Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [to-vb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had to fight like mad to get me the job , ’ Shrimpton recalled later . |
| 2 | Though patients were exempt from all charges under the 1946 Act , the Labour government amended that Act in 1949 to give itself the power to levy charges if it wished on prescriptions and appliances . |
| 3 | Troops were also reported to have blocked about 2,000 Gamsakhurdia supporters who were preparing to march on Kutaisi to proclaim it the capital of Georgia . |
| 4 | Then we 'll have a full cast call at two to give you the cuts . |
| 5 | Her great painful and ecstatic climaxes make us at last to know something the man has always wanted to know … |
| 6 | He continued to urge Canterbury 's supremacy over York , and in the general settlement of 1107 , Archbishop Gerard promised at last to show him the same obedience as archbishop as he had owed as bishop of Hereford . |
| 7 | Multiply this by 4.55 to give you the capacity in litres . |
| 8 | Multiply the volume in cubic feet by 6.25 to give you the number of imperial gallons your pond holds . |
| 9 | These other tribes were ordained by Ngai to be farmers , wretched people obliged to scratch the soil , just as the Ndorrobo were specifically entrusted by Ngai to produce what the Masai need — spears , shields and useful vessels . |