Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may even be possible that house prices have merely adjusted upwards to meet the extra spending power of those obtaining mortgages with tax relief attached . |
| 2 | Remember that the additional information given in the examples above by drawing pitch levels and movements between lines is only included here to make the examples clearer and is not normally given with our system of transcription , so all the important information about intonation must be given by the marks placed in the text . |
| 3 | It was sensibly decided not to publish the draft White Paper they prepared . |
| 4 | In the film The Rebel ( 1960 ) Tony Hancock memorably demonstrated how to get the corner seat in a commuter train . |
| 5 | Throughout the entire work , the accompaniment only picks up absolutely precisely on three occasions , and by the end I was all set metaphorically to murder the conductor ! |
| 6 | Jefferson had obviously set out to design the ultimate high-tech putter and had , to a great extent , succeeded . |
| 7 | This missions , chaplaincies and institutions of the diocese all combined generously to provide the necessary money , grants were secured from SPG and from SPCK , and in just over two years the new building was raised , waiting for the foundation stone to be laid during the opportune visit of the Metropolitan of Calcutta , the Most Reverend Foss Westcott , son of the famous biblical scholar and bishop of Durham . |
| 8 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 9 | Knighton juggled a football in front of the Stretford End to advertise his designs on Manchester United ; last season Smart merely wandered out to draw the raffle before Hartlepool 's FA Cup tie with Bournemouth , but the adrenalin surged just the same . |
| 10 | These false eyes stare implacably , challenging the predator to bite , while the small , real eye of the prey is sufficiently concealed not to give the game away . |
| 11 | Alternatively , there may be sufficient capital but too much of it is tied up in plant , buildings or slow moving or non-moving stock with not enough left over to pay the wages on Friday . |
| 12 | I should have called round sooner but I 've been on holiday and only returned yesterday to hear the news . |
| 13 | Williams is already booked in to face the Sunderland stewards to answer questions on time finding by two more youngsters in his care , Pond Skylark and Mailcom Lad . |
| 14 | No wonder Italians have just voted massively to adopt the British system for three-quarters of their Senate seats ; the Chamber of Deputies will probably go much the same way . |
| 15 | It was thus decided not to bring the proposal back to the Committee . |
| 16 | Microsoft have already moved strongly to meet the new generation of MS-DOS multimedia computers which is about to emerge . |
| 17 | As Duncan had already decided not to leave the policeman to his own devices , he had no alternative but to join him on the next available flight to Tobolsk . |
| 18 | I have been in Paris for 4 days and just got back to read the 100 messages from the list ! |
| 19 | Do n't worry , stay calm and just set out to enjoy the experience . |
| 20 | Dialectical Theology thus set out to reverse the approach , and in particular to emphasise , first , the ‘ Godness of God ’ ; second , the reality of the Word of God in Jesus Christ ; third , the impossibility of building theology itself on any other foundation . |
| 21 | When the Resident Superior finally stepped forward to face the throne , the Annamese emperor dropped his gaze to his brightly polished boots and listened without looking at him directly . |
| 22 | Shopping , in Canada , had largely gone underground to defeat the climate . |
| 23 | Although you have already learned how to hold the camcorder , the way that you stand while you are holding it is important too . |
| 24 | He judged five minutes was long enough for that , a lifetime when you are five , and since he had just learned how to tell the time he watched the clock over her shoulder . |
| 25 | Ian soon learned how to dodge the flying hooves of Boy and remain in control of his bike , but what he had n't expected was the clinging weight and depth of wet Wadhurst clay — somersaulting with a squelch into one of the deepest bogs which appeared regularly between the level stretches of good galloping ground where both could make good speed . |
| 26 | Matthew and Marjorie have already worked together to create the initial design . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's tough and game and the ground at Ayr should suit her better than this , ’ said Willie after Lochsong had just held on to take the Portland . |
| 28 | A dialect , too , where syntax and grammar work differently to ‘ standard ’ English , the sort taught in our educational institutions , shows that someone has consciously or unconsciously chosen not to abandon the speech patterns of their region for the blander cadences of BBC English . |
| 29 | So the majority of golfers are best advised simply to judge the wind conditions and allow for them in their choice of club and aim . |
| 30 | Lowe was strenuously advised not to take the risk . |