Example sentences of "[vb base] to [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin . |
| 2 | Chapter 4 deals with community policing in its various forms , so that the arguments in this chapter and the next apply to routine policing by the uniformed sections . |
| 3 | I go to work thinking about the next experiment , ’ he said . |
| 4 | It is nothing of the sort : however often houseguests at Balmoral may find themselves entrapped into games of charades after dinner , they retire to bed secure in the knowledge that a staff of 120 is plenty large enough to provide each couple with their personal footman and maid . |
| 5 | And the worst thing is she was trying to tell a coloured person that there was n't any prejudice , and that you only come to school to learn about the European way of life . |