Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want Matt to struggle alone with the barbecue — and that 's precisely what he 'll do if I 'm not there . ’ |
| 2 | One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches . |
| 3 | Hopefully if the money is there to enable the works to be built , then we 'll see Venice safeguarded well into the next century . |
| 4 | They would like Britain to opt back into the social chapter , but join other EC members in attempting to renegotiate its contents . |
| 5 | Nigel Mott made sure of the three points two minutes from time , and he could see Milton going back to the top of the table this evening . |
| 6 | I can hear Robert sneezing away in the background . |
| 7 | He wondered how long it would take Lee to get up to the feeding-ground . |
| 8 | As she opened the front door of 97 , Becky could hear Daphne splashing around in the bath . |
| 9 | We 'll have Anne tied up in the libraries for two or three days going through the periodical indexes , that 'll be another hundred plus whatever the xerox charges are . ’ |
| 10 | She could hear Betty reigning below in the kitchen , shuffling plates and boiling water , and doubtless adding some original touches to the toast : slicing it laterally perhaps , or dusting it with cinnamon . |
| 11 | If it is Narouz , and the Khedive is bothered , we can tell Narouz to get out of the country quick . |
| 12 | Let's go back and tell Faye to go back to the nursing agency with a more open mind . ’ |
| 13 | I see in today 's papers that Batty will be back in the team for tomorrow , does this mean that Wilko will drop Fairclough or Newsome or will he let Rocky go back to the bench and play essentially a back 6 ? |
| 14 | Moran said : ‘ Director Jack Walker 's money has enabled the manager to put down a good foundation and if we can get Roy coming in alongside the likes of Alan Shearer , the club will really be going places . ’ |
| 15 | First the marshals would n't even let Hunt get back into the car to try to get himself going again ; then , on the long walk back to the pits , Hunt , head hung , had to face the most vituperative barrage of noise and insult I have ever heard . |
| 16 | Anyone could get Mario to talk endlessly about the difference between American racing and the worldwide top formula . |
| 17 | The orbiter , saving money by using spare parts from Earth-orbiting craft , will circle Mars to determine more about the planet 's surface composition and the role of water in the Martian climate . |