Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local councils can get a warrent to tow away illegally parked caravans . |
| 2 | He still needs the freedom of a four-year-old , to explore , to laugh suddenly in surprise at the world , to be open , to wander with the secure knowledge of a base to return home to . |
| 3 | unless you have a base to work off of started to do , once we started doing the er , the walls take the scaffold down out of the way and to release some area off our stock pile we decided to back build so that by the time that we 'd done six tanks we 'd got half our area taken up by all that material excavated and just flip back to the drawing here what 's going to happen is that stockpile here . |
| 4 | The House of Representatives approved overwhelmingly on June 26 an appropriations bill which included a provision to allow federally funded family planning clinics to discuss the subject of abortion with their patients . |
| 5 | I propose that the new Bill , like the Bill of 1938 , should contain a provision to carry out this recommendation . |
| 6 | In tide free waters like the Mediterranean we do n't have the same problem but we still need to consult a chart to find out a suitable location for sailing . |
| 7 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 8 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 9 | But the thieves had eccentric tastes — they stole two goldfish , her cascading waterfall , a stone ornamental duck and a stone toadstool — plus a bucket to take away the fish . |
| 10 | Once again it has been left to a recession to catch out those who overstretched themselves in the boom years . |
| 11 | It was a kitchen to challenge rather than enhance the skills of any cook ambitious beyond the boiling of eggs . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr ’ Habsburg may not have a throne to sit on , he does have a leg to stand on . |
| 13 | In your opinion , is there any point in carrying out a census to find out how many paintings , sculptures , and historic buildings there are in Italy ? |
| 14 | One consequence of the exclusive pursuit of the selfish and self-indulgent ethos of the naked fabliau is that the Shipman 's Tale , unlike the majority of the French fabliaux , contains no concluding moral , ending instead on the selfish prayer : The failure of a moral to appear here is emphasized by the fact that the Host immediately tries to draw a moral from the tale — an appropriately pragmatic one : It could and has been held that the Shipman 's Tale is thereby amoral . |
| 15 | ( 4 ) He explicitly introduced the fact that the committing justices had found a case to answer whereby the jury may have been influenced adversely to the appellant . |
| 16 | It takes me a bit to remember where I am . |
| 17 | With almost all the farms having stock on them for 365 days , and with wives restricted in the heavy work they could do , most men had quite a bit to do when they returned from work . |
| 18 | On a loose rein however , slowed down by Theodora 's seat and guided by her legs , he began after a bit to do better . |
| 19 | We can juggle the hours around a bit to fit in with other things . ’ |
| 20 | ( I even fancied that the prop-wash from our full power had blown the dinghy back a bit to make up for the slight delay in the drop ) . |
| 21 | I waited an hour for you to come , and , from the look of it , I 've got quite a bit to catch up on . |
| 22 | If you have got one of those deep fat fryers you , you have quite a bit to throw away . |
| 23 | I 've got s do n't go yet , we 've still got a bit to get through . |
| 24 | So McCloy greased your palm a bit to walk home with Hatton and catch him unawares . |
| 25 | It 's a pretty filthy day again today Mick , it 's er it 's raining , it 's windy , it 's cold , it 's the middle of November , it 's gon na cost er the supporters a bit to come tonight , er only two and half thousand came to the first game , how anxious are you that County 's supporters come out in their numbers this evening ? |
| 26 | I had to work a bit to keep up with him — the path is not as straight as the road ; also I had to be careful not to make a noise . |
| 27 | Joe saw an opportunity to get the couple to visit a branch to pick up a ‘ replacement ’ card but when they arrived the police moved in and detained them . |
| 28 | I feel around me and find a branch to sit on . |
| 29 | The deal provokes further speculation that Rowland is preparing the way for a successor to take over the group he has led for 30 years . |
| 30 | Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry . |