Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's r log on to the A drive first presumably ? |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | She wondered if he 'd stay on in the motel business , or move out . |
| 5 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This year 's event on the Tay will be on May 24th and will tie in with the canoe exhibition at Grandtully . |
| 9 | ( Sometimes people drift off and dream up indicators which do n't adequately tie in with the end result . ) |
| 10 | ‘ You can catch up on the reading in-flight . |
| 11 | Even though you have checked things over thoroughly , there is always the distinct possibility that something electrical will pack up over the Christmas period . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Time ( and his bank balance ) will tell , but at least now the whole thing 's up and running he can retreat out of the public eye . |
| 19 | Speed and mcalllister would hang around outside the Cov penalty area and snatch onto anything the Cov tried to clear . |
| 20 | They 're always the ones that are a bit more boisterous , whereas the older ones you have to physically carry on in the shop floor , the students do n't , and that 's what gives them a bad name . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to send out a very strong message today , ’ he had said , ‘ one thing I learned when I was young is that you do n't give in to the village bully . |
| 22 | This way they they could tip over on the grass verge could n't they ? |
| 23 | ‘ If only she 'd clear off into the dower house , ’ she told herself , ‘ I could really improve things here . ’ |
| 24 | When the feathery shoots appear , they will grow up around the carrot top to make a pretty hanging basket . |
| 25 | With Skinny Puppy signed to a major , it looks like they could soon break out of the cult ghetto . |
| 26 | With Skinny Puppy signed to a major , it looks like they could soon break out of the cult ghetto . |
| 27 | In investigating the desirability of particular government policies , this approach appraises the effects of the changes these policies will bring about in the equilibrium situation . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll head round to the south coast . |
| 29 | With gold being so heavy , if you put a panful of gravel into motion under water the gold will work down into the pan base . |
| 30 | Charles had so convinced himself of this that he did n't ring in to the production office until ten-thirty , deliberately giving the producer time to sober up his intoxicated imagination . |