Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise .
2 There is a fire-tinge of violence to it here in New York , as there is to everything in this city , which just wo n't slow down like the other city did and get more innocent and less crazy and less dirty-colourful .
3 Wind/U , a complete set of Windows APIs operating under Motif that Bristol wrote , is currently in beta and will ship in in the fourth quarter priced at $50,000 per product license .
4 If they think peace is impossible , they will hang on to the extra layer of defence these territories provide .
5 We will opt in to the Social Chapter of the new European Treaty and introduce employment standards common in successful economies , including the best health and safety legislation .
6 Let's jump in at the deep end — literally .
7 Comment : Indirect questions are used all the time by people who need their status boosting through being given buckets of approval , or who are looking for a reason for punishing other people should they not fall in with the anticipated scenario .
8 Everyday atoms would fall in towards the dark matter , and eventually form stars and galaxies , highlighting the peaks in the distribution of dark matter .
9 But then the feet began to stretch wider and wider apart , and I knew that when the feet were as far apart as I was long , I 'd fall through to the heaving belly beneath .
10 You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared .
11 Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand .
12 She would never catch up with the enormous range of reading which seemed to be taken for granted by Bob and his friends , never .
13 It still exists and it will undoubtedly catch up with the retail price index shortly and go ahead of it from 1994 onwards , as the direct tax burden which is included in the TPI rises faster than the indirect taxes which go into the RPI .
14 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
15 With patterned fabric , the design must line up across the whole width of the curtain .
16 And in this case we had to align the timber so that a sheet of plasterboard would line up with the projecting wall
17 ‘ We 're confident that the sheer quality of our children 's books will win out in the medium term , ’ he said .
18 So how can a fucking car fall out of the fucking sky , Rohmer ?
19 Now it is quite possible that these players could all bounce back through the mini tour , or through invitations gained in 1991 , but it does indicate what an unpredictable game golf is .
20 Aidan McAteer is listed among the substitutes , but will line out in the left corner of the attack providing he comes through a late fitness test .
21 Without the moral strength of the New Thinking it will fall back into the old corruption .
22 At worst , one could fall back on the immediate family of brothers and cousins to protect the individual , if only by helping to pay up to meet the demands of the tax collector .
23 Once closed , the Home Office will fall back on the well-worn refrain that legislation is required to make a surprisingly large number of the proposals that are put forward , and that no Parliamentary time is available .
24 THEY , I predict , will fall back on the last line of defence .
25 It is for these reasons that Woolwich is not enabled or required to seek its remedy through the statutory framework , but must fall back on the common law .
26 From time to time Sherif 's woolly old head , loosely wrapped in a dirty headdress , would fall back against the fly-speckled surface of the remaining quarter of a red sign .
27 In 1970 — if you were eighteen and could lay your hands on a little ready money — it was almost de rigueur to travel overland to Greece where , in an idyllic island setting , you could hang out in the coolest way imaginable with amiable drug-dealers and liberated chicks .
28 We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’
29 He said then he , we could carry on with the serious stuff !
30 Senior officials could carry on with the day-to-day business of the state without concerning themselves with any kind of specialist ministerial control .
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