Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were far too good sailors to risk the wash of a dreadnought , but we steamed in near enough to see the sailors on the deck of one of the accompanying destroyers . |
| 2 | If IBM 's domestic operations have finally been pared down far enough to permit the company once again to grow and prosper , it should be able to export its success , ameliorating its problems in key foreign markets . |
| 3 | Bosnia 's President Izetbegovic has bent over backwards not to antagonise the army , and has tried to find a compromise solution , but the army chiefs refused to cooperate . |
| 4 | A good deal of this was sold off early on to provide the Crown with an immediate supply of cash . |
| 5 | The coffee at the cafe had perked him up long enough to tackle the reviews but then heat and alcohol had won and he had nodded off . |
| 6 | Although personal pension plans are now being taken up fast enough to alter the Chancellor 's tax sums , there was little evidence of their popularity in the survey . |
| 7 | Most young readers , and I was one of them , were bored by the seeming ponderousness of so much of the narration and probably gave up too soon to grasp the understanding of the American Indian mind it offers and the rapport that can be achieved with an understanding white man , here the legendary ‘ Hawkeye ’ . |
| 8 | Turn it back down again to reveal the corner between the creased hemline and sides . |
| 9 | the first time you ring , I 'm usually only out long enough to walk the dog and do some shopping |
| 10 | Old Rottweilers may need to be let out more frequently to answer the call of nature , but for shorter periods . |
| 11 | After several trials , the cat managed to get out almost immediately to get the reward . |
| 12 | Such a visit should involve talking to personnel to try and understand something of their jobs and to work out how best to tell the story in visual form . |
| 13 | the meaningless phrases were all there , trotted out yet again to disguise the lack of real commitment to grab terrorism by the scruff of the neck . |
| 14 | They were called back again later to concrete the area where the horses had been buried fears of health hazards had been expressed because Mr Edelson had not had the animals preserved in any way . |
| 15 | ‘ If Charles had hung around long enough to notice the state I saw you in , he 'd have thought the worst had happened , Virginia . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't stay around long enough to check the make , Inspector , ’ I said , pointedly . |