Example sentences of "[vb base] the [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trust the Mirror to get in first — we always keep you right in the picture . |
| 2 | They were infamous for tormenting and starving the blind king Phineus , until the warrior hero defied them and let the king rest at last . |
| 3 | The third concert , of Brahms 's Third and First symphonies , revealed the new Karajan at his most lovable , for these were natural , emotional , and — let the word escape at last — profound interpretations : voyages of discovery ; loving traversals of familiar , exciting ground with a fresh eye and mind , in the company of someone prepared to linger here , to exclaim there ; summations towards which many of his earlier , less intimate performances of the works had led . |
| 4 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 5 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |