Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For trimming , allow enough braid to go round the pelmet outline , or fringing for the bottom line of pelmet only . |
| 2 | Others merely want to look at the engine . |
| 3 | I , I only want to mention about the swimming pool and swimming for pensioners and there ever such a lot of people go swimming . |
| 4 | I only want to say through the Voice : I am truly grateful to them all , and God bless them all . |
| 5 | It 's true that the show has to go on but if such behaviour caught on I 'd be bound to go on and say , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , so-and-so is n't coming ’ because they not only want to appear on the show , they want to produce it as well ! ’ |
| 6 | Some hemiplegic patients are incontinent , either because they have poor sensation and can not feel when the bladder or bowel needs to be emptied , or because they do not pay attention and so forget to go to the toilet , or ask to be taken . |
| 7 | Quite often when a pair have shown all the signs of wanting to breed in the community aquarium and they are then moved into a breeding tank , they suddenly seem to go off the idea , Their new home is strange to them , and the male will want to establish his territory , move the decor , and generally prepare the tank to his satisfaction . |
| 8 | Some women who have always had a career only get to think about the need for closer relationships after that finishes . |
| 9 | He may consider it his duty to practise non-cooperation and civil disobedience , but he must always be on his guard against acts of violence which only serve to militate against the success of his actions . |
| 10 | And running under a certain island which is called Clauda , we had much work to come by the boat : which when they had taken up , they used helps , undergirding the ship ; and , fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands , struck sail , and so were driven . ’ |
| 11 | So that 's really you literally only have to listen to the phone call and turn up . |
| 12 | But look at it this way ; if we give them the exclusive we only have to go on the merry-go-round once . |
| 13 | ‘ In that case , ’ he said blandly , ‘ we only have to worry about the guard outside my door . ’ |
| 14 | - Elizabeth Rex , chairman of the Harwich Conservative Association ‘ You only have to look at the way we have annoyed the Establishment and the professions to gauge the success of our populist policies . ’ |
| 15 | You only have to look at the press and television to see how impatient many in our society are . |
| 16 | Murder mysteries are something of a British tradition — you only have to look at the popularity of thriller novels and TV ‘ whodunits ? ’ , for example . |
| 17 | We only have to look at the interest being shown , especially in public sector institutions , in recruiting their students from a wide social background . |
| 18 | You only have to look at the balance sheet its treasurer John Lister will present to its annual meeting in December , a million pounds sitting on reserve . |
| 19 | You only have to look at the unemployment amongst married women who would like to be teachers . |
| 20 | You only have to look at the number of visitors going to places such as Nepal er to see the increase there , to see how important this connection be . |
| 21 | ‘ You only have to look at the number of players with top clubs in the present squad — Arsenal 's Steve Morrow is another example — and it 's obvious there 's hope for the future . |
| 22 | Inevitably there will be much improved functionality , and more features — you only have to look at the difference between DOS 4.01 and DOS 5 to see that . |
| 23 | The magnetic field strength is given again by eqn ( 3.27 ) ; we only need to substitute for the current In + Ip where the subscripts n and p refer to negative and positive particles respectively . |
| 24 | Gonzalez has little cause to complain about the supply of British parts for Exocet and the frigates . |
| 25 | Trade unionists , as we have seen , had little cause to look to the judiciary for the protection of their statutory rights . |
| 26 | Once formed , rings soon cease to exchange with the biosphere . |
| 27 | Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work ! |
| 28 | Why did lads like Trevor Williamson not want to go to the Oval ? |
| 29 | Er then to er put er against the background as the District Council last last week were being told our budget will cost us er to er accidents and of course what this exercise would cost us , three hundred and fifty thousand is the amount very close that some of you just want to spend on the doing traffic calming over the next year year . |
| 30 | I believe that the C E C is accepting this , and I just want to say to the branch secretaries out there , do what I do , tell every member grab the cheque and throw the disclaimer in the bin . |