Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 What took place towards the very end of March should have made you realise that this is very much a time to hold you fire when dealing with important professional issues .
2 Perhaps this was merely a ruse to trick them into a crossing at Forteviot .
3 But how do you know when you 're eighteen , whatever , is a natural teaching ability or merely a wish to try it ?
4 You 've taken that down a semitone to make it minor .
5 He were a remarkable man in his way : he went down a well to clean it out on the day he died .
6 FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her .
7 Once formed in place , they could be extracted by the Frasch process — pumping superheated stream down a borehole to blow them to the surface in molten form .
8 ( I 've filled in a couple to get you started . )
9 In these sessions they practised their kicking and wheeling ; John brought in a sergeant-major to train them in military marching .
10 Well I do it probably was actually but it was the switch that had gone , maybe lightning had hopped across the switch , yeah , but erm , that 's all it was it was the switch , but er , I mean the thing is it went wrong and they had to pay for it , okay it 's only a tenner to have it done , but it , if a C D player , I mean if the carriage goes , you know , sixty , seventy quid , you know I 'm buying these electrical things , it 's , because it 's a burg lock , I can buy them , get them a warranty with it an'all , then it 's took the burden off them .
11 He had only a daughter to succeed him and his son-in-law turned out to be a second Michael Chambre , who after Lath 's death ‘ let loose the reins to many disorderly courses , as cocking , raseing , drinking and lewdnesse ’ , so that he too finally lost all and sold Balderton to Robert Hayward , a local yeoman .
12 Having beaten the Royal Navy , who then defeated the RAF , the Army needed only a draw to give them their 29th outright title , but they seldom generated the cohesion necessary to trouble what was a disciplined RAF team .
13 When the Bashkirs , supported by Lenin and a minority of the leadership , complained at being deprived of the autonomous republic , the secretary of the central executive told them , ‘ That whole autonomous republic which you take so seriously is only a game to keep you people busy . ’
14 A few months later , England were in the Caribbean for a tour that , in the problems they encountered , lacked only a riot to round it off .
15 The news will throw Tottenham 's future to fresh confusion and leave the club hoping desperately that manager Terry Venables can put together a deal to save them from collapse .
16 If anything in the Amis corpus has validated his penchant for the poison dart , it was last year 's Memoirs : indiscreet , at times indefensible , but nevertheless a book to leave you giddy with laughter .
17 The goal looked good enough to give United the draw as well , but with just a minute to go they cracked .
18 It was just a stick to beat me with , was n't it ? ’
19 Or had all his compliments and charm , so convincing at the time , been just a charade to get him what he wanted ?
20 So you 've got just a month to do it in .
21 Darling — Just a note to say I love you and I ‘ m so glad .
22 Just a keepsake to remember us by .
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24 This is not a reason to avoid them for drama more than any other activity in school can help children find a mature approach to such topics .
25 Initially , they are stressful but that is not a reason to avoid them .
26 The reason is that even when this is a good reason to accept advice it is not a reason to accept it as a piece of advice .
27 Not a dog to follow it down —
28 Marion , there 's not a lass to match you in Mull .
29 Her hope of happiness was gone , all gone , and if she had to bear a little of the blame for not having told him immediately who she was , then surely that was not a thing to hang her with .
30 There was always a scramble to obtain them after the meeting .
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