Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [to-vb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outwardly much appeared to remain the same . |
| 2 | Both Ken and Hugh Paddick just had to feel the same way . |
| 3 | He insisted that the least he could do would be to pay for the coffee , and he always tried to do the least that he could . |
| 4 | The likeliest explanation is that Greek settlers moving in from the south gradually came to dominate the many hill tribes of the region — much as , a little later , Chinese moving into what is now Vietnam came to dominate the local tribes there . |
| 5 | Women 's sub also happened to say the same thing . |
| 6 | Lyn de Alwis now proposed to use the same technique to persuade captured wild elephants to walk quietly into the back of a truck . |
| 7 | He noght forgat to yeve the leeste page In al that hous … |
| 8 | Childebert 's tax inspectors then tried to institute the same reforms in Tours , but Gregory claimed that the city was exempt , and related the history of exemption since the time of Chlothar I. However , if reorganization had not threatened Tours , it is doubtful whether we would have heard of the perfectly sensible arrangements at Poitiers , which suggest not only that taxation was normal in the Merovingian kingdom , but also that it could be organized efficiently , and so far as one can see , fairly . |
| 9 | Todd Swank , of Foundation , then decided to do the same and only retain his street skaters together to make a really small team . |
| 10 | Serious violence first erupted on the evening of the second day of the trial ( 28 February ) , when a contingent of Sacheverell 's supporters smashed the windows of Dr Burgess 's meeting house in Lincoln Inn Fields , and then proceeded to do the same to his house . |
| 11 | There were some signs of encouragement for manager Brian Clough , but his side again failed to make the most of their scoring chances . |
| 12 | Perhaps the only thing that kept Dauntless Javelot from perishing of dreariness and despair was the fact that no matter how long he rode through the forest , he never seemed to visit the same place twice . |
| 13 | She never seemed to wear the same fur coat twice . |
| 14 | Yet , somehow , in her secret heart , he never seemed to reach the same stature as Tyler Blacklock . |