Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb past] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decided to be generous and went in to the shop . |
| 2 | Sweden is the latest country to suffer from criminals fiddling with mobile phones to re-direct bills — thousands of phones were stolen , altered and sold back to the market as ‘ no charge phones ’ : 10 people have been arrested so far for the crime , which came to light when some subscribers reported bills of $70,000 more than they were expecting ; police said that some of the men arrested were associated with the the Swedish state phone company Televerket and L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Reuter reports from Stockholm . |
| 3 | The school librarian can produce a library bulletin or newspaper in an attractive format and pupils can be encouraged to use the library as an information base in the truest sense — where information about the school is gathered , classified and presented back to the school in a readable and attractive form . |
| 4 | Stand with feet apart , a flag in either hand , the arms straight and pressed close to the body . |
| 5 | I became bored and wandered back to the library . |
| 6 | However , the victory in the Lok Sabha election was far from emphatic and owed much to the so-called " sympathy vote " aroused by the assassination of the party 's leader , Rajiv Gandhi , soon after voting had started in mid-May [ see pp. 38175-76 ] . |
| 7 | The system models represented an ideal that applied equally to the situation before and after the implementation of the ERA . |
| 8 | At the top of the stairs I thought I was going to be sick and returned stiffly to the bathroom . |
| 9 | From a record entry of 30 business plans , six were identified as the most promising and went forward to the final where they were interviewed by an experienced panel of judges . |
| 10 | As to coming together for further talks , I think that I speak for all those who were involved in the talks in the summer , which we concluded , when I say that those who took part in them felt that they were valuable and looked forward to the possibility of being able to hold talks again . |
| 11 | I awoke feeling cold and crawled out to the front of the trench . |
| 12 | The script they came up with was trendy and repetitive , rather naive but tuned directly to the youth of the moment . |
| 13 | At length I grew tired and went back to the joys of the tavern , both the board and the bed . |
| 14 | Before 1983 the reports that resulted from full inspections were confidential and sent only to the LEA , the school 's governors , and the headteacher . |
| 15 | Eventually a few candles were lit , the band started playing , the couples uncoupled and went off to the back room , and the party went on . |
| 16 | Hair swept into a chic chignon from just behind the fringe is let loose and combed close to the head . |
| 17 | The pile can be cut ( often to different lengths , giving a sculptured effect ) , looped ( uncut and left long ) , corded ( uncut and pulled tight to the backing ) , or twisted . |
| 18 | He looked very worried and nodded respectfully to the three of them before leaning over the bed , concern evident on his face . |
| 19 | The young man looked very pale and went straight to the door . |
| 20 | One evening I felt restless and walked down to the harbour . |
| 21 | She felt dizzy and slid awkwardly to the ground , leaning her head on her hand . |
| 22 | At Bragança there was no response from the tower as we transmitted our intentions , landed and taxied in to the little apron . |
| 23 | As the traffic slowed , he had thrust the door open and rolled on to the tarmac between the lines of cars . |
| 24 | I see the sign saying Welcome to Inverness just as I remember where I left the car and where I left from this morning and just before I turn and stamp to the nearest desk and demand in my highest dudgeon to be taken to Edinburgh on a charted Lear if necessary or limoed immediately to the highest-starred hotel within a reasonable radius for a free overnight dinner , bed and breakfast and unlimited bar tab . |
| 25 | was sad to see the school close but looked forward to the future with a bright outlook on her new life ahead . |
| 26 | In her second play , untitled and completed only to the third act , Leapor finds scope within the historical events surrounding the short reign of the Saxon King Edwy or Eadwig ( 955–959 ) again to study the problems of marriage and sexual violence . |
| 27 | Forty minutes was enough , but after a shower and a breakfast of fruit and cups of tea I felt very sprightly and strolled out to the row of shops nearby . |
| 28 | Some found the conflict too intense and retired back to the closet , perhaps for ever . |