Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where sounds of humanity are muffled by the absorbent tranquillity , where vegetative abundance struggles in mysterious thickets and leaf-thatched tunnels , and moss-veiled statues stand transfixed listening for the echoing revelry of a party that ended centuries ago . |
| 2 | Because of the exhaustion of the low-cost reserves , uranium prices seem bound to rise in the course of the first half of the next century ( assuming the uranium mining industry is to remain in business ) , but by how much is anyone 's guess . |
| 3 | Die Gruenen seem poised to step into the third party gap . |
| 4 | I had no intention to going into the art business and although I had done ‘ extra art ’ at school , I sully intended going on the stage . |
| 5 | And we 've stopped waving to the 9.15 , and sending our love to Father by it . ’ |
| 6 | NOW YOU 'VE stopped laughing at the idea of Kevin Costner in tights , you can have a chuckle at the cast rumoured to be lined up for his Robin Hood movie Prince Of Thieves — Danny DeVito ( above ) as Friar Tuck , either Patsy Kensit , Emily Lloyd or Imogen Stubbs as Maid Marian and as Robin 's big buddy Little John , John Goodman , who is reported to have been paid $750,000 just to stay interested in playing Fred Flintstone while the producers look for a script |
| 7 | Why , I 've heard tell from the Bishop 's secretary that yours used to be the best Mystery in the land , bar none . |
| 8 | I would however suggest that if there 's a sound you 've heard emanating from the West Coast then it 's probably here . |
| 9 | I 've met people who 've said they 've , they 've enjoyed living in the flats , but all the people I 've known who 've said that have since moved out . |
| 10 | ‘ And you 've come to listen to the sean nós ? ’ |
| 11 | And the the women and that who live in that area , tend I 've noticed to walk on the other side of the road anyway . |
| 12 | Now , what we 've decided to do on the formwork for the tanks is to construct er a square frame into formwork er into one hold everything in place while we pour the concrete Onto the programme oh there it is . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've grown to realise over the past few weeks just how much the place really does mean to you , ’ he said quietly . |
| 14 | We 've made applying for the Income & Growth PEP as easy as possible , because the sooner you invest the sooner you will start to benefit from a professionally managed investment portfolio and your tax-free returns . |
| 15 | Okay , I 've said go for the obvious ones did n't I ? |
| 16 | And er at times , at spells , I 've got to put on the pink bandage , at times , you know , to get the swelling back down . |
| 17 | They 've got to negotiate with the the er people that run these homes and and erm and that kind of thing . |
| 18 | So nobody actually goes until the bell goes , but you need to be listening Matthew because you do n't know what you 've got to take to the party yet . |
| 19 | Do the easy ones first , the ones that you can definitely answer , rattle those of as quickly as you can so then you know what time you 've got to spend on the difficult ones That 's a very good point . |
| 20 | erm sequences such as what happened yesterday , what happened today , what 's going to happen tomorrow — dyslexic people very often have great difficulty with this and transferring from the two dimensional to the three dimensional , like you might say to a dyslexic adult when he or she asks directions , ‘ Oh , well , it 's first right , second left and then there 's a tower on your right and you 've got to turn to the left after the tree ’ and so on , and a dyslexic person ca n't remember any of that at all , or transfer it from the map to the reality . |
| 21 | The anger goes , no point in being mad , and I remember a tasty bit of gum I 've got stashed in the classroom , and I fancy it . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've got to rip off the blinkers ! |
| 23 | You 've got to live in the moment and the way to do that is to think they do n't know and really enjoy it . |
| 24 | Worries me , I 've got to live in the house . ’ |
| 25 | You 've got to go for the big stuff . |
| 26 | I 've got to go on the gate now so I have n't time to run after them . |
| 27 | Now we 've got to go into the fine print . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've got to go to the library , ’ said Philip , walking on . |
| 29 | He says , ‘ Stephen 's got to have an emergency operation , so you 've got to go to the hospital to sign the forms . ’ |
| 30 | Julie , we 've got to go to the cottage in Sussex . |