Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usual stuff — you arrange that on such-and-such a day you 'll turn up with so many people and so much luggage and he 'll transport you to the next place and when you turn up he pretends things have changed and you did n't say fifty but fifteen and anyway the price has gone up and so on and so bloody on until he gets the backhander he wants . |
| 2 | What they 're saying in effect is that they 're not going to entrust their latest toy to their closest ally because we 'd flog it to the first Russian we came across . ’ |
| 3 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 4 | If the cursor is currently in a scrolled area , pressing TAB will move it to the next input field on the line within the scrolled area . |
| 5 | Pressing |
| 6 | sorry , Mr Chairman we have regular meetings with the Suffolk utilities and er this point can be made to them , although each of the utilities has it 's own colour , so that then perhaps those intended which are holes that have to be repaired , but certainly I can , I can erm understand Mr 's concern and I will put it to the next meeting of the Suffolk Highway Meeting this week . |
| 7 | On the day they want to , they will massacre you to the last man , and it is your duty to fall . |