Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've sent my sister in to look after the other lads . ’ |
| 2 | He took a deep breath , then another , like a diver about to plunge into the depths , and nodded . |
| 3 | My meals came free also , at the nearby cafeteria , and I had an hour off to walk around the town . |
| 4 | News of the transfer produced a steady drift back to work in the Kuzbass and Vorkuta coalfields in the first days of May , at the same time as the strike in the Ukraine 's Donbass coalfield began to crumble . |
| 5 | She put her name down to speak in the great debate about the state of the English Faculty that was held in the University Senate ; and in the Cambridge University Reporter for the 18th February , 1981 , occupying a column and a half of small print , sandwiched between contributions from two of the University 's most distinguished professors , you may find Robyn 's impassioned plea for a radical theorization of the syllabus . |
| 6 | It 's a very stiff exam I must admit , when I look back on it , and we all had a a day off to go to the at or the Grammar school , sit this exam er and since I never heard anything I 'm assuming I failed . |
| 7 | I phoned up and I got phone up to ask for the information right ? |
| 8 | Outside , in the rain , it turned what had once been its head up to look at the storm . |
| 9 | I allowed my eyes to travel slowly up the length of the chimney breast , tilting my head back to take in the upper reaches , and my hat fell off . |
| 10 | Elsewhere , with many teachers engaged in the fifty mile protest , hundreds of youngsters used their day out to protest at the green line barrier separating Greek and Turkish communities . |
| 11 | There may be a second , or even a third rabbit about to emerge from the one hole and you must be ready to ensure that no opportunities are missed . |
| 12 | His fingers drew strands of hair out to glitter in the firelight . |
| 13 | Remember that even if the precinct appears brightly lit to the eye , your camcorder will probably be working flat out to expose for the wide shots . |
| 14 | When they were ready , send a messenger back to bring over the remainder , who would endeavour to ride on and past as silently as possible and form the barrier between town and castle . |
| 15 | I had a very good man in to see to the heating and lighting , and the whole conversion was done professionally . |
| 16 | Every so of ten the dog would break away and belt off to splash in the shallows or to investigate something smelly , thrown up by last night 's tide . |
| 17 | The jumping front kick 1 : drive upwards and forwards , thrusting the leg out to strike with the ball of the foot . |
| 18 | The wounded in these hospitals lived in terror of the periodical decoration parades ; because it had become a recognised custom to reward a man about to die with the Croix de Guerre . |
| 19 | He really looked so absurdly young and guileless , so like a starry-eyed subaltern about to go over the top into the machine-guns of the Somme , that Maxim almost answered . |
| 20 | Liartes brought his mount in to land on the turf a few yards away and dismounted casually . |
| 21 | Can he give some assurances that there will be coherent planning to make sure that there are no vulnerable people er affected in this way , in the transition over to care in the community ? |
| 22 | I would finish unpacking , have a look at the cooker and set things ready for supper , then I would take a walk out to look at the sea , and gather kindling in case the evening turned chilly enough for a fire . |
| 23 | Waqar about to return to the battle , Gower outwardly calm , than whom no Englishman would have preferred another to have been at this place at this hour . |
| 24 | It 's remarkable how similar an owl hooting can sound to a homicidal , horny-clawed , hairy , fanged demon from the bowels of hell about to rip through the canvas and tear your throat out with a gurgling , raspy cackle . |
| 25 | Erm it is the only way , they 've told us , we can get our cost down to compete with the world market . |
| 26 | He was relegated to the back of the grid , but fought his way through to finish in the top 10 . |
| 27 | You had to force your way through the flow of MPs to get to the No lobby and I had to force my way through to get to the No lobby . |
| 28 | He 's a pleasant enough chap , though , and generally looks in to say hullo and have a glass of sherry on his way out to tramp over the common looking for flowers . |
| 29 | I squeezed my way out to find at the foot of the cathedral steps the white helmets of a military band celebrating Easter state-style , surrounded by the boy soldiers of Peru in grey , black and khaki , armed with machine-guns . |
| 30 | Yes , the money still finds its way out to pay for the cloth . ’ |