Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principles for establishing lists of goals for fat reduction are similar to those for sugar reduction , namely , do the things that are easiest first ; use lots of small , easy steps ; spend about a week trying to behave according to that week 's goal ( and with all preceding ones being maintained ) before going on to add the next goal to your repertoire . |
| 2 | Tony and Nathan have made tea and soup and we have some before going out to feed the first batch of dogs . |
| 3 | ‘ Players like myself and skipper Alan McDonald can play our part by lending our experience to the young players coming through to form the next World Cup side . |
| 4 | Even with Malcolm Kirkland dropping down to captain the second team , left-arm spin is likely to play a vital part in the team 's fortunes . |
| 5 | De Gaulle knew that collaborators around the Vichy prime minister Pierre Laval were trying desperately to resuscitate the Third Republic as a way of saving their own skins and forestalling a Gaullist takeover . |
| 6 | Yet it should have been better for , needing only to hit the 18th green with a sand wedge he went into a bunker , failed to get up and down and ended with a bogey five . |