Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the more we got to know about it the more I had to laugh . |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to talk to you the night before last , but — ’ |
| 3 | The other thing which is actually mentioned that we one of the worst aspects was done and I personally tried to look at what the impact on road building around elsewhere and it is absolutely appalling and er I think that is something which is to be , I 'm sure it will be , will be called out . |
| 4 | In the early years there is extensive leisure devoted to play in which the basic manipulative and social skills are developed . |
| 5 | Jones tried to put before him the possible alternative courses of action . |
| 6 | Gwili tried to interpret for him the power of Welsh literature and especially the ‘ renaissance ’ of modern Welsh poetry of which he was himself a part , but Edward had only a smattering of Welsh and , judging from rough translations of folksongs and simple lyrics , he was disinclined to carry his studies further . |
| 7 | With that side of his face he seemed to listen to what the other side was doing . |
| 8 | Er and I think perhaps teaching I do n't know whether it 's different today but they seemed to instil in us the love of , of poetry and the , the love of literature and that sort of thing . |
| 9 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 10 | Now they began to see for themselves the amazing interconnected web of life which links the creatures and plants on Denmark Farm , and the critical role which each link plays in maintaining the chain of existence — the working ecological system . |
| 11 | My mother soon began to drum into me the notion that I was different because of my eyesight , and therefore that I should not expect too much out of life . |
| 12 | ‘ I began to yearn for you the moment you left , ’ he told her in return . |
| 13 | Almost immediately he began to share with us the intense enthusiasm of his Christian faith . |
| 14 | But as the shooting and the mopping-up continued yesterday , the prospect of a protracted guerrilla operation began to loom over what the Pentagon had hoped would be a splendid Christmas victory . |
| 15 | This therefore was entirely the work of Stirling , Brunel and Burn , although Stanhope and Roberts agreed to concur with what the others wrote and would add their signatures . |
| 16 | Sometimes he even managed to keep for himself the little piece of cotton-wool that she soaked in perfume so that he could rub the henna stains from her skin . |
| 17 | The deputy headmaster arrived on the scene and the headmaster proceeded to explain to him the cause of the fuss : |
| 18 | During the interviews I tried to probe whether what was meant was the ageing of the population , a change of atmosphere , the community 's material demise or what ; but on occasion I had to guess at what the informant really meant . |
| 19 | After his return he was sent for by the Mamluk sultan who wished to learn from him the state of affairs in Rum ; and he entered Cairo on either 4 Safar 823/19 February 1420 ( Ibn Hajar and al-Sayrafi ) or Tuesday 4 Rabi'I 823/Tuesday 19 March 1420 ( al-Makrizi . |
| 20 | In spite of all the centuries which he had to learn about it the traditional ship-wright seemed to be unable to understand about shear . |
| 21 | The personal engagement encapsulated here is not , after all , wholly different from the introduction to that much more objective modern study , the justly acclaimed biography of Mary by Lady Antonia Fraser ; for Lady Antonia describes how ‘ being possessed since childhood by a passion for the subject of Mary Queen of Scots , I wished to test for myself the truth or falsehood of the many legends which surround her ’ . |
| 22 | Yeah , one look at him and even I had to say to myself the ladies , the poor ladies . |
| 23 | Yeah he do n't eat too many he likes he like they but he wo n't erm I had to say to him the other night . |
| 24 | Moreover , he intended to take on himself the national leadership of the party thus created , which would be called Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista ( FET y de las JONS ) . |
| 25 | I wanted to lay on him the burden of our fractured present . |