Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] the [noun pl] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time ! |
| 2 | In a classic piece of political misjudgment he even told his party conference in a speech that the poll tax would win the Tories the next election . |
| 3 | He deposited the sticky , oozing mess under his seat with a nasty feeling of satisfaction at the inconvenience it would cause the cleaners the next morning . |
| 4 | But he is bold enough to suggest that this Budget , and the three-year-plan laid down within it , will win the Tories the next election . |
| 5 | Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away . |
| 6 | Even at this awkward moment , I doubt that the performance of the economy alone , or even chiefly , will lose the Conservatives the next election . |