Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I got to carry on walking , cos I do n't have no card . |
| 2 | When you go to buy your boots or shoes , take along the socks you intend to wear for walking . |
| 3 | Prince Charles had intended to wait for Cumberland to attack , but after his troops had endured this merciless fire for 20 minutes or more one commander warned Lord George Murray that his men ‘ were turned so impatient that they were like to break their ranks ’ and the pretender agreed to an immediate attack . |
| 4 | The hostility of the Newcastle poetry scene ca n't hurt him : he does n't want to perform for poets , anyway . |
| 5 | Forecasts about the course of democracy tend to swing from optimism to despair with alarming speed . |
| 6 | ‘ I think it is important that judges should retire earlier than they do , ’ said Mr Hewitt , of Etherley , near Bishop Auckland , who retired in his 73rd year but who has regularly been recalled to sit in judgement during the past two years . |
| 7 | It is inevitable that the market for these teams is bound to continue to contract within AEA . |
| 8 | Polymer solutions tend to fall into category ( iii ) and the non-ideal behaviour can be attributed not only to the existence of a finite heat of mixing but also to the large difference in size between the polymer and solvent molecules . |
| 9 | Office hibernators are sporadic attenders , preferring to hibernate at home ( or aestivate on hot beaches ) . |
| 10 | David agreed to liaise with Liz Templeton and to organise the programme for the day . |
| 11 | Once demobbed he planned to go to New Zealand and start a new life . |
| 12 | When Elizabeth returned to England she talked of how she planned to go to South Africa to see if her future was there with Mr Cronje . |
| 13 | Bernard 's father had been a builder , his two elder brothers were house painters ; his older sister was married to a carpenter : another just left nursing to be married ; his two younger sisters were still at school and planned to go to college against their mother 's wishes . |
| 14 | They had never been on Scottish waters before and planned to go round Skye . |
| 15 | Scottish Homes plan to continue to invest in developments for both rent and low-cost home ownership in small urban communities including Dalkeith , Gorebridge , Rosewell , Whitburn , Armadale , Musselburgh and Prestonpans . |
| 16 | During a hunger strike she asked to go to Confession . |
| 17 | Eating the right kind of food and having a balanced diet is important not only for weight control but for the well-being of skin , hair and every other part of us that we tend to treat in terms of beauty rather than health care . |
| 18 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
| 19 | The Scots have four decent locks , although they failed to cope with John Eales ; but remember he is the best lock in the world . |
| 20 | A spokesman said while they accept they 've lost the copyright battle , they still intend to go to court again in an attempt to get the damages reduced . |
| 21 | Whatever comments were made in the heat of the negotiations at Maastricht , there can be no doubt that those who wish to invest in Europe will want to invest in countries that will be part of the economic and monetary union and not in countries outside it . |
| 22 | So I opened it and it 's one of these things er if you book to go to Dublin before May the , whatever , the end of May |
| 23 | I asked her about the letter and she said she could n't remember anything about it but she filled in something when they came back from Belfast and she said open it , so I opened it and it 's one of these things er if you book to go to Dublin before May the whatever , the end of May , then if you went again in the Autumn , you you get er fifty pounds worth of vouchers or something , you go half price . |
| 24 | Male and female responses to the static models could have differed because crested auklet males tend to wait for females to approach , then aggressively reject unwanted partners , whereas females are more active in seeking out and approaching males ( although both sexes show either type of behaviour ) . |
| 25 | If , like me , you tend to sit on mountains of paper , and rely on your memory to root out a reference , then you will need to be strong and discipline yourself to filing items away as soon as you have finished with them , either in folders or binders or in cabinet or box file , depending on the amount of space you have available . |
| 26 | 4 subjects failed to attend for assessment at 4 weeks although they remained in the study . |
| 27 | So he did , and sick indeed he was , for Brother Richard found him grey and shaking on his bed , when he failed to attend at Compline . |
| 28 | ‘ Only if you 'ad to go to work , ’ said Dolly . |
| 29 | FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 30 | You failed to fall in love with me — |