Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parallels , such as they are , between 511 and 561 , together with the arrangements made to cope with the death of Charibert , lend a spurious uniformity to the divisions of the Merovingian kingdom , but one which is , at first sight , supported by the events of 595 . |
| 2 | The Valley Hotel is ideally situated to appeal to the overnight tourist , mid-week and weekend break markets . |
| 3 | From that decision , leave was given to appeal to the House of Lords . |
| 4 | It was a tiny lizard but not er not that you would want to hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 5 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 6 | For trimming , allow enough braid to go round the pelmet outline , or fringing for the bottom line of pelmet only . |
| 7 | You must give the exact critical values , right , if those critical values that you are using to compare with the regressionally significant whether you have serial correlation or not erm so they 're very very important and they ought to be included erm because otherwise we do n't know whether a test statistic is er statistically significant or not . |
| 8 | If allowed to go overripe , barley ears tend to fall off the stems , and heavy losses can occur . |
| 9 | ( If you 're standing , you tend to fall towards the front rather than the back of the train now . ) |
| 10 | They tend to fall within a broad category of exploitation , a genre characterised by a simplistic ethos of violent action . |
| 11 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 12 | As it became apparent that considerable variations in training were to be found , the ( now ) British Library Research and Development Group for Research into Public Libraries felt that more information was needed about current practice , and in September 1982 , British Library Research and Development and The Library Association agreed to liaise on the development of an exploratory survey . |
| 13 | Kyffin Williams never intended to be a painter , he planned to go into the army but was rejected on medical grounds . |
| 14 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
| 15 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 16 | All pupils will be taught to swim by the age of 11 . |
| 17 | Because the child would n't go into the sea , she had her taught to swim in the local baths . |
| 18 | The leader is in good health and , in Maginnis 's opinion , should stay to see through the current phase — at least until the Government agrees to a select committee for Northern Ireland , whether or not there is any devolution . |
| 19 | ‘ We have to continue to invest in the field organisation and in research and development , ’ White said . |
| 20 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 21 | If that sentiment was intended to sound like the deathbed conversion of Scrooge , I am not sure that it was entirely convincing . |
| 22 | Despite this , we still tend to cling to the traditional . |
| 23 | I shall also want to talk with you about the ffruit Trees I intend to plant against the wall next y Pump Court . |
| 24 | ‘ One of them asked to go to the lavatory . |
| 25 | Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom . |
| 26 | It was noticeable that Celia no longer asked to go to the sea although , by that time , the weather had changed . |
| 27 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
| 28 | He asked to go to the most demanding area and ended up in Smallhealth and Sparkbrook with a case load of up to 60 children . |
| 29 | He was given a scan at the hospital 's radiology department and once his treatment was finished he asked to go to the toilet . |
| 30 | ‘ First he asked to go to the toilet . |