Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You do n't want to go down to the slides yet ? |
| 2 | and Euston , I believe all those parish councils have written to the county surveyor , erm , wilfully the er H G V ban and saying how successful they think it is , now the proposals in this paper do n't have any particular effect on them , but I would want to pass on to the officers here in case it has n't erm quite registered , but this ban has been very much welcomed on the northern section of the A ten eighty eight where although it 's not a formal ban the affect on villages particular such as |
| 3 | He wanted to know more about the trees too . |
| 4 | He was unhappy there but , determined not to slip back into the pits where his grandfather had wielded a pick , worked hard and won scholarships both to Jesus College , Oxford , and the University College of Aberystwyth . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's so sad because he 's so quick , so experienced and he is the guy who made me raise my own game to come out of the blocks ahead of him . ’ |
| 6 | The nuptial pads on a male frog 's feet enable him to grip on to the females tightly when mating . |
| 7 | ‘ The questions on education are likely to reflect badly on the children even though everyone involved may be dong their utmost for them . ’ |
| 8 | It is customary for a Toraja girl who feels amorous to walk alone into the rice-paddies shortly before dawn or after sunset and begin screaming . |
| 9 | They burnt Brighton in 1544 , forcing the settlement to grow finally upon the cliffs rather than down on the beach , threatened by the French and ‘ Neptune 's insatiate womb ’ . |
| 10 | She loved to walk out into the villages where she would sit round the fire or outside a hut shelling peanuts with a family , so that she learned first hand many of the African customs and quickly mastered the language . |
| 11 | She turned to look out over the battlements again and raised her voice just as the sun broke through . |
| 12 | She turned them inside out , returned them to Dot to put on with the insides now on the outside . |
| 13 | Cold weather enabled the resorts to operate their snowmaking machines and ensure a solid white carpet back to the village which survived a warm patch over Christmas and is predicted to last long through the months ahead . |
| 14 | At the SCG I was impressed with the way the South African pace bowlers tightened line and length after somewhat loose opening period of play no doubt caused by first-time tension and over-eagerness to do well for the folks back home . |
| 15 | In a matter of minutes , the attackers had been routed , only a few surviving to run back into the streets where the morning had yet to dispel the darkness . |
| 16 | Both Mr Porter and Mr Graham expect the NIE issue to very popular , with many local investors keen to hold on to the shares so that they can qualify for the discount vouchers will entitle them to money off their electricity bills . |
| 17 | The impetus for suggesting so major an upheaval came from Coleridge , who felt an increasing sense of obligation to live up to the hopes so clearly implied by the Wedgwood annuity . |
| 18 | Although the major national markets covered by the report are expected to change little during the years up to 1996 , the impact of the Swiss healthcare industries will be seen and Switzerland will become a leading market , forecast to be worth $116m by 1996 . |
| 19 | I think we 've go I think we 've got to get through to the members actually that together as a , we 're gon na be a cohesive force for the benefit of the members . |
| 20 | The waif-like screen star , who in recent years has devoted her energies to helping the world 's starving children , has just pleaded for a week of peace in Bosnia to enable food to get through to the children there . |
| 21 | In the Undercroft was the Guild 's now famous Baking Stall ( £643 ) kept supplied for the 6 days by our indefatigable cooks , who , it was noticed , were anxious to get away in the afternoons so as to return to their stoves ! |
| 22 | We wanted to learn more about the reasons why they employed labour on this basis and about the terms under which the engagement was made . |
| 23 | When a child appears to be losing interest it is important to check carefully with the parents how much social back-up is being given . |
| 24 | Another is the sawfly , which lays its eggs always along the midrib of the leaf , and with them a hormone that causes the leaves to roll up from the edges in to enclose and protect the emerging larvae in a neat tubular hideaway . |
| 25 | I then become rather more hesitant , when I have to face up to the problems particularly of er , women looking after elderly parents , because the burden does seem to fall , as you would know , on the women . |
| 26 | Her father had been glad to get out to the woods where he led a gang , made a living and found , in his daughter Kitty , all he wanted for softer pleasures . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ We 've got to get back to the days when Elland Road was an intimidating place for teams to visit . |
| 28 | The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life . |
| 29 | Before the justices on that occasion the local authority had proposed that further attempts be made to improve the ability of the mother to care adequately for the children so that their future could be with her . |
| 30 | It is not for the Home Secretary , government or the House to lay down to the courts how many people they send to prison . |