Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [det] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to have taken no part in public life under the Commonwealth , but when the Exchequer was re-established under the Protectorate he failed to regain his old post as auditor , having to wait for this until the Restoration , when he protested , perhaps predictably , that he had never really been a parliamentarian at all . |
| 2 | He continued in his refusal to offer a defence in his trial on charges of corruption , which opened in March 1991 and was expected to continue through most of the year [ see pp. 38157-58 ] . |
| 3 | She knew him well enough now to see through some of the camouflage — perhaps all of it . |
| 4 | The stormclouds that had been threatening to unload for most of the week finally opened their hatches on Saturday afternoon . |
| 5 | However , as modulating notes ( e.g. sharpened leading-notes ) are particularly important at cadence points , it is well to provide for these in the melody . |
| 6 | It is therefore most important to provide for this in the expert clause . |
| 7 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |
| 8 | Even if antibody concentrations began to decline 4–6 weeks after vaccination with IPV , the high titres achieved initially would be likely to persist throughout much of the period of maximum risk of paralytic poliomyelitis , which in most developing countries occurs between 6 and 18 months of age . |
| 9 | It was a remarkable achievement for a company created just over a year earlier and which had had to pitch against some of the world 's largest train-builders , including GEC Alsthom , Siemens , and BREL , the dominant British manufacturer . |
| 10 | It was a remarkable achievement for a company created just over a year earlier and which had had to pitch against some of the world 's largest train-builders , including GEC Alsthom , Siemens , and BREL , the dominant British manufacturer . |
| 11 | When you join the Royal Air Force you expect to work on some of the world 's deadliest aircraft , Jaguar Fighters , and harriers , but there 's another side to aviation . |
| 12 | The National Industrial Relations Court held that Mr Claydon was not , in fact , redundant as , under the terms of his contract , he could be required to work at any of the Authority 's establishments . |
| 13 | If if they 're doing the business on they could be pulling off , that 's what I do n't like cos the airport 's are too so close together , like it 's too you know too er Right , shall we revert , I think more sensible to talk about this in the beginning of February yeah ? |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't want to talk about this from the office . |
| 15 | The pain , the exhaustion , the monotony of one 's own thoughts ( I was too tired to talk for most of the day ) : how many miles to go ? how many miles have we covered ? can I keep going ? |
| 16 | apart from anything else we might not be allowed to do anything like cooking or having sort of things to sell like that in the hall |
| 17 | A third possibility is that the Candida provokes antibodies which happen to cross-react with some of the body 's own proteins . |
| 18 | Home owners and charities say the rules could lead to administrative chaos , and local authorities fear they will have to pick up most of the tab . |
| 19 | Back home , however , Wessels and Eastern Province did follow through to pick up most of the silverware , regaining the Castle Cup ( formerly the Currie Cup ) title and snatching a stunning victory in the Benson & Hedges Night Series final . |
| 20 | We would be wise to listen to those on the spot who have experience , because they are close to what is going on . |
| 21 | In fact , there was a trace of red when the sun was on it , but she did n't want to dwell on that at the moment ! |
| 22 | I have not seen any roller blinds for some years , but it is possible to blank off most of the radiator grill during the winter either with a radiator muff or a piece of aluminium behind the grill and not overheat the engine . |
| 23 | He has had an inconsistent side to handle for much of the summer . |
| 24 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers ' new Natural Break brochure includes over 450 opportunities to escape to some of the country 's most spectacular settings and make a real contribution to their survival . |
| 25 | Erm do n't know if you want to look at some on the paper , have a look at some in the paper and see how you do on those . |
| 26 | We have chosen to look at these through the medium of Palatine Ales , the company we introduced you to in the previous case . |
| 27 | where we were starting from and I think it would be valuable to do what we started doing and actually to look at this as the baseline and decide how we might amend it to keep common factors in that we can all use , because we need something that has a common denominator level |
| 28 | The powerful Serbs and Croats , who between them control most of Bosnia , seemed poised to squeeze the weak Muslim-led government forces and try to carve up most of the state between them . |
| 29 | His flight had left New York three hours after the Paris flight and by then the worst of the turbulence over the Atlantic had dissipated so he had been able to sleep for most of the journey . |
| 30 | How can we isolate a pariah and a country which , by its own admission , does not wish to deal with most of the world ? |