Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During that sequence Vic made full appearances throughout our promotion season of 1960–61 , thus helping us to progress for the first time in forty years , while a feature of his game in that successful season was the accurate and powerful throw he developed , by which he frequently set up a fast Palace counter-attack . |
| 2 | For government to pursue a regional policy either by offering incentives to industries to move into depressed areas or by not allowing them to expand in the affluent parts of the country is tantamount to impeding economic growth and wasting resources . |
| 3 | His original partner had been killed in a shoot-out four years earlier but instead of taking on a new partner Mauer now worked with the rookies , showing them the ropes and generally helping them to settle into the daily routine at the Mozartstrasse precinct as quickly as possible after their graduation from the Police Academy in Vienna . |
| 4 | Of course it is highly likely that the corporate finance arm and the client will be contractually bound in any case , thus enabling us to dispense with the issue of whether an obligation of confidence is owed . |
| 5 | Briefly he refused , not wishing her to know about the tears , and then they kissed . |
| 6 | This garment grew with the child , so she was still wearing it to play in the garden when she was four years old ! |
| 7 | The link missionaries will be writing regularly allowing us to learn about the work they are doing — the hopes and fears , the joys and sadness . |
| 8 | Many of them are made by floating the freshly gathered blossoms on pure water and then allowing them to sit in the sunshine for a few hours . |