Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the unruly people of Rome , currently opposed to the Pope , suggested that it would suit them better to confirm the imperial crown upon Barbarossa . |
| 2 | It seems to me better to consider the particular relationship in hand , and see whether or not , as a matter of policy economic loss should be recoverable . |
| 3 | Ianthe picked up a bottle in each hand , then had to put one of them down to ring the front door bell . |
| 4 | Perhaps Christian 's ownership of the farm depended in some way upon the manor , or the Fettiplace family , and Christian had called them together to break the bad news to them . |
| 5 | Compared with Mitroff 's earlier paper , there is much more emphasis here on linking stakeholder analysis with research into cognitive schemas , and a greater recognition that there may be problems both in identifying the schemas , often held unconsciously , and in bringing them together to inform the corporate debate about strategy . |
| 6 | With the leave of the House , it remains for me only to thank the Select Committee on Energy for allowing us to hear the Government 's reply . |
| 7 | I water I usually to clean the bloody thing |
| 8 | Chris refuses to do something I 'm afraid when somebody 's already done three quarters of the work , you ca n't put somebody on to do the last quarter . |
| 9 | But somehow Leconte pulled himself together to take the second set and the decider became a rout . |
| 10 | I mean now , the erm the social workers erm are care managers in a lot of cases , in other words it may be contracted out to somebody else to do the actual caring and you look at the package which the client is getting , you know it might be I du n no some old dear who needs meals on wheels and visits every week or something |
| 11 | The instructions tell you not to remove the growing tip until the tree has reached the final size you require , do I presume I 'm stuck with a 2½ ft tall tree ? |
| 12 | June brides will have to start planning for the big event about now , so in Secrets of Success we show you how to cook the perfect wedding buffet , with salmon and salads , and , of course , a three tier wedding cake that will make 'em gasp . |
| 13 | Paul Broadhurst shows you how to play the 50-yard pitch shoot consistently . |
| 14 | Bulls usually shake their heads erratically , lowering them vertically and twisting them sideways as they jerk them up to inflict the maximum injury . |
| 15 | She did n't need Maggie to remind her of the odds against a baby 's survival in the alleys , and she loved this one enough to make the ultimate sacrifice . |
| 16 | Nor , however , did you see the river , and Willis would have to find something else to fill the great gap which would be left in his life when it was no longer possible to see the river traffic , passing and repassing . |
| 17 | Use one half to extend the other log and place on a serving platter . |
| 18 | One Sunday evening they were missing at bedtime , and Hindley ordered me angrily to lock the front door . |
| 19 | We managed to persuade him not to perform the whole work during the wedding ceremony . |
| 20 | From the start , he was in conflict with the DUP 's leadership who tried to persuade him not to accept the local branch 's nomination to stand for the Assembly . |
| 21 | That was the trouble with Mrs Flaherty , you could n't trust her not to say the wrong thing in company , that was one of the reasons why she was the Wrong Element . |
| 22 | The camera comes between her and the audience and allows her not to tell the whole story . |
| 23 | The guy relays how he 's been fantasising about you while with his new girlfriend , so you invite him over to do the wild thing . |
| 24 | It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoil inside Rose . |
| 25 | He would lie , exhausted among the twisted sheets , his head buried under the pillow , urging her silently to switch the damn thing off . |
| 26 | Maggie Smith once said about him : ‘ Kenneth taught me how to recognize the one word in a sentence which would turn it from a commonplace statement into something wildly funny . ’ |
| 27 | Nor is it so regular that we can trust to it altogether to fix the exact date of any given work . |
| 28 | Are there any circumstances in which the Home Secretary would feel it right to take the honourable course and resign from the office which he discharges so inadequately ? |
| 29 | Therefore they find it just to overthrow the Northern statelet by whatever degree of force proves necessary . |
| 30 | I felt it best to keep the main report to matters of … of science , let us say . ’ |