Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 2 | I began by reading English and French and , after my mother 's trial , I was allowed to continue my studies by the personal intervention of Rákosi — by his special grace — because my godmother , my father 's first wife , was an extremely popular actress on the national stage , a great star . |
| 3 | To continue my predictions for the future . |
| 4 | ‘ Now 's the time to nail my colours to the mast , throw away the scabbard , buckle to , go the whole hog , cross the Rubicon , grab the bull by the horns , put my shoulder to the wheel and leave a note out for the milkman . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 6 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 7 | Fred tells me , a little horrified , about a girl in Los Angeles sitting on his lap in a restaurant who , by way of introduction , ‘ started to massage my bollocks under the table ’ . |
| 8 | Whilst in going to the abbey , I should be exchanging one kind of prison for another , she told herself , I should no longer have to pass my days amongst the remnants of the court ! |
| 9 | Supporters , incensed by Flashman 's comments on BBC Radio 5 earlier this month , when he alleged ‘ fans do n't matter — they just pay their entrance fee ’ , are bound to vent their feelings during the Bournemouth Cup tie . |
| 10 | Earlier the Strabane girl and Eileen Rose Power had combined to halve their foursomes with the strong English pair Julie Hall and Kirsty Speak . |
| 11 | The poachers used stones to frighten their rabbits into the net , walking about and rattling one against the other . |
| 12 | In turn , this is likely to produce a commitment from her to do the utmost to meet her obligations to the job . |
| 13 | The likelihood of Britain having to meet her obligations in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula increased in step with the raucousness of Radio Cairo 's ‘ The Voice of the Arabs ’ , adjuring all true followers of Islam to oust every vestige of European colonialism from their lands . |
| 14 | This is , they say , a bit inconvenient as they have to meet their girlfriends in the Charles Hawtrey Patio at the Duck and Forceps at midday . |
| 15 | Evidence suggests that some LEAs have been redistributing resources to meet their obligations under the 1981 Act . |
| 16 | The president of the employers ' federation , the Union Patronale de Côte d'Ivoire ( UPACI ) , Joseph Aka Anghui , cited rampant fraud , inefficient bureaucracy , price controls and high taxes as key problems affecting industry ; he also complained of the failure of government bodies to meet their debts to the private sector . |
| 17 | Racing cyclists generally like to meet their fans at the beginning of a stage , but do n't ask for autographs today . |
| 18 | The trend for suburban dwelling was set by the wealthy , and planned suburbs appeared in order to meet their needs in the 1860s . |
| 19 | He had said he might be late , after all , and she decided to snatch a few more moments of privacy to recharge her batteries in the one place in the whole luxurious house where she was able to relax and feel she was her own person . |
| 20 | Those who have learnt to accept their difficulties without the glimmer of hope are set free . |
| 21 | Nutty paused , trying to marshal her convictions into the right words . |
| 22 | This second misfortune seemed to revive her memories of the earlier time when she had been carrying his child and had been given to understand that her husband had been simultaneously carrying on an affair with some young army chauffeuse . |
| 23 | The longer they have been Christians and the more they have been preoccupied with their Christian activities , the more difficult it becomes to relate their beliefs to the perceived needs of their friends . |
| 24 | Since the 1950s the USSR has tried to persuade Latin American governments that trade with the eastern bloc should be ‘ a major element in the Latin American countries ’ drive for economic independence' , since it would enable them ‘ to gain more favourable terms with the industrially developed capitalist states , to consolidate their forces in the struggle against foreign monopolies [ and ] to expand their export ( sic ) and develop their industry and agriculture ’ ( Gladkov : 1975 , p. 11 ) . |
| 25 | Such classificatory techniques and use of social binaries seem all too obvious in police practice and undoubtedly enhance ideological barriers and present further opportunities for the powerful to encourage their agents in the police to pursue bigotry and authoritarian measures in their contests with the dispossessed . |
| 26 | As a result , the majority of farmers continued to concentrate their efforts on the production of food for their own families , rather than for the market . |
| 27 | The development tools allow programmers to concentrate their efforts on the finer points of the program without having to worry about compatibility problems . |
| 28 | Although it was not easy in the beginning attracting regular work , the players all had sufficient confidence in the quality of the product , that they decided to concentrate their energies on the ensemble , rather than seek the immediate security of orchestral contracts . |
| 29 | To make them pure for drinking purposes is , perhaps , impossible ; but it may reasonably be hoped that they may become sufficiently so to delight the eye and to repress the pestiferous and sickening exhalations which at present affect the multitudes of our population compelled to pass their lives on the bank of such rivers . |
| 30 | They are a silent order , pledged not to allow a single word to pass their lips in the time they spend as guardians of the shrine . |