Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even up here in the wood miles away from the class-room Philip felt his face burn at the way he 'd made a fool of himself . |
| 2 | There 's that , and there 's never anything really , only the only thing is the milk puddings see you get this pudding she makes . |
| 3 | ( If the computer terminology makes you reel uncomfortable , remember that it is not suggested that we are computers . |
| 4 | ‘ Remarkable ! ’ the Computer Programmer heard himself say . |
| 5 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
| 6 | When I heard Deane had begged the Sheffield board to let him come to Leeds , I was really pleased that we had someone who really wanted to be here . |
| 7 | So he hired a lorry , bribed the demolition men to let him cart away the finest doorcases , moulded corner cupboards , cornices and chimney pieces and stored them in a London County Council Historic Buildings warehouse at his own expense . |
| 8 | The peace and tranquility of the Norfolk countryside make me realise how fortunate we are , and all the more conscious of the trials and sorrows that so many people are suffering both in this country and around the world . |
| 9 | John wound up the toy car to make it go . |
| 10 | In the questions task , both age groups showed a strong preference for expressing intentional explanations by means of the infinitive construction ( e.g. , John wound up the toy car to make it go ) . |
| 11 | When the King was a boy , rebels from the West Country made him flee from the city whilst the pretender , Perkin Warbeck , actually laid siege to Exeter . ’ |
| 12 | Erm there was I am sorry to be boring but there are all these action points from the previous meeting Oh yes I forgot the action points do you feel we have covered them . |
| 13 | The brandy scrolls will keep in an airtight container for up to two weeks , but should n't be filled more than 30min before serving as the gooseberry fool makes them go soft . |
| 14 | Only in the figure compositions did he work largely from imagination and memory . |
| 15 | It does n't have quite the presence or the lovely transparency of the Seymour-equipped hybrid , but the Texas Specials make it sound fractionally bigger , deeper and more authoritative . |
| 16 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 17 | I 'm glad all your transport users are , are now coming out of the woodwork , but you are the minority in this hundred , now of the majority the car drivers do you feel any resent of responsibility towards users of public transport , I mean there are all manner of er plans afoot to , to slightly further tax or er charge drivers so that roads can be subsidised , I do n't know that it would subsidise public transport , but there are penalties coming up for private car users and drivers , do you approve ? , do you disapprove , do you think that 's fair enough ? , no one 's said any thing about pollution yet , yes |
| 18 | Ever since the days it had been called Kingstown , it had been a lovely place to live ; tropical palm trees along the coast line made it seem like somewhere much more exotic than it really was . |
| 19 | In order to obtain the B-H curve let us make the following experiment . |
| 20 | When the Under-Secretary met the TEC chairman did he apologise for the 97 per cent . |
| 21 | Similarly , within ATE areas testing could be supported by intelligent diagnostic information systems capable of guidance and support to the test engineer helping him assimilate complex failure history data and useful testing procedures . |
| 22 | I had tried this myself and knew it was not nearly as simple as the village boys made it seem . |
| 23 | But can the Rugby League make it stick ? |
| 24 | But can the Rugby League make it stick ? |
| 25 | Use the check card to help you distinguish between pattern and background rows . |
| 26 | but in actual fact it , it was only really The Yorkshire House did anything direct |
| 27 | Some day , when you 've time , ask one of the Sister Tutors to let you have one of the copies of the Casualty records for the last hundred years . |
| 28 | Perhaps I 'm sounding cynical , but the sight of Diana reaching for Lady Spencer 's arm during the funeral service made me feel quite sick . |
| 29 | drop in their fortunes in the opinion polls did they decide that , with the general election coming up , and the prospect of their being routed , they should do something . |
| 30 | The Maggot dipped the starboard wing to let me take a picture of the deep water channel that dog-legged in from the west . |