Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gap was about a foot and a half wide — wide enough for Sigarup to sit in the basket with his legs hanging down below . |
| 2 | Even in that situation you would probably be rescued by a passing cruise ship , on board which they would stuff you endlessly with food to compensate for the boredom of the interminable view of the sea . |
| 3 | The foam filled artificial leather earpads are large enough in area to rest against the sides of the head and enclose the ears completely without pressing against them . |
| 4 | When various media types and units are being used , particularly if primary and secondary media items have been forced to different media types , a unit which is only able to handle secondary items will attempt to do so in order to contribute to the workload . |
| 5 | The resignations of four government ministers in late September were believed to be related to forthcoming elections , with Education Minister Ricardo Lagos Escobar in particular stepping down in order to stand for the presidency in 1993 , and Carlos Ominami Pascual ( Economy ) to organize his campaign . |
| 6 | While no longer under oath to abide by the rules and pray every day for their benefactor , the present tenants no doubt are thankful for their rent and rate-free accommodation , their free central heating and laundry and , though the gentlemen no longer receive a new suit every two years nor the ladies a new frock , they do receive a visit from the wardens and the clerk at Christmas bearing a small monetary gift . |
| 7 | If he acted in this way , it was not in order to conform to the customs of his time , for his attitude towards women was quite different from that of his milieu , and he deliberately and courageously broke with it . ’ |
| 8 | Within moments , he is talking about Brecht 's THREEPENNY OPERA pointing out how Brecht invented an abstract London , not in order to escape from the reality of the city , but to create a generalized framework which could be relevant to audiences in many different places . |
| 9 | It was not in place to deal with the community charge . |
| 10 | He might also inquire how a man can come to regard that which is the main purpose of his life as dispensable just in order to fit into the utilitarian formula . |
| 11 | I arrive just in time to run into the law turning the place upside down . |
| 12 | Just in time to show before the dark |
| 13 | The thing is though they , they look at it , they always look at it that erm , they earn the money so they can go out and get it , you know , women are n't entitled to anything , they 're just at home to look after the children |
| 14 | My son had to stop off of work to see to the t two children . |
| 15 | Erm I wonder how substantially it 's going to re-written , first , in order to make it a response rather than an issue raising paper and ah , secondly , in the light of what we 've all had to say this evening and , if it is to be re-written I wonder erm who is going to actually see it and approve it before it goes off in time to get to the health authority by the day after tomorrow ? |
| 16 | Our children , 9 , and , 10 , are still asleep , but I take a cup to my wife before leaving home in time to arrive at the Grain Terminal before 7.00 am . |
| 17 | He informed them that Stella had not only had her appendix , but also her gall bladder removed , and that he would be home in time to attend to the next horse trek arranged for Saturday . |
| 18 | Luckily we were still in time to get into the RADA auditions , which I did and got a letter from them saying ‘ not only are you rejected but we strongly advise you to think about another career ’ . |
| 19 | The debate has the style of a Westminster confrontation , and you get the strong impression that even the complete no-hopers must sneak off at home to lie in the bath to practise cries of ‘ shame ’ , ‘ hear , hear ’ and other parliamentary harrumphing . |
| 20 | Government ministries and public agencies were instructed in November to control spending strictly in order to stay within the confines of an IMF standby arrangement and enhanced structural adjustment facility ( ESAF ) announced on July 13 and totalling 131 million special drawing rights ( about US$176 million ) . |
| 21 | For instance , when he is wheeled to the toilet , he stands up in order to get into the wheelchair , and again to move onto the toilet , instead of being lifted or transferred . |
| 22 | The revision proposed that works councils should be set up in order to vest in the workers a measure of control as against the bureaucratic command of the central planning authority . |
| 23 | Moments later Wainwright was up in support to score by the posts and Hastings converted . |
| 24 | Although the presence of the proctors was probably in order to assent to the lay taxes which fell upon the clergy 's temporalities , from 1341 at least they were no longer required to attend ; they were still summoned , but their absence from parliament was not deemed prejudicial to the king , no doubt because it could no longer delay or frustrate clerical taxation which was now in the hands of another body . |
| 25 | Further , we were almost certainly the first publishing operation set up from scratch to capitalise on the new technology . |
| 26 | Also on hand to help at the sale was Outhwaite 's Colin Barker . |
| 27 | This chapter attempts to answer these questions partly by reference to work in the field and in part through a review and analysis of works of fiction typically used as ‘ whole class readers ’ in the lower years of six secondary comprehensive schools and falls into two parts . |
| 28 | It was because the Callaghan Government ran out of money to spend on the water industry and the big utilities that they encountered such problems . |
| 29 | But rewards increase out of proportion to price with the wines from named sites . |
| 30 | He listened to the door downstairs close and slipped out of bed to look through the window . |