and sorted according to those that look alike , those that are of a particular colour or design , etc . |
| 7 | But if the kernel of an individual , the higher Self , is the Ātman which is at one with Truth or God , then to inflict deliberate violence on another is to injure God or undermine Truth , and to cause suffering to another is to violate one 's higher Self or Ātman . |
| 8 | We began the year with the Department of the Environment withdrawing the Comber-Dundonald portion of the track-bed from the market and refusing to come to any form of agreement with the Trust regarding the future of this portion of the line . |
| 9 | The effects of the uncertainty principle will then become very important and seem to point to some remarkable results . |
| 10 | ‘ And deciding to switch to another country , especially one where the language is different , is — ’ |
| 11 | Five or ten minutes by there , and getting introduced to all the old colliers that were in the same manhole , that we called it : I started down then to follow my father ; and I had to follow him like a little dog , all the way . |
| 12 | The tradition that stone circles and standing stones are human beings who have been turned to stone because of some misdemeanour is widespread and seems to point to some memory of the ritual use of these sites in ancient times . |
| 13 | This kind of mechanically efficient cantilevered design is more suited to the larger dinosaurs and seems to apply to all the heavyweight bipedal species . |
| 14 | What is , however , a matter of concern is that within days of receiving and failing to reply to that letter , on 23 October 1991 , the local authority moved the children from the family friends with whom they had lived since 17 July 1991 and placed them with foster parents . |
| 15 | He whispered ‘ bollocks ’ under his breath and started going to another church . |
| 16 | But when the village people arrived at church they noticed her and started whispering to each other . |
| 17 | ‘ Having seen him about six times , and having spoken to most of their leaders , I believe that the time is right for us to talk to them now , to end this whole conflict once and for all . |
| 18 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |
| 19 | Bear in mind that , while we may group and classify according to this or that pruning rule , you must expect to meet exceptions . |
| 20 | It was a pathetic spectacle and to be honest I must confess to being more than a little annoyed at being trapped in a railway carriage and forced to listen to this poor soul lurching nearer to a grave in the gutter . |
| 21 | The reception area , restaurant and bar are furnished and decorated to conform to this image , conveying an image of quiet , old-fashioned comfort and luxury . |
| 22 | It is estimated that to construct one of the larger houses at Cowdery 's Down , C12 , would have required the removal of about 81 tonnes of topsoil , clay and chalk and the use of a total weight of timber , daub and thatch amounting to some 70 tonnes ( Millett 1983 , M5/02 , M5/03 ) . |
| 23 | no it was really New Town school children , because there was Forbert and Barnard 's school down the Old Town and that 's where the Old Town , all the Old Town people went , children went , so really Mark Hall was just New Town children you know , and then when , when we were eleven and had to go to another school we , er there was no comprehensive school in Harlow then , er we had to get on a bus and go to Chingford that was , did n't we ? |
| 24 | I had been asked for a full text of the sermon , to be printed in the society minutes and had gone to some trouble to prepare for the occasion . |
| 25 | The lugubrious publican had seen it as his job to repel strangers and had employed to that end an impressive armoury of taciturnity , malevolent glances , warm beer and poor service . |
| 26 | At first they giggled and ran calling to each other through the long grasses , timothy and cocksfoot , clover swaying unsteadily under the weight of bumblebees , clumsy like clowns blundering across the meadow . |
| 27 | Its extent expanded and contracted according to many external and internal pressures . |
| 28 | However , as it was formerly part of the University and wished to revert to that status , the former has merged with University College , Cardiff — with the exception of its Social Work courses and its Higher National Diploma in Institutional Management which have been transferred to the South Glamorgan Institute — and the latter has remained a separate institution . |
| 29 | ‘ Shut the door and prepare to listen to some good advice , Scott . |
| 30 | The aim of this report is not to demand that brewers turn the block back to 1620 , 1720 , 1820 or even to 1920 ; pubs have to make money , and have to adapt to some extent to changing needs and expectations . |