Example sentences of "[to-vb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Promises quite often concern the actions of others : to consent to be governed by another is to promise to obey him ; to consent to his joining the expedition is to promise to provide him with the facilities and the help made available to members of the expedition . |
| 2 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
| 3 | He used to come to see me in the prison . |
| 4 | The elderly lady found a private moment in which to invite her hostess to come to see her in the room she occupied in her daughter 's house . |
| 5 | I have got to try to outbowl him in the early matches because there is a good chance we may go into the Tests with only one spinner . |
| 6 | Orders were sent to no fewer than four squadrons to try to engage him in the Irish Sea or , as a last resort , to intercept him off Brest on his way home ; but in the event none of them was needed for he was caught , almost by chance , near Kinsale on the southern coast of Ireland at daybreak on 29 February 1760 , by three frigates which had taken refuge there during the recent storm . |
| 7 | Designing experiments to check these possibilities is n't easy , and it took us several years , through the early 1970s , to try to eliminate one after the other . |
| 8 | Holly straightened himself , shrugged at his shoulders to try to rid himself of the weariness , gazed back at the man 's face . |
| 9 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 10 | ‘ Strangely enough , ’ Ockleton had said , Harry having to strain to hear him amidst the noise and smoke as closing time drew near , ‘ Rex was the one who seemed to interest Heather the most . |
| 11 | Luke 's voice was so low that she had to strain to hear it above the noisy chatter of the birds , the rustle of the breeze in the trees . |
| 12 | Events in Eastern Europe will affect all farmers and growers so it is important to try to understand something of the problems . |
| 13 | The little waves ‘ strike ’ the shore , the high part of an advancing wave is a ‘ hump ’ ; looking to another portion of creation , it would surely be better , but impossible , just to ‘ observe ’ the behaviour of migrating starlings than to try to understand it through the conflicting ‘ explanations ’ that have been proposed for it . |
| 14 | European Tour , did their best to try to get us to the 1st tee . |
| 15 | ‘ For you know , we are obliged to try to amuse ourselves during the hunt . ’ |
| 16 | I decided that as I had worked for Harold Wilson and enjoyed his total confidence for several years , there was some duty to try to deter him from the worst mistakes . |
| 17 | although they know that it costs twice as much to try to collect it as the amount that they actually collect . |
| 18 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 19 | The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth . |
| 20 | When all is said and done , the attraction of earning a living playing a sport you enjoy is a strong one and it is not hard to understand why some players have to try to make it on the Tour . |
| 21 | Did she know her husband well enough to come to rescue him from the consequences of his own indiscretions ? |
| 22 | Suzy , 25 , talked to her new client by phone and arranged to meet to show him around the luxurious £130,000 property in Fulham , west London . |
| 23 | At one extreme , it is possible to try to commit everything on the tape to paper . |
| 24 | Sometimes children like to list the names of the members of their family and in this way we can help them to count how many there are , and help them to remember to include themselves in the count ! |
| 25 | ‘ And then having to remember to unearth them before the day ! |
| 26 | He came in too fast and had to swing to avoid something at the end of his run — the undercarriage collapsed . |
| 27 | better than not being able to afford to do it at the moment , |
| 28 | I might have been able to afford to pay them on the spot because of the win , but I still had to get home on the train that night . |
| 29 | What would you be looking for us to do to help you as the candidate if you win ? |
| 30 | Anwar would find him something else to do to get him in the grocery mood . |