Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chamfer the cut edges of pipe to allow easy fitting of the coupling — a few gentle taps with a hammer to chip away the edge is enough . |
| 2 | Remember I 'm no trollop to while away the hours for you . ’ |
| 3 | If there is any predisposition to psychosis then the changes induced can be permanent . |
| 4 | With so much happening , and no central authority , Lorne and I were constantly harried by the attempt to film only the crucial events , which appeared to erupt spontaneously at any time of the day or night , while conserving the precious little film stock we had put aside for the intended Bugis film . |
| 5 | One more summer term to winter still the house had not looked upon anyone she saw as suitable enough to take on a satisfactory residence within her proud walls , if only she was . |
| 6 | Written in a very attractive style this little publication is the ideal vehicle to while away a quiet few minutes and , at the same time , does something practical to help with the preservation of steam . |
| 7 | The capacity to recircuit neurophysiologically the ongoing experiencing of the senses in such a way that the subject becomes ‘ aware ’ of its situation through introspection of this analogue . |
| 8 | The progression is familiar enough , and it adds another modern dimension to Middle-earth-or rather a timeless one , for though in the modern age we give Saruman a modern ‘ applicability ’ , his name , and the evident uncertainty even in Anglo-Saxon times over mechanical cleverness and ‘ machinations ’ , shows that his meaning was ancient too . |
| 9 | Also , they come of a class of person frequently on the move from household to household so a great deal of time was wasted by officials seeking to interview relatives who were in fact temporarily with other members of the family in another part of the country , where , of course , the authority I am representing has no jurisdiction . |
| 10 | On these traffic lights been down to that football match actually cos it 's absolutely nose to tail right the way there right the way down here |
| 11 | Jones made this point by taking a small flashlight out from his pocket and making a strong cautionary comment that he would be ‘ extremely surprised if enough power could be generated by the process to power even a flashlight . ’ |
| 12 | In 1155 , the customs confirmed by Louis VII for Lorris on the royal demesne established that no parishioner should have to pay taxes on food intended for his own consumption or on grain grown by his own labour ; he should be exempt from tolls when he took his produce to the neighbouring towns of Etampes , Orléans , Milly , or Melun ; if required for a chevauchée , he must be allowed to return home at the end of the day ; the only labour service he owed his lord was in carrying seigneurial wine to Orléans twice a year ; and the burgesses of Lorris as a whole were exempted from seigneurial tailles . |
| 13 | Members of the Leisure Promotions team take turns throughout the night to police both the event areas and campsite . |
| 14 | Pretty comfortable ways to while away the summer |
| 15 | ‘ I gave twenty quid to Oxfam only the other day , ’ said Emma . |
| 16 | That had all been an act , partly to lull the Men into trusting him but also , Creggan now realized , to hide the same feelings as they all had in captivity : a game to while away the endless waiting . |
| 17 | 14.2.5 Entitlement to expenses also a matter of contract |
| 18 | Drawing from his experience of Japan , Johnson ( 1984 : p. 8 ) considered that this ‘ means the initiation and co-ordination of governmental activities to leverage upward the productivity and competitiveness of the whole economy and of particular industries in it … |
| 19 | TOP rugby coach Mostyn Richards has made a plea for all clubs to back fully the Mid-Wales District representative team . |
| 20 | If Marie Gibbs ' time course was right , I should expect to find a sequence of cellular changes in left and perhaps right IMHV and/ or LPO , associated with the several phases of memory formation , in the minutes to hours following the bird 's pecking at the bitter bead . |
| 21 | Among the restaurants is the Savini , Milan 's most prestigious , where opera-goers congregate after a performance to while away the rest of the evening in expensive surroundings . |
| 22 | If he plays games to while away the tedious time , thought Cadfael , he plays them by noble rules , even those he makes up as he goes . |
| 23 | En route the 41 club exchanges news and views and puts the world to rights once a day before we take our individual paths into the isolation of a busy office . |
| 24 | This was n't even by the rusty old tramp which brought stores to Danu once a month , but on a smaller wooden vessel , captained by a cut-throat old Bugi from Makassar , whose bilge pumps were perpetually squirting a drooping arc of water from the sides . |
| 25 | If O sues Y for conversion ( i.e. for selling O's goods to Z ) , then O will obtain judgment against Y for damages equal to the value of the goods on the date of the sale to Z less the deduction of an improvemenh is attributable to the improvement by Y. If O does not sue Y but instead sues Z for conversion , then Z gets the benefit of the improvement allowant allowance . |
| 26 | These figures relate to 1778 when the knitters were seeking a parliamentary regulation of their wages to levels about a third higher , restoring earnings to the level of twenty years earlier before a long decline had set in . |
| 27 | Former finalists Waterloo-Gosforth are the only northern club with a better record of two final appearances will be hoping ( and expecting ) to cash in on their league form to edge nearer a little more cup glory . |
| 28 | But the breathless battering of the shower had done a lot to sluice away the weariness and discomfort of the past couple of days , and perhaps she felt bold enough to try . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , those unfamiliar with the original Dutch version ( which is most people ) may find this a satisfying way to while away an evening . |