Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] the " 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 | I can only assume she tried once too often to enter the nest , as the female died during the night . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I looked up just now to acknowledge the Hon. Member for Dumfries , but , of course , it was a futile gesture because once again , there is not a solitary Conservative Member of the Standing Committee present other than the Minister and the Whip . |
| 5 | The overseas struggle had become closer to a world-wide contest ; the fighting outside Europe before 1713 had been confined to North America , but between 1739 and 1763 the British went far enough afield to attack the Philippines and — what was much more important — the struggle had spread to India . |
| 6 | Once he took this far enough to discuss the plan with one of the fathers from Mirfield . |
| 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 | However , the flight was extremely enjoyable and we travelled low enough almost to touch the antlers of the wild moose that were in the area and to see the countryside from the most advantageous position . |