Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea and Otley switched the magic box on to see what the world was up to . |
| 2 | The king had himself portrayed on the last coinage of his reign , issued c. 1485 , wearing the closed crown of the emperor , at much the same time as Henry VII introduced the style into England ; but James went one better by having himself shown in a realistic three-quarters face portrait , thereby producing what the numismatist Ian Stewart has described as ‘ probably the earliest Renaissance coin portrait outside Italy ’ . |
| 3 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 4 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 5 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 6 | Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house . |
| 7 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 8 | ‘ The client and I work together to see what the problem was in the past and how it affects the present . ’ |
| 9 | I just looked down to see what the time was , I just looked up |
| 10 | They come down to see what the situation really is . |
| 11 | ‘ I only realised what the problem was when I went to Kenya straight after Twin Cities . |
| 12 | Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him . |
| 13 | A host of examples can be cited throughout the period of Stewart rule up to 1542 ; the fate of the mighty earls of Douglas at the hands of James II in the mid fifteenth century , the case , enshrined in ballad , of the over-confident border reiver Johnnie Armstrong , who suddenly found himself the victim of the utter ruthlessness of James V , tell the same story about how royal power was exercised in Scotland . |
| 14 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 15 | The beauty of its setting and its predominantly stone buildings , allied with its intellectual traditions , have justly earned it the title of ‘ Athens of the North ’ . |
| 16 | Accordingly , your title needs not only to indicate what the essay will be about , but also the point of view it will adopt concerning whatever it is about . |
| 17 | But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position . |
| 18 | But Sam can apparently do what the hell he likes , with as many women as he pleases ! ’ |
| 19 | Yes , the continuous procedure only allows you the freedom to make changes if you need to . |
| 20 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 21 | See you 've got your purse in your bag you better give me the money |
| 22 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 23 | Many people think you can only do what the punchcard tells you to do but , being me , I always try to get as much as I can from them — even with a lace card I 'll try knitting it in different ways . |
| 24 | Local authorities can only do what the law explicitly allows ; all council powers come from Acts of Parliament . |
| 25 | But when he sent his ambassador to see if she were indeed as beautiful as men told , the Venetians would only show him the princess at nightfall , in an unlighted room . |
| 26 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 27 | Also it would be very wasteful of pump power and , depending where the transfer pipe entered the second filter/filter chamber , would not necessarily give you the oxygenation you wish for . |
| 28 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 29 | Suddenly remembering something the boy had said , she went pink , then white . |
| 30 | The cultural baggage which any social group , tribe , or institution such as the police acquires over time can thus be translated to reveal just what sustains it , and furthermore reveal what the society itself may not even have understood . |