Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After which she goes off to join the other hens , leaving the male to incubate the eggs alone and to lead the chicks away from the scrape to a safe and secret hideaway . |
| 2 | Each goal should last one week before she moves on to add the next goal to her eating behaviour . |
| 3 | Shortly before Christmas and in the middle of correcting the proofs , he wrote to Rohde again : " The whole last part , which you do not know , will certainly astonish you ; I have been very daring , and I can cry out to myself in an altogether enormous sense , animam salvavi [ I have saved my soul ] ; for which reason I think of the book with great satisfaction and am not worried for it turns out to cause the greatest possible offence and in some quarters a " cry of outrage " greets its publication . |
| 4 | He goes on to mention the occasional embarrassing moments which occur when firms try to pass backhanders . |
| 5 | When Lok acquires this tool , he goes on to compare the new people to things he is familiar with , noting their menace , power , and sheer attractiveness by comparing them to a famished wolf , the waterfall , honey and Oa . |
| 6 | He goes on to connect the semantic change with ‘ the general tendency of the Enlightenment not to accept any authority and to decide everything before the judgement seat of reason ’ ( p. 241 ) . |
| 7 | He goes on to explore the dynamic nature of excellence and to suggest that quality is really about training and unlocking the potential of the workforce . |
| 8 | The chemistry behind the formation of zeolites is still not clearly understood as Barrer shows , but he goes on to elucidate the physical processes of nucleation and crystal growth . |
| 9 | ‘ And now he goes back to paint the Belgian ambassador ? ’ |
| 10 | He goes back to buy the upmarket , hand-made works of art . |
| 11 | It sets out to cover the normal stages of language development between the ages of 1 and 5 years , although it is intended principally as a clinical tool for children with delayed and deviant language . |