Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As fast as rubber wore from the tread , fresh rubber formed on the inside , while the whole tyre slowly expanded to keep the same size . |
| 2 | George Evans just managed to catch the same flight as Morgan and Horowitz , but the last seat available was Economy Class . |
| 3 | about law and the film business cos there 's loads of jobs to choose from , ba and you 've still got to do the same thing |
| 4 | One consequence of all this was that when a Commons Defence Committee later met to disentangle the many grievances , John Nott — the defence secretary who ‘ misled ’ the Commons about the circumstances of the sinking of the General Belgrano — explained : ‘ In a few years ’ time , with satellites , the task of censorship will become an impossible one . ’ |
| 5 | I was a better investment than my sister , because I passed the eleven-plus , went to grammar school , would get a good job ( university was later seen to offer the same arena of advantages ) , marry a man who would , as she said , buy " me a house , and you a house . |
| 6 | He had also engaged to do the same thing for Chief Superintendent John Coffin and one or two other enemies if he could get round to them , but he had let Place know that he had a prior claim . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd rather hoped to enjoy the same conditions myself . ’ |
| 8 | The indictment ended months of secret negotiations between Weinberger 's lawyers and the prosecution team , who had reportedly sought to persuade the former Defence Secretary to plead guilty to a misdemeanour and to provide evidence concerning Reagan 's role in the cover-up of the Iran-contra scandal . |
| 9 | Yasmin 's brother brought her to London from their home in Bradford for the day , but meeting at the tube station proved nearly impossible , as we each had only a telephone description of the other and had unfortunately arranged to meet the same Saturday as a huge poll tax march . |