Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Characteristically Morse sought to swallow back the bitter-tasting fluid that had risen in his gorge ; and the surgeon , with understanding , pulled the rubber sheet over the head again . |
| 2 | More than 1,600 names — the people whose personal wealth is pledged to meeting insurance claims — lost money when they found themselves having to meet huge bills for asbestosis and pollution claims after Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the risks from other Lloyd 's syndicates in 1982 . |
| 3 | The group maintains that by the time Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the US risks , the dangers of asbestosis were already known : a Lloyd 's working party had been set up in 1980 to look at the issue . |
| 4 | At the CPSU congress currently in session Gorbachev tried to play down the significance of the strikes , claiming that the " general strike " urged by independent miner 's leaders had not materialized . |
| 5 | This is the name of a computer language that an American firm called Microdata developed to speed up the business of interrogating a database . |
| 6 | As August progressed , Arafat began to take on the role of Saddam 's chief ally . |
| 7 | Pepita began to pick up the fallen bananas and place them back in their crate . |
| 8 | David decided to test out the conditions — his ten years of experience showed us what could be achieved with practice . |
| 9 | Finally it was over , and David started to write up the notes . |
| 10 | Although there are still some technical problems , developers are working on business software for wireless computer networks , and NEC hopes to open up the market by introducing a lightweight antenna-modem unit for use with one of its popular and established series of PCs . |
| 11 | He asked the mother the child 's weight , worked out the dose and Kathleen went to draw up the drug and get the Flamazine ointment . |
| 12 | Somewhat reluctantly Mountbatten agreed to hand over the administration in Burma the following month . |
| 13 | The Overseas Development Minister , Lynda Chalker , is to visit Russia to try to work out the best way to distribute British emergency food supplies . |
| 14 | No matter how hard the WRU tried to dress up the occasion with male voice choirs and star tenors , there was little genuine entertainment on offer . |
| 15 | Annual General Meetings are attended by several thousand employee shareholders and ( in contrast to the normally sedate company AGM in some discreet City hall ) NFC has to take over the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham or the Winter Gardens at Blackpool . |
| 16 | More generally , any laissez faire connection helps very little in understanding how Darwin came to take up the problems his theorizing was to solve . |
| 17 | Wreaths to Johnathan and toys marked the spot where the devastation occurred , outside the Boots store in Bridge Street , as Warrington began to pick up the threads of normal life . |
| 18 | BEFORE returning to England to attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament , Guy Fawkes lived in … |
| 19 | Perhaps Wordsworth intended to break down the cultivated reader 's protective distinction between literature and life : he certainly succeeded in confusing people , in 1798 and ever since . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , he secured peace , also reconciliation with Spain , although that was marred by the disclosure of the Guy Fawkes plan to blow up the House of Commons , in 1605 . |
| 21 | She was just trying to find the right words to explain why she thought Mrs Richards would enjoy meeting Abuelo Freitas 's granddaughter , when Consuelo arrived to take over the evening shift , and the conversation switched to other matters . |
| 22 | Liberate , pacemaker for Alphabatim , took the field along at a strong gallop as far as the straight , a good half mile from home , where he fell back and allowed Commanche Run to take up the running . |
| 23 | And Faye planned to show off the eight paintings she had done over the past four months , six of which featured Belinda and all of which were now professionally framed . |
| 24 | Armenia , Byelarus , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Russia , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed to set up the Assembly " as a consultative institution to discuss matters and consider draft documents of common interest " . |
| 25 | As soon as he was out of uniform , Connor applied to take over the management of the public-house from his parents — Mam and Da were getting on in years , and Da was n't a well man — but the Brewery were not prepared to lease the pub to a bachelor . |
| 26 | Getting rid of Hunslet is probably 1 reason why Silver wants to buy back the ground . |
| 27 | Surprisingly , only Roger E Bryan tried to conjure up the real Neil Kinnock , now unsuppressed by his minders and able to give full rein to his natural prolixity : ‘ I am full of hate , spite , yes malice and rage/Or even loathing , disgust , rancour , venom and wrath … |
| 28 | Former Senator Goodell tried to cheer up the Shah . |
| 29 | Downing Street tried to dampen down the story , saying the press officer had not mentioned anything about ‘ whingers ’ . |
| 30 | Russian foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev and defence minister Pavel Grachev were today due to meet US Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger in Geneva to try to wrap up the agreement . |