Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It replicates itself , and each new copy , which is independent of the original , goes on to carry out the task for which the virus was designed . |
| 2 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 3 | Veronica Hanson describes the stages that the PPA proposal had to go through to be accepted by the Welsh Office and she goes on to describe how the county schemes are supported , managed and run now that they are in operation . |
| 4 | Ehrenpreis goes on to consider how the distinction between deserving and undeserving poor operates in the work of a wide range of writers . |
| 5 | Having traced the development of the upper class and described the nature of the business class today , Scott goes on to discuss how the upper classes reproduce themselves . |
| 6 | Of course , little bits of practice help ; but if a child goes on doing exactly the same thing just as incompetently every day for a month , or even three months , it does not necessarily mean that no progress is being made : it is , but inside , where you ca n't see it . |
| 7 | The dog looks back to see where the owner is , panics at being unable to see him and comes running back . |
| 8 | He then reaches out picks up the foot of the bed as he said and lifts it . |
| 9 | On the spectrum of improbabilities , the spotlight turns out to illuminate only the narrow range from the left-hand end ( certainty ) up to minor miracles , like a hole-in-one or a dream that comes true . |
| 10 | Marketing exec goes around signing up the contracts . |
| 11 | Well Mrs Toad is having a sale in her shop + + she has laid out her caish + cash register + + an' a number of pots of tea + + it 's gon na be a special sale because + + so she has th' + a sign up saying + prices are slashed + so she hopes lots of customers will be coming along + to visit her + + while she ‘ s waiting for customers + she goes about setting out the rest of + of the shop + + for things in the sale + + an ’ she brings on + large cans of tin + of tea + + for + she can only carry one at a time + so she walks on with one and puts it on the counter + + |
| 12 | The Technique sets out to do precisely the opposite of this , namely , that parts of the body remain free from other parts no matter what position you may adopt . |
| 13 | The castle is a human body and while retaining a conventional castle architecture , Spenser sets out to show how the well-organised body is a fortress which can maintain itself from attack by savage exterior forces . |
| 14 | Essentially , Weber 's essay sets out to show how the mediaeval cities in Western Europe sustained a fundamental challenge to the feudal system which surrounds them , and thus paved the way for the subsequent development of a rational-legal social order . |
| 15 | Erm it is a social gathering and whether people get er , er get rooked er , they get done or whether they get a bargain or whatever happens , they , they seem to enjoy it , but nevertheless it 's done according to whether you want to make money , the person owning the land wants to make a bit of money , there are a number of entrepeneurs who actually arrange and the middleman who actually goes round booking up the sites and so when you 're talking about charity a charity will get it organised for you by an entre , entrepeneur and then there 's the er the er the traders themselves , some of whom may be purely independent , some the , some may be obviously dealing with that ta erm that kind of aspect which is not exactly possibly legal . |
| 16 | Let's have a look first all er just step back slightly to the time when the sales exec goes round to sign up the estate agent . |
| 17 | ‘ I believe someone comes in to pick up the post from time to time . ’ |
| 18 | A husky laugh and he runs off to try out the gag on a wheel-chaired pallid little pal , recovering from a recent kidney transplant . |
| 19 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |