Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Return to any parts that cause residual difficulties and repeat them before moving to the second objective . |
| 2 | The Smiths seduce us into aspiring to the same heroic pitch of failure and exile . |
| 3 | To this extent , Soviet foreign traders , who came late to the Latin American markets , may be disadvantaged in their competition with capitalist suppliers either because their own authorities prevent them from participating in the bidding for a project or because they can not mobilise the Soviet bureaucracy in time to meet deadlines . |
| 4 | Great Pulteney Street alone is 1,100 feet long and 100 feet wide , though the thin pilasters and applied pediments of Bathwick 's terraces prevent them from ranking alongside the Royal Crescent and the King 's Circus as works of European significance . |
| 5 | You know , trying stop you from walking on the |
| 6 | He comes away from the roots and I swing the rod over to my right , parallel with the water , to keep him low and prevent him from splashing at the surface . |
| 7 | In some species the male will also take an active part in egg care , in other the female will reject him and prevent him from attending to the eggs . |
| 8 | For this , the physiotherapist usually sits in front of the patient on a stool , in order to stabilize his pelvis and prevent him from folding in the middle . |
| 9 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 10 | They do anything to avoid choosing , and if events force them to make a choice , they question it by raking over the ashes of the decision until it is dead and cold . |
| 11 | We expect the people to be like them and presuppose it in dealing with the people themselves . |
| 12 | providing tension to the girders ( bones ) and cables ( tendons ) that keep us from crumpling to the ground at any instant . |
| 13 | Two young , fit squaddies desperately need the help of any females from 16 to 55 to save us from this dull and boring existence- Please , please keep us from talking to the penguins any longer — write now ! |
| 14 | We have read the various articles which have appeared in the Press over the last few days which accuse us of cheating in the recent Test series against England . |
| 15 | Thank you for contributing to the summer edition of Rural Wales . |
| 16 | Thank you for enquiring about the cycle tour to New Zealand in early 1993 . |
| 17 | Thank you for coming on the show today , Mr Calder . ’ |
| 18 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 19 | And with Silas listening to both sides of the conversation it was impossible to explain the situation thoroughly , therefore she said , ‘ Daddy — it 's Lucy — I 'm at a place called Wilder 's Wilderness — you reach it by turning off the Taupo road . ’ |