Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You could hardly expect my people , weak and hungry as they are , to carry them all the way from King Darzin 's garden . |
| 2 | And then they have to carry them all the way back up the hill ! |
| 3 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 4 | Still she said Auntie Ann I have n't got to wear them all the time she said . |
| 5 | I mean I do n't want him to wear them all the time |
| 6 | He has to wear them all the time , but he does n't wear them all the time |
| 7 | Perhaps they 've changed their minds again , it 's always , there 's , they 've got to frighten you all the time with sometime like that have n't they ? |
| 8 | People were trying to pinch it all the time . |
| 9 | I want to know what all the fuss is about . |
| 10 | At this , the sorely-tried husband had broken into such cries of frustration and wrath that the good doctor had thrust aside his plate and gone out into the hall to discover what all the hullabaloo was about . |
| 11 | And if you happen to be too young to remember rock'n'roll the first time around , this is the perfect way to discover what all the fuss was about ! |
| 12 | In any case , ’ she warmed to her subject , ‘ we ca n't afford to feed ourselves half the time let alone a stranger , what can you be thinking about ? |
| 13 | It would worry me if I was having to feed her all the time but knowing that three days out of seven she 's getting good meals , it does n't worry me so much . |
| 14 | But it 's a heavy ladder , and you 'd have to lug it all the way upstairs . ’ |
| 15 | Nowadays , when we look back at old photographs and films of the 1950s rock and roll craze , and the Teddy Boys , it is easy to wonder what all the fuss was about . |
| 16 | That they have charm is undeniable , but initially their set is such a lacklustre affair that you really begin to wonder what all the fuss is about . |
| 17 | That they have charm is undeniable , but initially their set is such a lacklustre affair that you really begin to wonder what all the fuss is about . |
| 18 | In the future we wo n't be able to just do things , we 'll have to experience them all the time . |
| 19 | And he used to walk them all the way , I remember once him starting out er from what we call Hole , that 's at the top of the hill there , er starting out to walk them to Newcastle , and he took eleven . |
| 20 | to walk you all the way . |
| 21 | To give everyone present the opportunity of contributing information and of saying what they or their agency could offer . |
| 22 | I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’ |
| 23 | When we have resolved the matter we shall be in a position to give them all the reassurance they can ask . |
| 24 | She preened her elegant nose , turning her head slightly in order to give them all the benefit of her profile . |
| 25 | But — although this is very rare — you do sometimes come across one or two who seem to have a genuine interest and ‘ feel ’ for the birds ; then , obviously , I try to give them all the advice and encouragement I can . |
| 26 | Mansell may be at odds with Team Renault-Williams , but he will be keen to give them all the feedback he can when he takes the dream car for a spin at Silverstone tomorrow . |
| 27 | ‘ I had thought to put you next the mistress , but Miss Ara would n't hear of it , I 'm sorry to say . ’ |
| 28 | I enjoy the more wishy-washy concepts — I wish perhaps I 'd had the chance to do a physics and philosophy option — and it seems to me that when we do things like quantum physics nobody bothers very much with the concepts that that presents — they just tend to give you all the theory . |
| 29 | ‘ He wants to give everything all the time . |
| 30 | He 's got a daughter from a previous relationship and he used to have her at weekends and he used to leave her all the time so he could go and play football and go out drinking . |