Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attacks , all using an explosive base of fertiliser rather than Semtex , seem designed to prove the IRA 's ability to infiltrate even the most protected areas . |
| 2 | Moreover , the looming rises in direct taxation ( coupled with a drastically-increased cost of motoring ) seem destined to hit the middle-earner particularly hard , and that is surely where ministers should be looking for any significant rise in consumer demand . |
| 3 | the great part which Methodism is called to play in the Providential order of the world , through its influence among those nations which seem appointed to lead the development of mankind . |
| 4 | But he 's never ever , as far as I know offered to drive the minibus . |
| 5 | I mean not just trying but if you if you get chosen to play the violin it means practising and practising and staying with it so that you become a good violin player . |
| 6 | It is good that information about antibiotic treatment is given in the article , I feel bound to question the reference made to feeding antibiotics to Koi as a matter of routine without first ascertaining the presence of disease and the validity of a specific antibiotic to deal with it . |
| 7 | In the second place , some choice theorists , working within the traditions of the common law , feel compelled to acknowledge the existence of a limitation upon the enforcement of promises and agreements in order to account for the common law 's doctrine of consideration . |
| 8 | Recently signed to Gilles Peterson 's Talkin' Loud label at Phonogram , it 's here that they 've gathered to address the question of how the Great British music press is going to receive them . |
| 9 | I appreciate the time you 've given to answer the questions . ’ |
| 10 | Near it is a fallen tree where I 've sat to watch the pair come and go . ’ |
| 11 | Sorry to interrupt , I 've come to collect the packet . |
| 12 | They think you 're a field of rape , they 've come to suck the goodness out of you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've come to use the fair as promotion , and I think everyone is returning to this idea after the end of the bonanza period . ’ |
| 14 | I 've come to declare the father to you . |
| 15 | I 'm here on urgent business , I 've come to save the world from self-destruction . |
| 16 | THE GALLEY SLAVES : I 've Come To Kill The President |
| 17 | ‘ I 've come to see the Fair , ’ I said conversationally . |
| 18 | He had a small gold cross about his neck and a quietly menacing air : ‘ I 've come to see the twins , ’ he said . |
| 19 | We 've come to see the acting , we do not wish to understand the play ! ’ |
| 20 | I think half the people who 've come to see the house suspect I 'm a sitting tenant . ’ |
| 21 | We just thought , they said , oh , we 'll show you where it is , so we drove round there , and no , he was n't there , and , so of course , we drove back there about four or five times during the day , and like we drove past there one time and there was a woman standing outside , she said like , oh what do you want , I was like , oh well , we 've come to see the house . |
| 22 | Tom thunders , ‘ Who the hell are you ? ’ , and I try to tell him I 'm Albert Fyles and I 've come to take the place of his regular caddie . |
| 23 | ‘ No , maybe not , but even the routine work is interesting ; I 've enjoyed the accident prevention side of things and I 've come to realise the value of our chat-line ; then , of course , there 's my work at Conway House and I 've become totally involved with that . |
| 24 | And my second reason is that I 've come to doubt the futurologists , the people in the think tanks . |
| 25 | You know , I mean , what you 've come to stay the night ? |
| 26 | ‘ They 've come to steal the secrets of Sakkrat , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I 've come to win the British Open ! ’ |
| 28 | I 've come to read the meter . |
| 29 | I glance round the hall like I 've come to change the wallpaper , thirty years late . |
| 30 | About 300 metres of each , I 've torn to make the covers so far but I 'm still doing it because each one has to be the right size and colour-coded by room . |