Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] and [verb] to [art] " in BNC.

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1	The ‘ enlightened classes ’ failed to appear and respond to a creed forged in their supposed interests : the propaganda of luces could no more create in Spain a bourgeoisie in the French image than the propaganda of free trade , half a century later , could create an English middle class .
2	And reluctantly MacArthur agreed to come and talk to the president .
3	That Nottinghamshire went on working reflects not simply the self-interest of its miners but more importantly the culture that their predecessors ( many of them their ancestors ) helped to create and transmit to the present .
4	She managed to escape and ran to a lorry parked nearby where she banged on the door to attract the driver 's attention .
5	‘ I had to sit and listen to a lot of boys acting as over-privileged plonkers , ’ said Ms d'Argy Smith , whose magazine forked out £1,000 to back the end-of-term debate .
6	The ceremony was thus quite depressing when I had to sit and listen to a boring , unknown , dreary , old codger who was ‘ GIVEN ’ an honorary degree — which course did he attend ?
7	It seems that , despite the Council , pilgrims continued to come and go to the tomb of St Peter , and this was not irrelevant , for the noise and disturbance prevented many from hearing what was said .
8	No , he had to stop and talk to the men checking the steel braces , did n't he ?
9	I mean we do n't whether she sort of it does n't say whether she volunteered to go and talk to the people in the school , but even so it 's quite it takes quite a lot of doing to stand up in front of a group of people you do n't know and talk about the work .
10	At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience .

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