Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , she said she would now prefer to try to cope without coming to the hospital but would also said she was sure she would not take a further overdose . |
| 2 | To hold the parity , high interest rates would have snuffed out any natural upturn , and there would have been continual rounds of spending cuts and damaging tax increases to keep borrowing from exploding into the stratosphere . |
| 3 | I did n't want to have to hang about waiting for the attendant to open lockers . |
| 4 | Those who were not participating in this type of research had to make do with walking in the oh so prolific Manchester rain , holding pillow-fighting competitions or otherwise bear the dreadful timetabled events . |
| 5 | So , at best , they will have to make do with tuning into the programme in stereo . |
| 6 | In the higher orders the fluting tends to become obscured by flattening of the wing-membrane or the development of secondary curvatures imposed by mechanical considerations . |