Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachaela could only take Ruth to the school in the mornings ; at least she saw her to the gates . |
| 2 | So linkage would not only turn Saddam into the colossus of the Gulf . |
| 3 | Even this warning did not prepare Robyn for the shock of the foundry . |
| 4 | Hilton interprets ‘ new mind ’ or ‘ new feeling ’ as the creation of contemplation , which now demanded far more than the old Benedictine ideal where the monk did not experience God in the achievement of higher states of consciousness but in the mundane details of daily life . |
| 5 | Innocent did not associate Philip with the murder , but relentlessly sought the true murderers who were finally brought to justice in Rome in April 1203 and sent to the Holy Land . |
| 6 | We can see this idea expressed in international relations between states : the USA could not defeat Vietnam despite the fact that in terms of military equipment the USA had the most powerful weapons . |
| 7 | Her friends on the bridge saw the boat , but they did not see Anne under the tree . |
| 8 | However , considering the tightly controlled aloofness and the fact that Joyce ( whose contributions in a musical capacity are not in doubt ) has led a deliberately low profile , one can not blame Kent for the omission . |
| 9 | But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats . |
| 10 | She could n't just leave Steve in the lurch after all they had done to get the business together . |
| 11 | Would you hold on a moment I 'll just get Margaret to the phone cos she really deals with the bookings hold on a second ! |
| 12 | The new decision does not let Hampshire off the hook — the county must still find room for 66,500 new homes — but it accedes to the county 's own view that it can find the space more sensibly outside the north-east or central parts of the county . |
| 13 | you sit here , you sit still for a minute and eat , eat your sandwich and I 'll just put Joseph in the car oh what |
| 14 | Mr Utterson did not ask Enfield for the name on the cheque although/because … |
| 15 | If she could not find Charles in the hotel , she would be obliged to seek him within the conference building . |
| 16 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 17 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |
| 18 | You can usually spot Reeves on the programme by his larded-on northern accent . |
| 19 | This would still leave DRT as the world 's third largest accountancy firm behind KPMG and the recently merged Ernst & Young , so far the only two successful mega-mergers . |
| 20 | I said that they can hardly ask Lee on the box if big nose really fucked his wife . |
| 21 | She helped Jenna out and they could both hear Alain on the phone in another room . |
| 22 | My best attempt at a sweeper system : ( I 'd probably replace Walker with the guy who sweeps for Norwich … but I do n't know his name ! ! ) |
| 23 | Like Tom , she could not really see Liza in the role of ministering angel , nor could she imagine her out in all weathers driving a tractor . |
| 24 | The rink will now represent Scotland at the World Championships in Geneva . |
| 25 | If there 's clothes that what am I gon na , if there 's clothes they do n't want Jean into the bin ! |
| 26 | Lij Yasu 's restoration would at the least constitute a considerable propaganda success for Turkey ; it might even bring Abyssinia into the war on the side of our enemies , at a time when we were fighting the Germans in East Africa , the Turks in Sinai , Mesopotamia and the Aden Protectorate , and the Dervishes in Somaliland . |
| 27 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |
| 28 | ‘ Must we fling this filth at our pop kids ? ’ boomed The Sunday People next to its revelation that Cliff Richard ‘ would n't have NME in the house ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ He ca n't leave London at the moment , ’ I answered . |
| 30 | ‘ Ruth , darling , you did n't … you did n't tell Steve on the way here that … that the child was … was mine ? ’ |