Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of you might be thinking , well , I 'm never going to advocate , I never intend to go anywhere near a court . |
| 2 | And he said : ‘ Do you want to go forward on a charge on that ? ’ |
| 3 | The effect is somewhat studio-bound — Oppitz steers a beautifully controlled course through treacherous terrain , never taking a tumble , but never freewheeling either , and never daring to swing recklessly around a corner . |
| 4 | Well , on the centigrade scale that 's at minus two six nine approximately , but in fact we in physics tend to work always with an , what we call an absolute scale of temperature . |
| 5 | You do n't want to work hard for a year establishing your act , get offered a tour , and then find that your drummer wo n't give up his milk round . |
| 6 | It is more like a slow process of sifting , in which , by a long series of stages , and with many pauses , grains of one kind tend to come together in a heap ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday ! |
| 8 | Some who were working intended to slip away for an hour or so . |
| 9 | ‘ I — I just want to go below for a moment . ’ |
| 10 | However , perhaps even more significantly , certainly for the junior players , is the opportunity they have earned to go forward for a personal screening at Bradnam 's unique Herts-based Dewhurst Tennis Academy , the operation which has firmly set about the task of uncovering a future British Wimbledon champion . |
| 11 | Water pumped out of building excavations or road works , for example , may be permitted to flow directly into a neighbouring watercourse without a requirement that any solids settle out in the lagoons which are the typical method of purifying similar discharges more permanent in character . |
| 12 | She wants to go away for a holiday , too . |
| 13 | just wants to go there as an equal |
| 14 | There is never a moment when Dustin gets as worried as Gary Cooper in High Noon , although , like Cooper , he has to cope singlehandedly with a number of killers , and is only saved at the final moment when his wife blasts the last opponent with a shotgun . |
| 15 | The reason is that foreign companies want to come here for a highly trained and highly motivated work force who work for good British companies . |
| 16 | If you want to know more about a rug you already own , or simply want to develop a general interest in the subject , study the design schemes ( described in Chapter IV ) , and the characteristics of rugs from the various producing countries ( Chapter V ) . |
| 17 | However , IBM was expected to come forward as a Wabi development partner , like USL , which would automatically make it eligible for SunSelect 's most favourable pricing schedule ( UX No 432 ) . |
| 18 | However IBM was expected to come forward as a Wabi development partner , like Unix Labs , which would automatically make it eligible for SunSelect 's most favourable pricing schedule . |
| 19 | Over Adam 's shoulder , she watched as the couple moved to stand together in a quiet corner , deeply engrossed in each other . |
| 20 | Nor can democracy be expected to work smoothly in a society with rigid divisions , producing a permanent majority and a permanent minority . |
| 21 | By the end of this month manufacturing capacity is expected to increase three-fold as a result , according to sales and marketing director Joe Weston . |
| 22 | If cimetidine ( or the hypochlorhydric condition it creates ) as in fact carcinogenic to the gastric mucosa , gastric cancer incidence should be expected to increase only after a period of time after initiation of treatment . |
| 23 | In a developing country , like India , a preference for sons would be expected to lead initially to a reduction in the birth rate , which would be to the country 's advantage ; and before long , the more farsighted parents will realise that in order to have grandchildren , they should select not sons , who may not be able to find wives , but daughters , who will be sought after , and be able to enter into advantageous marriages . |
| 24 | Talk of regional governmental or elected assemblies seemed pointless eyewash , a sign of weakness in the face of the nationalist challenge ; a policy designed to lead either to a call for total independence for Scotland and Wales or to a permanent loss of authority by Whitehall and therefore a diminution in the competence of Scottish and Welsh MPs . |
| 25 | In practical terms , this creates a different and exciting aspect of work for care workers who may seek to engage constructively with a wide variety of neighbourhood care schemes . |
| 26 | Passive acceptance and rote learning of facts and procedures is now discouraged ; you will instead be expected to participate fully in an exchange of views and information . |
| 27 | Howard hugs her , and has to look away for a moment , he is so moved . |
| 28 | I hope we all want to help together as a team and support our already stretched full-time officials . |
| 29 | I want to focus here on an ‘ affordable ’ way of reaching a maximum number of teachers with this aim , i.e. the group consultative training approach . |
| 30 | It 's designed to fit neatly in a pocket while you listen — and it 's yours absolutely FREE when you apply for the NatWest Hospital Income Plan before the date shown on your Application Form . |