Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want Matt to struggle alone with the barbecue — and that 's precisely what he 'll do if I 'm not there . ’ |
| 2 | She also asked Pamela to try again during the next week to draw up a list of ways she would like her parents to change . |
| 3 | David Gear hit the ball over the defence and Spence immediately changed direction and chased ; for some unknown reason , no flag appeared , allowing Spence to slot home past the helpless Warner to the annoyance of the home players . |
| 4 | Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception . |
| 5 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
| 6 | She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises . |
| 7 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 8 | City will be kicking themselves for allowing Cranfield to get back into the game , but the visitors must be given credit for a spirited second half performance . |
| 9 | The fire finally doused with water , a young doctor across the hall was called and he advised Dustin to go immediately to the hospital . |
| 10 | Ace snapped savagely , causing Benny to step back from the unexpectedly vicious tone in her voice . |
| 11 | When Sarah forces Katheryn to face up to the reality of the emotional impact the rape has had on her ( Sarah 's ) life , Katheryn 's allegiances switch . |
| 12 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 13 | He advised Eden to stay away from the House of Commons and to make some non-political speeches in the country on subjects such as ‘ England ’ . |
| 14 | But this caused Aboyeur to veer away from the rails and collide with Craganour , carrying him out towards the centre of the course and interfering with the finishing runs of Nimbus — who had been far enough back at Tattenham Corner for his jockey to have seen the suffragette incident — and Great Sport , both coming up the stands side . |
| 15 | The Foreign Office lawyers were caught on the hop , leaving junior minister Garel-Jones to tell the Commons that if the Labour amendment went through , excising the protocol which allows Britain to opt out of the social chapter , the whole treaty would have to be torn up and all 12 countries begin the painful process again . |
| 16 | A glance at Luke obviously caused Florian to think better of the quip she could see hovering on his lips . |
| 17 | Lewis , though , pushing apparent naivety to incredulous proportions , said : ‘ I could n't let the WBC down by allowing Bowe to duck out of the commitment he made . |
| 18 | This in turn encouraged Samsonov to drive farther to the west than originally intended , before turning northward , in the hope of encircling even greater numbers of Germans . |
| 19 | The treaty is being put to the vote again because last December 's EC summit in Edinburgh allowed Denmark to opt out of the treaty 's terms on defence co-operation , a common currency , supranational co-operation on police and legal matters , and ‘ union citizenship ’ . |
| 20 | But costly turnovers allowed Washington to creep back into the game , despite the dominance of the Cowboys defence . |
| 21 | Peace within the new boundaries allowed Milan to make up for the time lost during the bloody years of Napoleon 's campaigns and the Risorgimento . |
| 22 | In his rage , the clergyman ‘ who is used to having everyone give in to him when he 's in a passion ’ told Vincent to clear out of the house if he could n't mend his ways . |
| 23 | They would like Britain to opt back into the social chapter , but join other EC members in attempting to renegotiate its contents . |
| 24 | Corbett allowed Ranulf to slouch sleepily in the saddle and waited for Dame Agatha to draw alongside him . |
| 25 | But good work by Thorneycroft allowed Baldwin to get away on the left and , though Liley kicked a third penalty goal for the Tigers , Northampton 's challenge continues . |
| 26 | ‘ Get Hawkins to go down in the cellar and help thee , and mind th'do n't get up to any pranks . ’ |
| 27 | It had not been hard to persuade Brian to come up with the fees for university . |
| 28 | Before returning to England he was asked to persuade Gladstone to come over for the 1878 Yale ‘ commencement ’ but he would plead in vain . |
| 29 | In the context of the early 1940s ( Olivier 's film was conceived in 1941 before America had formally joined in the war ) this creation of an idealised Elizabethan past was particularly convenient for Britain trying to persuade America to participate wholeheartedly in the war effort for the preservation of civilisation against barbarism . |
| 30 | Failure to lift the ban prompted Iceland to withdraw formally from the Commission [ see ED 59/60 ] , and Norway to announce a unilateral resumption of commercial hunting . |