Example sentences of "[noun] to [noun] [adv] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Members of the Leisure Promotions team take turns throughout the night to police both the event areas and campsite . |
| 9 | Pretty comfortable ways to while away the summer |
| 10 | ‘ I gave twenty quid to Oxfam only the other day , ’ said Emma . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 … |
| 13 | TOP rugby coach Mostyn Richards has made a plea for all clubs to back fully the Mid-Wales District representative team . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |