Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We put patriotism and self-sacrifice into them , and there is no doubt that after they have learnt a certain amount of that , ’ he explained as he outlined his strategy to the National Defence Association , ‘ they will feel bound to take up the defence in one form or another , should it be necessary , when the time comes . ’ |
| 2 | Frank will be going into more detail on these and our other businesses , which are all facing an uphill struggle , particularly in the U K and North America , both in deep recession and which you can see continue to make up the bulk of our markets . |
| 3 | I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark , but I do remember having to knock up the concièrge , who grumbled in just the style portrayed in the cinema . |
| 4 | ‘ My car 's there ! ’ she exclaimed and , as it quickly sank in that she did not have to go chasing up the garage , or chasing over to somewhere near Františkovy Láznë either , she sent up a silent prayer that her luck had changed . |
| 5 | She , Claudia , would have to try to pick up the pieces , and that would n't be easy . |
| 6 | It is a sad loss to this House that the right hon. and learned Gentleman should have decided to lay down the burden of representing the electors of Warley , West . |
| 7 | But it is probably good advice to plan this sort of book every bit as much as the writer of the puzzle detective story will have had to work out the plot and most of what is necessary to sustain that plot . |
| 8 | Ah they would have had to wash up the plates and the knives and forks . |
| 9 | The bigger the event , the harder you will have to work at crowd-pulling and the earlier you will have to start to build up the interest . |
| 10 | It 's a work that must have seemed to sum up the traumas of the war years and their aftermath for you ? |
| 11 | One would n't have wanted to split up the family . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He says he ca n't remember exactly but he thinks he may have tried to pull out the knife . |
| 13 | Even though it does seem to have taken over the house a bit . ’ |
| 14 | YTV executives predicted that Jason 's performance as Detective Inspector Jack Frost will prove to have wiped out the BBC 's audience for a Perry Mason film , The Case Of The Desperate Deception . |