Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1980s , the domestic industry opted almost exclusively to clone the DEC VAX , and when the company set up a subsidiary in Hungary in 1990 , it held off suing the key clone supplier , KFKI , in return for the firm handing over its customer lists . |
| 2 | The barman swung around fast to catch the sight . |
| 3 | THE parents of Prince Charles 's god-daughter spoke out yesterday to save the hospital which fought in vain to cure her cancer . |
| 4 | Building work got underway today to start the renovations for the Oxford Playhouse . |
| 5 | Their functional link severed , Co-operation and trade unionism went on separately to join the system they could not defeat . |
| 6 | Moor Scope battled on gamely to retake the lead from Impy Condor on the flat in the Confined and Farmer Tom was always going like a winner in the Restricted race , in which Alner and even-money favourite Baron Bob crashed at the second fence . |
| 7 | The gastropodic semi-automaton moved over reverentially to polish the section of ancient riveted floor where the two Marines had stood for a while . |
| 8 | From this time onward , a kind of oscillating magnetism seemed ever more to bind the three brothers of Trazior , attracting each to one , and one to each , yet also — as well — repelling each in a bizarre negative of friendship . |
| 9 | The Supreme Soviet failed twice more to approve the bill before the successful vote on May 20 . |
| 10 | It was Mr Takeshita who picked the unknown Mr Kaifu to serve as a prime ministerial seat-warmer until the Recruit scandal died down sufficiently to return the job to one of the usual party bosses . |
| 11 | You 'll keep Marion constant company , and if she is — bothered — ’ her light voice paused just enough to give the word extra significance — ‘ you will tell me . |
| 12 | At the foot of the laddered tunnel , the Doctor bent over curiously to examine the glowing ball . |
| 13 | The brief descriptions of the récit and the first entrée ( shown in their entirety in illus.l ) suggest that the opening numbers of the ballet served not only to introduce the subject of the work , but to set up a mechanism for getting the musicians on stage . |
| 14 | As his hand started once more to ascend the bare slope of her thigh , she tightened , immeasurably , her knees , and his hand halted . |
| 15 | He wore a T-shirt regardless of the season of the year and kept his hair cropped short enough to reveal the half-dozen tiny scars on his head where the stubble would n't grow . |
| 16 | The principles of care for many of the patients in the ward may be similar , e.g. the preparation carried out pre-operatively to ensure the safety of patients undergoing surgery . |
| 17 | Today the Royal British Legion fell in proudly to hear the dedication . |