Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early models , for example , made little attempt to show the dynamic forces at play between the elements , while it has always been necessary to question the basis of the model construction in order to avoid the perpetuation of a flawed assumption . |
| 2 | Pouring water through a shower head or ( clean ) watering can rose also helps to dissipate the chlorine . |
| 3 | We catch remote glimpses of the camaraderie in the Mess of his ‘ family ’ , as he called it , of young officers , many of them ‘ sprigs of nobility ’ whom he found well equipped to withstand the displeasure of senior officers when they were the bearers of unwelcome orders . |
| 4 | The study reported here aimed to describe the experiences of 10 fundholding practices in the Northern region during the first year of the scheme ( 1991–2 ) . |
| 5 | The study reported here decided to use the MRC Needs for Care Assessment ( MRC-NCS ) to measure the needs of residents in a standardized way , with the idea of using the information as a basis for planning interventions . |
| 6 | Paragraph three point seven describe in some detail with a figure of five hundred and fifty thousand pounds will become available in nine nineteen ninety three ninety four , when the rules change on the financing of structural maintenance on Principal Road , this sum would be enough to cover the two hundred and thirty thousand pound short that we mentioned previously has to cover the loan charges to sustain the same level of capital programme on schemes not aided by transport supplementary branch in nineteen ninety three four , as is currently being spent in this year . |
| 7 | A special foot-pump used twelve hours a day saved the situation , and Rose subsequently had to use the pump for at least an hour a day to prevent a recurrence of the problem . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd rather hoped to enjoy the same conditions myself . ’ |
| 9 | And although he refused to criticise Mr Delors , he dropped enough hints to imply the Prime Minister had some stern even harsh words to address to him . |
| 10 | You 'd better prepare to abandon the platform . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd better try to find the prisoners , ’ said Fenella at last , although she did not really want to leave the comparative safety of the wood-store . |
| 12 | Yeah , that 's what Alan said they were away were n't they , she 'd only gone to walk the dog |
| 13 | He said he 'd only meant to frighten the victim , not kill him . |
| 14 | But nationalism is a treacherous weapon and may rebound on its user and , especially after the failure of the European radical movements in 1848 , the Pan-Germanism and anti-semitism which Vienna adopted only served to stir the embers of Bohemian nationality . |
| 15 | Came in came to shoot the ducks on the island . |
| 16 | I wanted to put a a morning on when I realised there was problems here just a morning an open morning which would of brought probably nine hundred thousand pounds into this building , in July I came in to try to see the Director of the playhouse I could n't go through the written way because I was waiting for exam date to come through . |
| 17 | The giant palms lining the road inspected me disinterestedly as I coasted along trying to find the Alcade Apartments . |
| 18 | Glasgow seemed better equipped to handle the additional 20 minutes and snatched victory thanks to an own goal by Donald McIntyre ( Forfar ) and Stephen Ross 's late third . |
| 19 | ‘ So , by the time he had made one broom the floor of the hut was covered in bits of twigs , and he had to use the broom he 'd just made to sweep the floor of his hut clean before he could start making the next broom . |
| 20 | ‘ The whole thing was a perfectly natural mistake , but , thanks to him , they went on as if I 'd just attempted to rob the Bank of England . |
| 21 | Came home , she came home with me , she came home with me , and I 'd just learned to play the piano , and I played that , it was , we 'd just come from Guides , you see , and I I was only young . |
| 22 | I 'd not expected to convince the police at the top of the falls that I was a very sane person , nor did I expect them to believe Paul 's emergency story that we were a group of passing Hippies taking our kayaks for a walk . |
| 23 | Dot realized she 'd already left to visit the man who was a gutless jink . |
| 24 | But she 'd already started to dissipate the beauty of her voice with various kinds of addiction — narcotics , alcohol and companions who were n't altogether kind to her — and the last ten years of her life ( she died in 1959 ) find the light , drifting delivery of the pre-war years shrivelling into the croak of a haggard ghost . |
| 25 | There is a revealing Darwinian relationship between size and weight in regard to herbivores and carnivores ; one which seemed perfectly balanced to keep the ratio in harmony . |
| 26 | She 'd triumphantly managed to negotiate the traffic to park in Palace Square , then wandered around the shops , glad of her flat tan sandals , with the promise of coffee at one of the shady pavement cafés when she 'd tired herself out . |
| 27 | It is now part of the history of this country that many people came here to try to avoid the holocaust that Nazi Germany became . |
| 28 | Harford , who has scored 10 goals this season , takes on United today aiming to help the fourth-placed Londoners leapfrog Ferguson 's men . |
| 29 | She 'd fully intended to call the insurance company yesterday afternoon , as soon as she had got home . |
| 30 | She seemed almost prepared to take the good doctor 's part in this dispute , thought Robert . |