Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Desperately I tried to hold down the rising sickness I felt about the theft of my writing to listen to all he was telling . |
| 2 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 3 | I expect to rub out the new rail link under London , the national centre for wind-power , the cross-Channel terminus at King 's Cross and the Little Podlington by-pass . |
| 4 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 5 | The only conclusion I can draw is that the two-pack AC lacquer that was used on the first table was something that I will not use again on dark timber if I want to bring out the full colour of the wood . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to walk up the other valley too , ’ said Betty . |
| 7 | Leaving the heat and the nearly finished bridehouse , I returned to soak up the last of a cool , green English summer . |
| 8 | I determined to stamp out the French ‘ flu before it spread . |
| 9 | do I have to look out the old greatcoat , woolly hat , scarf and gloves of my hippy days ? |
| 10 | I needed to call up the heroic days when Dennis was still around , and we were young and carefree , bonking our brains out while he shouted banalities from the foot of the stairs . |
| 11 | I 've got one I meant to put on the main agenda and I forgot , and I wrote the agenda . |
| 12 | Because of the range of the respective sizes of each range and the feel of the marker pens themselves , I chose to try out the KC-1100 Twin Point Pens in a studio context and the KC-400 Brush Pens in the field . |
| 13 | In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire , and the lovely old building was safe . |
| 14 | I managed to hammer out the brief for the marioc debate in the nick of time . |
| 15 | I managed to get down the last two words of the preceding paragraph before my stomach over-boiled into my mouth . |
| 16 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 17 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 18 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 19 | Six o'clock in the morning , I had to clean out the Danish piggeries . |
| 20 | But if you would n't tell me I had to find out the only way I could , ’ Travis explained , tightening his arms about her . |
| 21 | I had to find out the hard way — to coin a phrase . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted to carry on the great work that Nick had done and I wanted to broaden the paper 's scope . |
| 23 | However , the diplomats said that neither Unita , enjoying success on the battlefield , or the Angolan government , which wants to win back the lost ground , appeared ready for serious peace negotiations . |
| 24 | The other major difference from the straightforward version is that the variable LR now stores a list of all rules which helped to set up the current state . |
| 25 | The Met Office regards last summer as one of those exceptions from the norm which go to make up the typical British weather rather than some trend for the future . |
| 26 | Later , it is important to try to understand and work through the different strands of feeling which go to make up the total experience of loss . |
| 27 | Though he does not develop the metaphor , Paul would , I think , agree with the fuller details to be found in I Peter : individual Christians are spiritual stones which go to make up the spiritual temple which is built on Christ ( I Pet . |
| 28 | I has taken me a while to figure out that ‘ we ai n't got Windows , we got DOS ’ so I would appreciate any advice in your columns on the basics — what sorts of programs are suitable for a simple soul like me who needs to knock out the odd poster , magazine or newsletter and something that will look more professional , from time to time . |
| 29 | There will be occasions when you want to drain down the cold water system . |
| 30 | There are already plenty of pointers and anomalies , and I 'd like to go through them with you to try to sift out the red herrings and give due precedence to the important facts . |