Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a thin transparent plastic coating applied to paper or board to provide protection and give it a glossy finish . |
| 2 | I 'd meant her to lose control and give me an opportunity , but it was proving the other way around . |
| 3 | But how do we know that it is vocationally advantageous to study history or to put it the other way round , that to study history is not vocationally disadvantageous ? |
| 4 | And they 'd come up and wait them but I 'd make them a cup of coffee or a cup of cocoa or something like that , there were n't coffee then cos we could n't afford coffee we used to have cocoa or make them a mug of tea . |
| 5 | The man was elevated and screened-in like an auctioneer , to deter attack and to give him an overall view of every part of the shop . |
| 6 | She kept maniacally busy so as not to feel sorrow and set herself the goal of working so hard that at night she fell into bed exhausted . |
| 7 | We have enforced questionable criteria , appealed to divine authority and given ourselves the right to make our own interpretation of it . |