Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My officers and I are determined to track down the offender before he does any more harm , ’ said Mr Hodson . |
| 2 | Further to our meeting last Friday , I am writing to set out the advice and assistance that we are able to provide in connection with the intended sale of Older Business Limited . |
| 3 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |
| 4 | I am trying to open up the moor by re-seeding and protecting the heather . ’ |
| 5 | Cricket is the only even vaguely athletic endeavour I involve myself in , unless you count walking the dog or grovelling to my bank manager , so if I am forced to give up the game by the purchase of these new sightscreens , my fitness will suffer . |
| 6 | I am going to point out the arguments for culling . |
| 7 | I am starting to fill up the dates . |
| 8 | That 's why I 'm trying to fill up the gap with a few concerts , but of course I 'm not good enough for the big dates , it will be mostly provincial engagements . |
| 9 | I 'm trying to sort out the e year eight sex education with Bernie at the moment . |
| 10 | But I 'm trying to track down the man who brutally murdered Sandy , your sister . |
| 11 | I 'm trying to track down the Presley hoard . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm going to hang out the washing on |
| 14 | After that , nothing happened for hours till Gloria suddenly said , ‘ Listen , ducky , I 'm going to pop up the West End . |
| 15 | Hold on tight now — I 'm going to whip up the horse . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm going to stoke up the fire and dry Beuno 's socks . ’ |
| 17 | What I 'm going to do is to examine now I 'm going to go up the collar bone first over the shoulder pad , T-shirt with a shoulder pad . |
| 18 | Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her . |
| 19 | However hard it is , however cosy you are in your chair , you must just say , ‘ I 'm going to stretch my legs ’ or ‘ I 'm going to walk down the passage just to show that I can do it ! . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm going to park up the top . |
| 21 | and I 'm going to write down the answers they give me and get them to sign them because I have I have really been beaten about the head by this ! |
| 22 | Because if I 'm going to check out the council elections and things we may as well go together and do our business there and annoy all the people at the council all at once . |
| 23 | I 'm going to make up the fabric I 've got . |
| 24 | Having asked about Shropshire 's youth and their existence within the diocese , my friend Clare and I were invited to take on the role of Shropshire 's Youth Representatives . |
| 25 | I told him that if he did n't cut out the vicious behaviour , Brian and I were going to cut out the co-operation , we 'd stop eating . |
| 26 | I was learning to shut out the daily discomforts , however , either by looking around , or by playing mental games . |
| 27 | I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape . |
| 28 | ‘ Because , ’ said Riley through gritted teeth , ‘ I was told to keep up the pressure on him . ’ |
| 29 | The person whom I was going to take over the job from said to me at the end of the meeting well what do you think of that meeting and I must admit I the answer and luckily somebody else instructed with some other business and I felt I got off the hook here but in fact that got dealt with very quickly and he came back to me and said well what did you think of the meeting and I had to say to him just one word , was the way I put it . |
| 30 | My plan for how I was going to live out the rest of my days had just been torn up in front of my face and I needed time to adjust . |