Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she did n't find out until too late was that it was one thing to jump a gap but quite another to stay put on the landing stone when the surface was wet and slippery . |
| 2 | Captain Hamilton , living in a modest flat in Fulham , was only too relieved to get rid of the house and the whole burden of debt . |
| 3 | Deputies of the Democratic , Social Democratic and Socialist parties in the Assembly were reported on Sept. 10 to have protested at the appointment of Greek Orthodox Exarch Januallatos as Patriarch of the Albanian Autocephalic Orthodox Church , and to have called for his departure from Albania . |
| 4 | Ian Traill , director of the Glasgow-based EuroInfo centre , said last night : ‘ We are delighted to have collaborated with The Scotsman in promoting this service and bringing the single market to the doorstep of Scottish business . ’ |
| 5 | It was easy to become mesmerized by the size of the budget , but when you looked at it in detail you found that almost half went on pensions and other payments to the elderly ; that 20 per cent went to families with children ; 17 per cent went to the unemployed ; and that 13 per cent went to the sick and disabled . |
| 6 | Churches which escaped are likely to have paid for the privilege : the raiders had threatened to destroy Christ Church in 994 unless they were given a sum promised them by Archbishop Sigeric . |
| 7 | If it can not be proved wrong , then the scientist will conclude that there is a causal law in operation , and will advise farmers , who are likely to have paid for the research , of this . |
| 8 | The last three cases are also authority for the proposition that it is proper , though not obligatory , for the trial judge to tell the jury that , as well as going to credibility , good character is relevant when considering whether the defendant is the kind of man who is likely to have behaved in the way that the prosecution alleged . |
| 9 | ‘ So he 's not likely to have knocked on the door yesterday evening and asked Sir Paul to let him in . ’ |
| 10 | IN ANCIENT Greece men were supposed to get married by the age of 30 . |
| 11 | When am I supposed to have broken into the house , and why on earth should you think I know anything about any of the guns ? ’ |
| 12 | The Hound of Ulster is supposed to have lived at the beginning of the first century AD . |
| 13 | His first wife was supposed to have died at the end of the war . |
| 14 | If aphids are a big problem outside too , buy some ICI Rapid to get rid of the lot . |
| 15 | Oh to get your bargains oh yes they would n't , there were n't really good fridges in those days , there was co col cold rooms but erm they would be glad to get rid of the meat that they 'd already got cut up you see , and the barker , they used to call them the barkers , standing outside you see and get your fresh meat and so on , so on , so on , so you know and er to get the custom in you see , oh there was real competition between the barkers and there were barkers standing in road . |
| 16 | Once again Day-Lewis manages almost chameleon-like to become subsumed by the part he is acting and although here it is basically one dimensional he persuades easily that this is his actual persona . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose it would be stupid to get arrested in the process , but … |
| 18 | Are there any particular topics that you think would have been useful to have seen in the course that were n't ? |
| 19 | But Shelley was unable to get rid of the sense of shame , of being exposed and cheated . |
| 20 | Unable to get rid of the feeling that the glass belongs to another time , another person . |
| 21 | Outdoor types who would like to know more about dowsing will be able to get started with The Pendulum Kit ( Virgin , £12.99 ) . |
| 22 | You see at Banbury School our governing body erm has expressed itself clearly as against the tertiary education proposals as they were first put forward , and I am very pleased to have heard during the debate that they 've been amended as a result of quite a lot as a result of the discussion that has gone on . |
| 23 | That is not true of many Tory Members of Parliament in Scotland , who are desperate to get rid of the poll tax . |
| 24 | Was that to get rid of the sort of ee erm the way them building firms used to take people on every day ? |
| 25 | Yes well , they get on top of mountains if possible to get rid of the shimmer . |
| 26 | ‘ It may not be possible to get rid of the mite completely but we can learn to live with it . |
| 27 | Is this just to get rid of the nomenklatura or will it be a permanent feature ? |
| 28 | Children years too young to vote boogied in the street . |
| 29 | In respect of consort composition , John Bennett finds in Richard Mico a composer whose output suggests affinities with Byrd ; the two composers ' paths appear certain to have crossed within the orbit of the Petre family between 1608 and 1623 . |
| 30 | By the time Frodo reaches Mount Doom he is loath to get rid of the Ring . |