Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
| 2 | Charlie had left me with only two choices : I could try to run the baker 's shop myself and give up any thought of taking a degree , or I could sell out to the highest bidder . |
| 3 | On the morrow the Cid took Doña Ximena by the hand , and her daughters with her , and made them go up upon the highest tower of the Alcazar , and they looked toward the sea and saw the great power of the Moors , how they came on and drew nigh , and began to pitch their tents round about Valencia , beating their tambours and with great uproar . |
| 4 | A final damages figure for Eleanor will be agreed within the next 6 to 9 months but , if not , the case will go back to the High Court for the compensation to be decided . |
| 5 | We can get down on the high street any of these times and it drops us back up here . |
| 6 | I ’ ) — could not live up to the high expectations created by German propaganda . |
| 7 | The key question was whether , in practice , the numbers of candidates enrolling for the new system would live up to the high expectations . |
| 8 | ‘ We must get back to the high standards of self-discipline that we have set ourselves in the past , ’ said Cooke . |
| 9 | He had explained to her about the imitation dove that would fly out from the high altar during the Easter mass and light a great cart of fireworks . |