Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 2 | ‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’ |
| 3 | Of course , the result was , anybody watching you timed how long it took to go from the Dock gate to sign in and put it on the spike . |
| 4 | ‘ Most of our customers are second time buyers who know what they want and expect to be able to just walk in and take it off the shelf like a can of beans , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Cabs , you used to jump in and drive them up the road cos there were no motor cars . |
| 6 | One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river . |
| 7 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 8 | Mr and Mrs Bryant would be thrilled to have a family living in your old home once again — and , since my holiday plans have fallen through , I 'd be happy to come down and help you with the twins . ’ |
| 9 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 10 | All these factors — and many , many more which are now a fact of our fast-paced , deadline-packed daily lives — are still helping to create symptoms of stress to the point where a single encounter with an apparently dyslexic British Telecom directory enquiries operator can all but tip us over the brink . |
| 11 | Rather than punish him for the attempted rebellion , Henry gave Richard the task of quelling the very Aquitainian rebels from whom he had so recently looked for support . |
| 12 | It 's better to take them with you in the car rather than consign them to the chilly furniture van . |
| 13 | It is best to try and group all mains-voltage components into one area rather than disperse them around the board . |
| 14 | We may not yet be a vigilante state but there is no doubt that more people feel compelled to mete out their own justice rather than entrust it to the police and courts . |
| 15 | I would also like to add that the small meeting room which is off the corridor , opposite the program office , is ava available for you to er relax during the lunch break , and eat your sandwiches in there , rather than bring them into the hall . |
| 16 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 17 | Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result . |
| 18 | Rather than write them in the book , just put the answers down either on a on a piece of paper . |
| 19 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 20 | The owner of the estate , American John Kluge , agreed in principle to sell the estate to the crown rather than put it on the open market , but he did not consider the resulting offer to be high enough . |
| 21 | However , once again I strongly suggest that you grow a collection of wild flowers in your own garden rather than pick them from the countryside and assist in depleting the stocks ! |
| 22 | They have been fighting to keep their current size for more than three years , claiming that they wish to keep the school open to all-comers , rather than limit it to the number of children in Episcopalian families . |
| 23 | Because we , we have a large amount of cash which it suits us to get rid of rather than take it to the bank er to be added up and charged for cash handling . |
| 24 | Sir Harold left his collection to the Corporation of the City of London , but rather than include them in the Guildhall Art Gallery , he left instructions that , due to the fact that he believed his pictures looked best in domestic surroundings , the pictures be installed in the Lord Mayor 's residence , where , unfortunately , they will mostly be inaccessible to the public . |
| 25 | There may still be time to persuade the authorities to relocate her rather than remove her from the wild . |
| 26 | ‘ And he 'd go away and chuck it in the bin or down the sink and come back with a new one . |
| 27 | Nigel had arranged that his son-in-law ( his daughter Caroline 's husband ) , who was living and working in Denmark , and his nephew James from California would come over and help me with the move . |
| 28 | I could tell him when his crown 's starting to fall off and remind him of the royal plural — and , well , lots of things ! |
| 29 | Somehow , in his absence the fun went out of it and I decided to slope off and join him on the flat . |
| 30 | With these oilskins and boots they 'd just come home and drop them outside the door and go indoors . |