Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This made the dogs let go but they still could not control the animals which started to turn on them . |
| 2 | David Tennet ( Contractors ) has been given the grant to help convert a disused two-storey building in Commercial Street into four purpose-built industrial units . |
| 3 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 4 | But besides the lull in firing the rains did bring one advantage ; the spectators were driven away from the hill above the melon beds . |
| 5 | Is n't it more the case that it 's not so much what they 're trying to get away with , it 's just that how what was happening the peasants did see the world that they were in but with the Communist Party and the revolution that the idea is to change the way the peasants see the world and how they view themselves |
| 6 | which balloon has the mouse let go off and you have to follow them . |
| 7 | Nevertheless it was with a great sense of relief that she found the patio deserted save for a handful of hotel guests drinking beer and enjoying the late afternoon sunshine . |
| 8 | The school says some parents owe more than three thousand pounds , and it needs the money to help pay teachers ' salaries . |
| 9 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 10 | ‘ As it happens the Zantac did contain some ranitidine [ the active substance ] but other counterfeits have been completely inert , ’ Mr Peter Lumley , association spokesman , said yesterday . |
| 11 | The designer uses the o to help design the other letters : first to define the shoulder of the n ; from that , the h . |
| 12 | As the NHS did not get a ‘ grant ’ for community care , the temptation will be to concentrate on what goes on inside brick walls and let the rest go hang . |
| 13 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |
| 14 | If those who run and use these schools want something special they should go private and let the parents help support them directly through fees . |
| 15 | i if you go along with the the current situation on volume increases erm and er the simple choice on those is you either pay pay to cover the service levels or you let the service level deteriorate . |
| 16 | Town jobs are easier and make more money , so it is off to the north and let the country go hang . |
| 17 | Even the USA , which in the 1980s still seemed sufficiently vast and dominant to deal with its economic problems without taking any notice of anyone else , at the end of that decade became aware that it ‘ had ceded considerable control over its economy to foreign investors … ( who ) now hold the power to help keep the US economy growing , or to help plunge it into recession ’ ( The Wall Street Journal , December 5 , 1988 , p1 ) . |
| 18 | While it must be said the illumination does advertise the shop it greatly brightens the area with its window displays . |
| 19 | In British Airways staff and their representatives were offered the opportunity to help generate ideas , and this resulted in very imaginative ways of reducing the cost of employing people without necessarily making them redundant or reducing their income . |
| 20 | This year just under 100 students will receive their first degrees at Stirling and Chief Careers Advisor Walter Abbott , who retires this summer , can look back and take pride in the fact that he and his small team in the careers office have had the opportunity to help prepare 16,000 students for ‘ life after Uni ’ during the 24 years that Walter has been here and seen the University grow . |
| 21 | It shows the truth does shine through sometimes . ’ |
| 22 | One description of the typical witch declares as highly suspect ‘ women which be commonly old , lame , blear-eied , pale , fowle and full of wrinkles ; poore , sullen , superstitious , and papists ; or such as knowe no religion : in whose drousie minds the divell doth goten a fine seat ’ . |
| 23 | yep , good it has that creative element about it does n't it because as you say if you get them to produce it get the audience to help produce it then again it 's involvement and the whole thing is is erm more spontaneous than than pre-prepared . |
| 24 | Frank Sinatra was rumoured to have enlisted the Mafia to help secure his first major serious acting role ( see The Godfather ) . |
| 25 | ‘ So you 're saying the beetle did keep driving in a straight line — a straight line as far as he was concerned — in his two dimensions , ’ said Uncle Albert . |
| 26 | They decided to keep the sailors to help sail the ship , but they did not need me . |
| 27 | And I said to her having the conservatory does give you a lot more extra space . |
| 28 | Despite official denials , it appears the US did agree to play a limited , and deniable , role in the rebellion . |
| 29 | Cutting the mids helped knock out the troublesome frequencies , but the sound did suffer , since it 's often the mid frequencies that you need to increase at higher volumes to prevent that harsh , trebly electro-acoustic sound . |
| 30 | Eight people each with different views who fail to cohere or who simply proceed by letting the majority view prevail ( as in voting ) are a group ( ie a collection of individuals ) not a team . |