Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the only thing I need to ask you about is that bloody great , bloody great memo , I 've said it so I 'll say it again it 's pinned up in my old tutor 's room what do you want me to put down on the document for the record of achievement on attendance ? |
| 2 | She used the cry of her voice to draw them to her , allowing them first to fly away and then encouraging them to swoop back at the height of their arc of flight . |
| 3 | We 're told it 's a very close thing , the decision not to participate erm and there were certain technical and theoretical reasons , I think , that led them to come down on the side of not . |
| 4 | But I did not want them to stay out in the cold all night , so I kept my window open to look out for them . |
| 5 | What do we want them to get out of the advertising ? |
| 6 | Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life . |
| 7 | I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service . |
| 8 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 9 | I had not looked through those volumes for many years , until these recent developments led me to get down from the shelf the Devon and Cornwall volume once more . |
| 10 | The court usher appeared then and asked them to move out into the corridor . |
| 11 | ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If they want me to stay on after the World Cup I will consider that . |
| 13 | And yet , what is required , if teachers are ever to enjoy the prestige of true professionals , is to encourage them to reach out into the society they are there to serve , rather than for them to retreat behind their school walls . |
| 14 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 15 | With relegation now a virtual certainty , Hankin has nothing to lose by including the likes of Reed , to prepare for next season . |
| 16 | Team 1 is concentrating on the basement and ground floor , so I want you to go up to the 4th level as team 2 will be putting out the flames on floors 2 + 3 . |
| 17 | ‘ I want you to go back to the house and telephone the Incident Room . |
| 18 | ‘ Midge , I want you to get back into the car , close the doors and lock them from the inside . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to get back to the docks and get everybody out as fast as you can . |
| 20 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I want you to come back to the Incident Room with me where you will be asked to make a full statement . ’ |
| 21 | I want you to think back to the story of Mufaro |
| 22 | He wants you to go up to the villa . ’ |
| 23 | We 'll have to encourage him to put in on the table . |
| 24 | He is right to change the emphasis of the list and we urge him to stand up to the civil servants who are resisting change . |
| 25 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
| 26 | Therefore , if a clause giving a reason for such an action has a pronominal subject , we expect it to refer back to the questioner . |
| 27 | It was armed with a Lewis gun on the back and carried a vast load of food , petrol , ammunition and other stores , enabling it to remain out in the desert for periods of up to three weeks . |
| 28 | ‘ When we were approached on this deal we used it to tie in with the release of one of our hostages held in Lebanon . ’ |
| 29 | I want us to get out of the habit of losing . |
| 30 | Moderator I think er Mr wants us to go back to the words reconciliation . |