Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For trimming , allow enough braid to go round the pelmet outline , or fringing for the bottom line of pelmet only . |
| 2 | If allowed to go overripe , barley ears tend to fall off the stems , and heavy losses can occur . |
| 3 | ( If you 're standing , you tend to fall towards the front rather than the back of the train now . ) |
| 4 | Despite this , we still tend to cling to the traditional . |
| 5 | I shall also want to talk with you about the ffruit Trees I intend to plant against the wall next y Pump Court . |
| 6 | For lunch I intend to go to the Strawberry Duck pub , Entwhistle , Saturday afternoon is free for shopping in Manchester 's Arndale Centre or whatever and for the evening meal the plan is to go to the new Indian take-away which has opened near Castle Irwell — the ‘ Tandoori Cottage ’ . |
| 7 | They give better support at the edges than a sprung base so they 're a practical choice if you tend to sit on the bed . |
| 8 | We share that judgement and intend to continue with the passage of the Bill . ’ |
| 9 | There are relatively few territorial sites , which the strongest male ruffs occupy ; these sites , called leks , tend to remain in the same place every year . |
| 10 | Against these dramatic changes , we intend to remain at the centre as an effective resource for the voluntary sector , and an important bridge between the sector and others . |
| 11 | He said that the USA was " a Pacific nation and we intend to remain in the Pacific for the long haul " . |
| 12 | later than that , it 's er I mean to go to the crematorium at quarter past eleven , we would n't be back here before twelve o'clock . |
| 13 | Since a given project is very rarely repeated , project management is the business of managing variety ; benefits tend to flow from the effective exploitation rather than the reduction thereof . |
| 14 | Our claim form includes advice on the action you may take if you intend to claim under the policy but we wish to emphasise that IF YOUR MOTOR CAR IS INSURED AGAINST DAMAGE and is IMMOBILISED AT THE REPAIRERS ' PREMISES your local Motor Claims Office will arrange for an inspection by an Engineer immediately on receiving details from you by telephone , whether the claim form has been completed or not . |
| 15 | ‘ Not sure , really , though the little ones tend to go for the easy stuff . |
| 16 | Those who are brave enough to hope for one of the few lectureships around tend to go for the astronomy or nuclear physics . |
| 17 | The mites tend to go for the smaller workers , probably because of their safer and passively fed lifestyle . |
| 18 | MPs who on the whole tend to be rather casual about going to meetings organised for their benefit by pressure groups tend to go to the nuclear forum , because it is always well-structured and organised , and because they can then say to constituents who work in either the nuclear industry or the nuclear supply industry that they have been , and still are , taking an interest in the decisions that affect those particular electors . |
| 19 | Sometimes it is awkward because with all the excitement you tend to go to the lavatory a number of times before the race , which leads to difficulty later on . |
| 20 | If the kick is too hard the crampons tend to rebound from the ice , and a hard kick can be painful on the toes . |
| 21 | The introduction of lead-free petrol and the reduction of industrial emissions in North America and Europe is causing cleaner , and whiter , snow to fall in the Arctic . |
| 22 | [ I ] f you intend to cope with the jungle out there , you need to make the Wall Street Journal and similar publications such as The Economist your favourite comic books . ’ |
| 23 | Speeds greater than zero correspond to flow from the west to the east . |
| 24 | If you intend to proceed with the appeal on your own , you should contact me for a copy of the relevant parts of the Sheriff Court process . |
| 25 | ‘ Most people tend to gather at the track and do the group session , without even stopping to think what the training effect is doing to their body , or how they are going to progress next week , or the week after . ’ |
| 26 | Existing tagsets tend to agree about the major word class categorisations but there are often differences in the sub-categorisations used . |
| 27 | Yet most tend to agree with the right-wing slogan , ‘ the boat is full ’ , meaning Germany has too many foreigners . |
| 28 | Denis Healey is another politician I admire , and I tend to agree with the view that he is the best leader the Labour Party never had . |
| 29 | ‘ Gottle a geer ’ Gazza would undoubtedly be a tremendous asset to the team , but after Silvers recent professions of poverty , I tend to agree with the Guardian that this is a ‘ We are still a big club ’ smokescreen . |
| 30 | Despite being generally unlicensed these tend to work alongside the regular staff usually in the larger urban abattoirs . |