Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | no , certainly not and er I await for liberty to apply for further to fall out over anything |
| 3 | For light to work by at the period concerned , a miner had only a small coffee-pot shaped metal oil lamp with a wick protruding from the spout . |
| 4 | Like the good storyteller he was , Titch allowed time for this to sink in before going on . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | and then they 'll just pick one out of that to go on as part of the calendar . |
| 7 | In the absence of much to shout about on the score sheet , Leeds fans reverted to taking the mick out of Arse fans ' feeble singing by doing antiphonal ‘ red army , red army ’ chanting in high-pitched silly voices . |
| 8 | That brings the officially acknowledged contribution of petrol-lead to blood-lead up to 30 per cent in adults and nearly 25 per cent in children and boosts the case against lead in petrol . |
| 9 | ‘ Gabby 's F-on-the-bottom tuning is a beautiful thing , but kind of hard to get around on , ’ Ry adds . |
| 10 | Ultra Network Technologies Inc , the pioneer of 800Mbps and up local area networking , has signed a letter of intent to sell out to Maple Grove , Minnesota-based Computer Network Technology Corp , which has agreed to pay about $1.88m in shares for the privately held firm . |
| 11 | To confuse things further , those 36 stages are laid out into seven levels , each offering a choice of two to move on to once completed . |
| 12 | Reid 's column had captured the oasis from the Italians on 25 November , and his orders were to move from there towards the coast south of Benghazi to link up with a new offensive planned by Auchinleck and Ritchie . |
| 13 | Putting down the telephone , she tried to sort out her motive for promising to go out with Giles . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been driving like mad to catch up with you . |
| 15 | But he twice went into the water and finished with a seven for 69 to go back to nine under . |
| 16 | We have erm , we ca n't put operator performance any more on our district , because we 've just erm , stopped that , it does n't , you know , they do n't apply it to performance any more as far as that goes , but erm , I have got three representation , three representatives , which the checkout people nominated themselves and I have a monthly meeting with those to come up with any problems but it 's still , you know , that 's tackling one issue . |
| 17 | But Ferguson insists it is not too late for United to get back in the hunt . |
| 18 | We made the decision to go despite the lack of an organized UK presence — we are on-air with a new series running from January to March 1991 and we wanted to make contacts before then , rather than wait for MIP-TV to come around in April . |
| 19 | We need not wait for evil to swoop out of the cosmos or ascend from the depths of hell : it is here now , not incarnate in human form but embodied in the structures and philosophies of our modern culture.l It is this contemporary culture with which we must grapple and fight . |
| 20 | The Animals in Medicine Research Information Centre ( AMRIC ) was founded in 1985 to speak out on behalf of such workers , yet the climate remains an unhappy one , thriving on propaganda , half-truths , and plain ignorance , as well as violence . |
| 21 | The Russian Christian Democratic Movement , which left the Democratic Russia movement in 1991 to go over to the opposition , did not participate in this " united opposition " declaration . |
| 22 | He left the club in a financial purge at the end of 1954–55 but was invited back in 1969 to help out with the groundstaff . |
| 23 | Anxious not to interrupt Veronica 's Sunday lunch , Loretta waited until three to set off for Hallborough . |
| 24 | Whether by luck or careful management , Callaghan 's administration looked much more credible now , and many expected him to call an autumn election in 1978 to cash in on favourable economic and political trends and , against all the odds , snatch another term of power . |
| 25 | A disagreement over patients ' preparation and post-operational recovery regime resulted in Daniel leaving his father in 1763 to set up on his own at Ingatestone , Essex . |
| 26 | Nguyen Ai Quoc went into Yunnan early in 1942 to link up with the many other Vietnamese exiles who were known collectively as Dong Minh Hoi . |
| 27 | Yes , I thought , but then there 's , but briefly er Sue , I was going to wanted to point out in fact er you just er if you do n't mind Paul I 'll just go back |
| 28 | Proceedings had been due to resume on Monday next week , but the commission was on standby to travel down over the weekend if necessary if there was an improvement in his client 's health . |
| 29 | RAF medical crews are on standby to fly out to the war zone in what used to be Yugoslavia . |
| 30 | Three-quarter-inch cassette formats : U-matic Low-Band — widely used in industry and in institutions ; U-matic High-Band — acceptable for broadcast , better quality than low-band , needs to be transferred to low-band to play back on that standard but will playback on low band equipment as black and white picture of variable quality . |