Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once again the money ran out before sufficient audiences could be attracted to the new policies of temperance and self-improvement , and in 1884 it was the millionaire textile manufacturer and Liberal MP , Samuel Morley [ q.v. ] , who came to the rescue of Emma and her theatre with interim funding , which led eventually to support from the charity commissioners and other private sponsorship with which , in 1891 , Emma Cons was able to buy the freehold of the theatre and dedicate it to musical and other entertainments of an uplifting or educational nature . |
| 2 | He will implement procedures laid down to comply with the Company 's duty of care and will liaise with the Group Environmental Manager on such issues . |
| 3 | Under ordinary circumstances , Nurse Goodman would probably not have given permission but ‘ the Major ’ , as he had become known , was such a mystery that she was glad to feel that at least somebody knew of his fate and cared enough to come to the hospital to see how he was getting on . |
| 4 | Some of the unskilled youngsters drafted in to help with the decorating did not . |
| 5 | Swam down to sniff at the trembling . |
| 6 | Staring at him worriedly , she slowly sank down to sit on the edge of the bed . |
| 7 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 8 | After a while she came over to Tallis and bent down to peer at the human . |
| 9 | Oh no , Jinny thought as he bent down to fiddle with the controls of the video recorder . |
| 10 | One of the few collectors dedicated enough to go for the company context is Peter Card , whose collection of 400 old bicycle lamps is without equal . |
| 11 | She squared herself , and moved along to look into the nearest of the rooms . |
| 12 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
| 13 | Mukddaam marginally interfered with the favourite , Mazag , but drew away to win in the style of a horse with a big future . |
| 14 | I stopped momentarily to look at the old ‘ cenotaph ’ or what remained of it . |
| 15 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |
| 16 | She tried not to lie to the child , as she had been lied to . |
| 17 | But she came to the kitchen when summoned to help , and she tried not to grumble at the repetitive nature of the work and the talk . |
| 18 | As soon as the cold fingers let go for a moment , I pulled my hand quickly back , put a pile of books in front of the broken window , and tried not to listen to the desperate cries outside . |
| 19 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 20 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
| 21 | The fellow shrugged and Athelstan tried not to concentrate on the great yellowing ulcer on the right side of his face , the pus now suppurating , bubbling out , staining his -cheek . |
| 22 | Zambia tried not to think of the future . |
| 23 | He tried not to think of the shock his sister had expressed so strongly when he had told her of his intentions . |
| 24 | Guy leaned back against the hut door , dragging the cold night air into his lungs , and tried not to think of the anguish in Isabel 's white face , of the tears drowning her luminous grey eyes . |
| 25 | The sky was aflame and though she tried not to think of the sunsets from Fernando 's cliff-top it was virtually impossible . |
| 26 | He tried not to think about the time , six months ahead , when his grant would finish and he would need to find work . |
| 27 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 28 | She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman . |
| 29 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 30 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |