Example sentences of "[det] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then they 'll just pick one out of that to go on as part of the calendar . |
| 2 | Canon Wright said : ‘ I believe that to go back on the progress that was made in the convention would be a retrograde step , for what is going to replace it ? ’ |
| 3 | You know sometimes the way forward is backward , there are no short cuts with god , if he 's leading along a certain path and were disobedient , there 's no way we can opt out of it and join the trail further along , he does n't allow it , its back to where we left it , that 's were we 've got ta get back to , we ca n't skip an experience , we ca n't miss any thing out , we 've got to go back to where we start , where we were when we left the trail and Naomi has to do just that to go back to Bethlehem , that 's the way forward for her , and you see because we all , we always find this if we are really children of god , then we can never ever be satisfied away from the will of god , there 's nothing else that meets our need , its god will or nothing , you know , when we know frustration in our lives , when we know sort of the , these annoyances and , and , and , and er sense of frustration there , its not because god is leaving us that way its invariably cos we have actually gone out of gods will because he 's will is not frustrated , its satisfying , can I just , it will only really be headings this morning , just leave us with three brief headings in this little incident that we 'll read or we , we wo n't read the whole passage but its , er in the remainder of the , or more or less the whole of the remainder of the first chapter tha that the cost was involved and then the choices that were made and then the commitment , the cost that was involved Naomi had to pay something , you see before she could return to Naomi she had to con , before Naomi sorry could return er to , to Bethlehem , she had to acknowledge she 'd done wrong , she had failed , she had sinned , she had to acknowledge she had made a mistake now in fairness to Naomi she did it and she excepted her responsibility , she did n't try and shift the blame on |
| 4 | We do n't need that to go out to clients . |
| 5 | If the whole group has to make its decision through verbal discussion it is often better to first present the issue or problem to small groups , then ask each to report back to the whole group . |
| 6 | The crowd of 7,000 — Aberdeen 's lowest of the season — had little to enthuse over in a drab second half in which Aberdeen had several excellent chances but displayed their old failing of not converting demonstrable outfield superiority into goals . |
| 7 | The main duties and responsibilities of the board provided a general framework but training developers had little to go on beyond this . |
| 8 | We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage . |
| 9 | Reuters news agency reported that KGHM had lost US$70,000,000 and that strikers had been offered one-off payments equivalent to US$100 to US$130 each to go back to work . |
| 10 | Reuters news agency reported that KGHM had lost US$70,000,000 and that strikers had been offered one-off payments equivalent to US$100 to US$130 each to go back to work . |
| 11 | They just said that to come up with erm ideas and stuff for the dream . |
| 12 | It had been a simple matter after that to slip down to Mike Quinn , who was an acknowledged authority on all aspects of the disease by virtue of his ownership of one book , and borrow his Encyclopaedia of Human Ailments . |
| 13 | Art that is too much tied to the field of power has little to worry about from avant-gardes . |
| 14 | Yeah so I mean with , with younger people it 's , although th they 're still not , it 's still not going to be easy-easy er like with the older people , there 's still the , the disturbance element that in years to come they are not going to have this to fall back on because by the time that they retire it 's just not going to exist . |
| 15 | Douglas was forming up a tight group to tackle this entrance , and another to proceed round to the rear to block any back-door escape , when the night 's wet quiet was suddenly disturbed . |
| 16 | In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table . |
| 17 | Like the good storyteller he was , Titch allowed time for this to sink in before going on . |
| 18 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 19 | Medical supplies are scarce , but as a prelude to this week 's talks PNG allowed some to come in from Australia . |
| 20 | Erm if I give you a ring about Sunday or so I will have sorted out cos I 've got quite a few to sort out at the moment . |
| 21 | Tigani , who had two trainers before moving to Mowbray House , is another to look out for . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know you had all this to put up with , John . ’ |
| 23 | And you use this to mark off of course |
| 24 | We need to do this to clear out of the way , before we go any further into the study of social policy , a most misleading and widespread false assumption about the character of our subject . |
| 25 | Whatever their riders might desire , those English mounts broke , reared , panicked , cannoned into one another to get out of the way , and doing so caused utter confusion and collapse amongst the enemy . |
| 26 | Nomes had to scramble over one another to get out of the way when one of the floorboards in the manager 's office was pulled up . |
| 27 | As the centre of Paris moved west , masses of workers were evicted from the city centre , some to move along with the new factories to the banlieue . |
| 28 | Over the next five days , events behind the scenes moved at breakneck speed , although with Admiral Thomson keeping the lid screwed down tight on the newspapers , radio and newsreels , the British public had little to feed on except rumours , and snippets not to be trusted but disturbingly suggestive — gleaned from German broadcasts . |
| 29 | Sometimes insurers might feel that they can get a better deal at the doors of the court in a heavy case , and the identity of the judge allotted to that case can influence corridor negotiations pretty heavily , but an experienced plaintiff 's solicitor with nothing much to worry about in court who has gone that far will strike a fairly hard bargain . |
| 30 | A Home Secretary needs one , not so much to stand up to criminals as to stand up to people with damaging non-solutions to crime . |