Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uncle rented out our horse and cart to carry the lunch baskets and the cartridges and to collect the bag at the end of the day . |
| 2 | You could make complicated calculations , but an alternative is to set the blade for cutting the segments flat , but to hold the plank at the desired angle as you cut . |
| 3 | Forcing a litigant to settle with a judge who had usurped jurisdiction , in order to avoid still higher costs in a superior court , was not likely to have enhanced the popularity of the regality court of Glasgow , and , quite apart from the fact that he was himself injured by Sproull 's actions , Montrose had little choice but to remove the bailie-depute at the first opportunity . |
| 4 | A shared concept of scientific explanation is a unifying theme among Realists ( and Neo-Realists ) who are otherwise divided on , for instance , whether to pitch the explanation at the level of the system or its units . |
| 5 | Erm and people would n't know what to do , whether to leave the child at the bottom of the stairs and take the the shopping in or to leave the shopping and have er you know , er think it might go missing or something by the time they take the child and the buggy . |
| 6 | As I have already made clear , the issue in that case concerned the second decision which the Secretary of State has to make , whether to release the prisoner at the end of his tariff period or to detain him in custody . |