Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not unusual therefore for the contract expressly to deal with the time for payment and the time for delivery but to be silent about the time of the transfer of property . |
| 2 | However , there is little doubt that a number of facilities already developed will prove of value educationally : devices which allow the user effectively to draw upon the screen , such as the light pen or the graphics tablet , have great potential . |
| 3 | The man altered course impatiently to deal with the interruption ; just under six foot , he looked smaller because of the width of the powerful sloping shoulders which even good tailoring could do little to minimize . |
| 4 | I was reassured that the nonsense would stop , and that people would use the bikes merely to get to the base of mountains , where the walk in was prohibitive of completing the hill in a day without some means of transport . |
| 5 | Exit offended alter-ego with money enough to go to the pictures . |
| 6 | Maura and Margaret became a pair , the friendship only to end with the death of one of them . |
| 7 | I am satisfied that the promise was understood by all parties only to apply under the conditions prevailing at the time when it was made , namely , when the flats were only partially let , and that it did not extend any further than that . |
| 8 | ‘ No means no , my brother/Are you deaf in your ear , motherfucker ? ’ , is the chorus , catchy enough to stick in the minds of youthful listeners . |
| 9 | Neil get out of his aircraft obviously to go to the telephone . |
| 10 | And secondly a lot of er a number of consultants want to leave their bonuses in to accrue during the year . |
| 11 | In giving consent to another 's actions , however , our primary purpose is to authorise those actions and in so doing create for or accord to another a special right to act : the obligation generated on the consentor not to interfere with the exercise of this right takes , in this case , the secondary role . |
| 12 | In the light of the OAS decision , Fujimori stated on Aug. 30 that there was no remaining excuse for political parties not to participate in the elections . |
| 13 | Later , Tommy warns Ann not to go to the police , or tell anyone what has happened . |
| 14 | ‘ I have not come to the North-East just to play in the FA Cup , ’ he said . |
| 15 | With just over two months still to go before the opening of the fair , 517 of the 540 stands available have been sold , and the remaining 23 are expected to be taken up shortly . |
| 16 | Make it a rule always to check with the scorekeeper before going on to the area . |
| 17 | He willed himself to sit quietly , allowing his eyes gradually to adjust to the night . |
| 18 | The issue of whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned is also a question of judgement , and it would be somewhat unusual for a court erm perhaps erm months later to go against the policeman 's view , a view formed in the heat of the moment , where he had a firsthand erm taste of what was going on . |
| 19 | I doubted it because whatever the efficacy of Dr Gyggle 's treatment and however convincing his explanation of how a lonely and fucked-up boy built up a delusion both to compensate for the lack of a father and punish himself for his own Oedipal crime , I still could n't convince myself that I was entirely rid of my mage . |
| 20 | As I indicated , colleagues , it 's my intention now to go round the regions and ask regions whether they wish to put a speaker in . |
| 21 | It was n't my intention originally to go to the flat , it was my intention to reconnoitre the area in order that I could supply the officers who were going to do the actual operation with up to date information as to erm the methods of getting in to the block of flats because they had a coded key door erm and to acquaint myself of the actual physical erm presence of lifts , stairways and that sort of thing . |
| 22 | Miles 's voice was hushed , and Bernice saw his helmet tilt as he craned his neck upwards to look at the Bridge . |
| 23 | At one point the driver slammed on the brakes causing the police car behind to run into the back of the vehicle … the car was badly damaged … the two officers inside were taken to hospital for treatment to whiplash injuries . |
| 24 | Mr Byrne visited Amiens , which is twinned with Darlington , a few months ago to look into the possibility of setting up a link . |
| 25 | It is shocking and horrible , and it requires a sense of irony almost to reflect on the fact that this is 1991 — towards the end of the 20th century . |
| 26 | He took a deep breath , then another , like a diver about to plunge into the depths , and nodded . |
| 27 | ‘ Stay where you are , Judy ! ’ she cried , as she saw Judy on her hands and knees about to crawl under the wire to Mandy 's rescue . |
| 28 | A starfish on the reef can crawl across a clam , fasten its tube feet on either side of its gape and slowly wrench the valves apart to feed on the flesh within . |
| 29 | If there is a distinction between a failure to consent and a refusal of consent , it is because a refusal can take the form of a declaration of intention never to consent in the future or never to consent in some future circumstances . |
| 30 | No breach of confidence was alleged but there was said to be a contract not to publish before the report . |