Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 It was essential to get as much flying time as possible , for John was off to Wildenrath the following day and it would have been almost impossible to arrange another date to carry out the all-important conversion .
2 The injunction began a saga that was to run for two months , as Virgin scrabbled to find another bank to take over the role played in the lease agreement by Chemical .
3 Is it not true that the Government want to divert that money to keep down the poll tax in Wandsworth and Westminster ?
4 This is not an aim — this is a method ; the aim underpinning this response is to get another agency to take on the family .
5 You 'd be able to get those timer switches on the .
6 It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon .
7 ‘ And what 's to stop this dame tanking up the deal later ?
8 Last night , a ministry official delivered a notice to the monastery , stating that officers intended to return this morning to carry out the order to slaughter the birds .
9 He had centre front stage , his voice projected forward over Therese 's , and he ceased to make any attempt to act out the plotted movements with her .
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