Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you have to try and identify the next players and the best way of integrating that new group . |
| 2 | He would be deeply moved and encouraged , in his dreams , even by the smallest and most ordinary bud ; his nostrils got raw and caked with fine dirt as he knelt down and sniffed and sniffed to try and catch the first smell of green life . |
| 3 | The intimations were unmistakable , and I telephoned Jackie to come and administer the last rites ( so to speak ) . |
| 4 | The computer keyboard also has a Delete key to delete letters in front of the cursor , a Backspace key to delete letters behind the cursor , a set of Cursor Movement keys that move the cursor up or down one line or side to side one space , a set of Function keys that perform preset functions with a single keypress and an Escape key that is normally used to reverse or undo the last action . |
| 5 | The Local Government Board had bought the waterworks three years earlier , and on August 4 1856 it commissioned town surveyor Mr G Mason to design and build the first spouter at the top of Tubwell Row . |
| 6 | It should give the country the capability to design and build the next generation of Australian communications satellites as well as to win lucrative overseas contracts . |
| 7 | With a lieutenant ( who has gained this position by being the first archer to hit the red ) to assist him and the clerk to the captains to advise , he has to arrange and run the next shoot . |
| 8 | As part of this learning exercise , a team from Brunel University has been asked to monitor and evaluate the first six field sites . |
| 9 | The nuns travel to South Africa this month to build and establish the first multi-racial convent in Mafikeng in the African homeland of Bophuthatswana . |
| 10 | Some commentators see The Stock Exchange 's rejection of the option to relaunch and reposition the second market as a mistake , as it deprives new growth companies of a low cost source of equity capital . |
| 11 | The letter added that while it was a matter for the City Council to determine whether to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the event , ‘ there are no funds at the disposal of this Department to meet the costs involved ’ . |
| 12 | The return departure from the Harbour will be quite late so the organisers are asking for intermediate stops at Guildford , Woking and Clapham Junction on the return run to enable passengers to detrain and catch the last suburban services home . |
| 13 | The arrival of the " talkies " in 1927 aroused new interested when millions flocked to watch and hear the first talkie star , Al Jolson , in The Jazz Singer . |
| 14 | The composer did have the opportunity to revise and shorten the Second Symphony , but it remains as long as the First , and needs a strong forward motivation which it certainly receives here . |
| 15 | This is where we need to re-program and send the next set of stitch patterns to the memory . |
| 16 | As a Conservative I naturally want the Government to survive and to win the next election , but plainly if the Deputy Prime Minister resigns that is something which gives cause for readjustment and rethinking if the Government is to win the next election . |
| 17 | Sharp Corp has already signed to make and market the first Apple Personal Digital Assistant , Newton , and Sony Corp makes Apple 's smallest PowerBook . |
| 18 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |