Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] something [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
| 2 | It was only when I got to know something of the poverty of India 's villages ( some 500,000 of them ) that I really saw far worse poverty . |
| 3 | We might have expected to see something of the great movies , Gold Rush , Modern Times , Limelight … |
| 4 | He replied politely that just as he studied the whereabouts of bones and tendons and muscles so as to know more about the figures he tried to draw , in the same way — if he was attempting a portrait — it helped to know something about the working of people 's minds and how their characters had been formed . |
| 5 | I think for every feeling , no matter how inward and personal it appears , the writer has to find something in the visible world which corresponds to it , to make it visible for the reader . |
| 6 | ‘ Captain Maestrangelo , ’ he said , filling his pipe rapidly and efficiently , ‘ needs to know something about the family , everything about the family , in fact , and quickly . ’ |
| 7 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 8 | He will , however , be expected to do something about the severe imbalances that are masked by the wonderful overall figures for economic growth . |
| 9 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 10 | He wants to do something to the camp . |
| 11 | But he wants to do something to the camp . |
| 12 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |
| 13 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 14 | She says when you want to do something in the city it 's much handier to go with your bike than with car . |
| 15 | Events in Eastern Europe will affect all farmers and growers so it is important to try to understand something of the problems . |
| 16 | She leaned on the fence , wrapped her coat more closely round her body and tried to assimilate something of the tranquillity of the night , but all she could think of was the hurt in Barney 's eyes and the stiffness of his voice . |
| 17 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 18 | However before examining it I want to say something about the general response of community educators to the problems facing the working-class in N. Ireland . |
| 19 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to achieve something in the game . |
| 21 | In a car outside these youngsters seemed to know something about the vandalism . |
| 22 | Huy stooped to pick something off the ground , that lay three-quarters hidden in the rough yellow grass that grew around the sides of the stone . |
| 23 | " We came to do something about the record-player , " Sandra said brightly . |
| 24 | A teenager concerned about the plight of the homeless has decided to do something about the problem herself . |
| 25 | She gave a shaky laugh , wanting to add something to the effect that it was n't fear that drew people to Marc , but more like sheer charisma . |
| 26 | He came in too fast and had to swing to avoid something at the end of his run — the undercarriage collapsed . |
| 27 | In consequence it is becoming increasingly accepted that not only does the anthropologist have his own social history and subjective stance , but more importantly , that those accounts which ignore this seem to lose something in the telling . |
| 28 | ‘ You said you 'd like to see something of the Cotswold Way . |
| 29 | Secondly is evidence from sediments and materials , and the material comprising the river terrace could be used to infer something about the mode of deposition and the physical environment at the time . |
| 30 | A will have the statutory power of arrest it B was in fact attempting to steal something in the shed , or if A reasonably suspected him of being in the act of attempting to steal something in the shed . |