Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's r log on to the A drive first presumably ? |
| 2 | They competed to see who could eat most in the hotel restaurant and gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas . |
| 3 | Yes because in the summer I mean you , some time in the , in this next term would be the ideal thing really because that , if she can stay on for the summer term |
| 4 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 5 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 6 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 7 | The main brain-boggler from this vantage point is without a doubt whether James Hetfield 's spittle will drip down through the metal grille as he stands above our heads . |
| 8 | The idea burst into her mind , a sudden radiant solution , that she could rush along to the pet shop at lunchtime and apologize , ask him to forgive her and make everything all right . |
| 9 | So Mr Fenwick agreed to donate two plastic heart valves worth £4,000 which Dave Pick will deliver personally to the Brasov area of Transylvania in Romania where the sick woman lives . |
| 10 | Theory Y , however , depends on mature individuals ; maturity , given the influence of group psychology etc , does not exist sufficiently on the shop floor to be practicable in its extreme form . |
| 11 | As things are going , the clarity and music of our language will remain only in the BBC sound archives . |
| 12 | This year 's event on the Tay will be on May 24th and will tie in with the canoe exhibition at Grandtully . |
| 13 | ( Sometimes people drift off and dream up indicators which do n't adequately tie in with the end result . ) |
| 14 | If rectification were ordered , the loss would fall not upon the building society but upon the public purse . |
| 15 | I do n't suppose I 'd get anything from libraries that I do n't know already from the Colour Supplement article , or the interviews . |
| 16 | You must wait outside near the sitting-room window , and when it opens , watch me inside . |
| 17 | It will focus also on the demand side of the market , looking at the impact of real wages on employment and the determinants of aggregate demand , such as world economic activity , competitiveness , and monetary and fiscal policy . |
| 18 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 19 | Even though you have checked things over thoroughly , there is always the distinct possibility that something electrical will pack up over the Christmas period . |
| 20 | We would line up across the parade ground , shoulder to shoulder , and in a slow forward walk , eyes fixed on the ground , would pick up any cigarette ends or pieces of paper on the gravel . |
| 21 | Contestants will line up at the Blundellsands Hotel , Crosby , at 8am on Sunday and will then parade through the city centre before setting off on their cross-Channel jaunt . |
| 22 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 23 | But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached . |
| 24 | Five feet three , immensely strong — ‘ could pick up a thirteen-stone man by the seat of his pants ’ — a craftsman collier — ‘ he would look at the seam of coal … take a Number Two mandrel [ a half-headed pick ] and if he hit it just right , something like twenty tons of coal would fall out of the coal face ’ — and a man with a ‘ love of words , the longer the better ’ . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) A licensing board may consider any application made to it under paragraph ( b ) of subsection ( 2 ) above at any meeting of the board held not earlier than 14 days after the making of the application and shall affirm the provisional grant if the board is satisfied that the premises , if completed in accordance with the plan mentioned in that paragraph , will be and convenient for their purpose and that the said plan does not deviate materially from the site plan and description of the premises lodged under the said subsection ( 2 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , the boy 's better orf out o' the boxin' business , ’ Nellie went on . |
| 27 | The major problem is that pupils may concentrate solely on the game aspect and also lose interest quickly . |
| 28 | If that is so , the easiest way out of this battle of the sexes will be for firms to let employees opt out of the company scheme and use their money to buy a private pension . |
| 29 | So some academics fear they might fall behind in the promotion race if they get involved with TCS . ’ |
| 30 | So some academics fear they might fall behind in the promotion race if they get involved with TCS . ’ |