Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was feeling for the lumps of coal in her fuel store , to bring them in to light the fire in snowy weather . |
| 2 | WHETHER HEROIN is at the root of this unreliability I do n't know for sure , nor am I about to proscribe the freedom — or is that stupidity — of anyone to take whatever substance they choose to take , be it alcohol , tobacco , heroin or carpet cleaner . |
| 3 | As had happened previously , the fines were paid anonymously but the magistrates had made it impossible for an outsider to defuse the situation on this occasion by also binding them over to keep the peace . |
| 4 | Was she about to risk the rest of her life for safety ? |
| 5 | And what I mean by help out is that one of the documents that we leave er when we sign them up to take the product is a list that so that looks something like this . |
| 6 | For example , we gave some a picture showing some batteries and a light bulb and asked them to show how they would connect them up to make the light bulb glow . |
| 7 | In waves they attacked , driving them back to stop the raising of the Stones which eagles had seen in other places . |
| 8 | By alternating the process you can then bring them back to complete the song . |
| 9 | When I , when I come to practice management then , when I 've given the books out , I 'll probably them out to do the exam . |
| 10 | Took them out to make the tea did you get any biscuits ? |
| 11 | ‘ Michael will no doubt say he had to discount them out to achieve the occupancy in the shoulder period , but I do n't know how he can explain doing the same in high season . ’ |
| 12 | In spring or autumn , the moon has sometimes tempted me out to walk the shore , confident of magical encounters . |
| 13 | I tried to help her see that if she let herself go enough to enjoy playing building bricks too , Nicola would n't feel the need to throw them around to get the attention she wanted . |
| 14 | He knew exactly why the Curator had asked him in to see the eagle — a most unusual thing for someone as unimportant as him to be called in personally in this way . |
| 15 | Now , two days before he sailed for New York , Mary smuggled him in to see the child . |
| 16 | ‘ Very cross that Anthony wo n't let him in to share the nursing , ’ said Comfort drily . |
| 17 | They probably had to rake her in to hold the fort . |
| 18 | We had to phone her up to get the number . |
| 19 | We had to phone her up to get the code . |
| 20 | In Get Richie Quick ! , the hero 's ex-wife Lola asks him to find some missing family documents and turns out to be setting him up to take the blame for a series of axe murders she 's been committing since she was six years old . |
| 21 | Pete ran ahead and opened the big glass doors as he usually did and Mum lifted him up to press the button for the lift . |
| 22 | She did n't offer to take him back to meet the cast . |
| 23 | Shoving a camera in his hand he sent him out to cover the story ( and moved in on Vicky himself ! ) . |
| 24 | She took her by the shoulders and turned her round to face the house . |
| 25 | He boils a kettle and pours it in to make the water very hot . |
| 26 | It down to get the line at the bottom . |
| 27 | They did not need to turn it over to recognise the Leader of the verderers . |
| 28 | He scrutinised the picture and then turned it over to study the postmark , or possibly , thought Lydia , to read the message . |
| 29 | I took it off to paint the doll . |
| 30 | A simple mount is invaluable , and it is best to set it up to get the wing-tip in the top corner of the frame . |