Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | that she only need lay down the flowers loosely , |
| 2 | To complete the uniformity of the pile , one of the wheels is fitted with an electric motor which when activated manually will pull back the elevator from the heap in increments down to 25mm ( 1in ) . |
| 3 | Vitamin E : research shows that it interrupts the free radical chain of destruction and so can slow down the ageing process . |
| 4 | Then there 'll be nothing going to the bank and it also would pay off the arrears on on the vehicles . |
| 5 | I probably will take up the offer . |
| 6 | Now that really might bring down the House of Windsor . |
| 7 | But they were some well on , lo and behold , could open the door er two or three minutes late and c er call the er number , Yes sir , er as they entered the class and they would get their mark , this being I think you got a red mark if you were late , t to stand out so that an inspector who came down periodically could look down the register and there was the record of who was early and who was late by the colour of the ink-pens , I think . |
| 8 | Isabel whispered , holding Joanna 's sapphire gaze as though the guileless , open sincerity within would ward off the evil moving closer . |
| 9 | Answer guide : The answer here should bring out the distinction between directly variable costs and other costs attributable to getting the product to its ‘ present state and condition ’ . |
| 10 | The Earl 's Wood secure unit for young offenders is certainly no hotel — but staying here can clock up the kind of bills more usually seen at the Ritz . |
| 11 | She chuckled , then might pick up the animal by the scruff ( if it were a cavey , or a bird ) , and dash it to death on the ground and spill the guts to read them for herself , then sprinkle blood inside the circle and on her cheeks and brow . |
| 12 | If left sitting on a chair she would pick at the cloth cover until she made a little hole and then would pull out the threads and small pieces of the inside padding to eat . |
| 13 | She had asked if someone else could take over the responsibility , but no-one was interested , he added . |
| 14 | One nineteenth century account of him reads : ‘ Strong minded but very illiterate … he made all his calculations by the strength of his memory , and was equally at a loss to explain what he had conceived to any other person , and from being lowly educated he had no means of conveying to paper his designs , yet would cast up the most intricate accounts in his head without difficulty or error . ’ |
| 15 | ’ I wish someone else would take on the major record companies , but nobody does , and I 'm not prepared to sit back and watch them stifle British music . |
| 16 | Someone else can pick up the bill . |
| 17 | At which point she insisted I knew more ( true enough ) and therefore should take over the project ! |