Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My bedroom , for instance , had a ghost that used to come through it every night — it was n't a visible ghost but it was audible — and I used to see the door open at the other end of the room when I was in bed and then would hear this ‘ clunk clunk ’ … . |
| 2 | Ever since the aborted rebel Wallaby tour to South Africa in 1987 , French had made it a personal goal to see the Springboks return to the international stage . |
| 3 | Azar and Punjab Singh agreed that Delhi was the best place to see the partridge challenge in the whole of the subcontinent . |
| 4 | As Canada break new ground in their struggle to remain a ‘ top eight ’ nation , PETER McMULLAN outlines the developments designed to see the Canucks succeed in the CANZ series and beyond … |
| 5 | Mr. Gillespie wanted time to consider over it , and promised to let the Secretary know by the end of the week whether he would accept or not . " |
| 6 | Improved ventilation was required underground and the management planned to let the workings continue to the surface as a new air inlet for the colliery . |
| 7 | We argued , but they refused to let the others go to the toilet . |
| 8 | That 's the caddie 's duty , to let the player keep in the right frame of mind . |
| 9 | Time to let the readers loose on the FESTIVE CAPTION CONTEST . |
| 10 | to let the plumber get at the water-main . |
| 11 | She was walking up the Mound to do the lunch shift at the Right and Wrong . |
| 12 | Fran smiled , her face aching from the effort it cost to make the lie seem like the truth . |
| 13 | The statement also opposed " the current suspect moves , led by the USA , to make the Arabs surrender to the Zionist entity through what the USA calls peace " . |
| 14 | In the ever changing conditions of real life the clinician would adjust any regimen to the patient 's particular needs ; in contrast , the researcher would do his or her best to make the patient conform with the standard set down by the protocol . |
| 15 | yeah old galley stove , galley oven just like the old fashioned oven it was , so you had your full hearth and used to bake in the oven and of course you cook on the top , and you had about five different rings cos the fire is to put the damper in the chimney to make the heat go round the oven . |
| 16 | The practice looked all too much like an effort to make the Scots pay for the French , and for French interests . |