Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'm put into the hands of what used to be called ‘ Wardrobe ’ but now has the grander title of ‘ Costume Designers ’ , who are keen for me to join the twentieth century sartorially , which would involve climbing into one of those colossal suits . |
| 2 | ‘ Because it would be good for some of us to see the first moments of your great fame . ’ |
| 3 | It is very important for you to attend the last two or three lectures of the course . |
| 4 | I will make contact with the movement and get permission for you to attend the next meeting . ’ |
| 5 | I do not suppose they are worried that the frogs and toads hatched in the ponds previous years , all returned to lay and spawn and found no water into which to produce the next generation . |
| 6 | Moving a few yards along the tunnel , he found a crevice into which to wedge the second pack , with the sensor directed behind . |
| 7 | Travis had the same idea , for he moved away from her to remove the last of his clothes before turning to her again , his body moving over her , his legs gliding between hers so there was scarcely an inch of their two bodies that was not touching , and she was made vitally aware of his arousal . |
| 8 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 9 | However , the Vauxhall Sport result , where he was only beaten by the official team Subarus of Richard Burns and Alister McRae and finished ahead of the new Ford Escort Cosworths of Gwyndaf Evans , has provided sufficient encouragement for him to tackle the next round of the Open series , the Pirelli International on April 17/18 . |
| 10 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 11 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 12 | And waited for her to make the next move . |
| 13 | But nor was it every day that in broad daylight — given that the light was n't all that good — that she stood in what was now quite heavy rain getting soaked while her amorous swain waited for her to make the next move . |
| 14 | It is up to them to make the first move . ’ |
| 15 | NOW THAT the Second World of formerly communist countries is falling over itself to join the First World , the name ‘ Third World ’ suits the rest of the planet less well than ever . |
| 16 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 17 | Then it would be up to him to make the next move . |
| 18 | I 've already earmarked the cage drilling machine just in case we did require it , to make sure that no parts were taken off it to support the next one . |