Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | So he left a very deep impression on me ; it was something I knew I had to work towards in the years ahead . |
2 | Or they , what kind of problems do , problems tend to come with from the flats ? |
3 | ‘ Because it makes a good story , something to talk about in the pubs . ’ |
4 | Eight colours to choose from in the ladies ' classic crew-neck t-shirt . |
5 | But with shelves and shelves of titles to choose from in the shops , where do you start ? |
6 | Who wants to listen to at the Gates of Dawn ? |
7 | Okay is there anybody else that you would need to talk to about the recommendations that I 've just given to you ? |
8 | You showed me what to look for in the tracks and trails , to know where to hunt and where to follow . |
9 | We were particularly tempting targets and , bombarded with jeers and gallons of water , we finally fled the hamlet clutching our sopping equipment to our bosoms like hysterical mothers — little comforted by the thought that these were the spiritual mediators of the people we intended to sail with over the months ahead … |
10 | Reflecting in her vague kindly way that it was very nice for Jasper to have friends of his own age to play with in the holidays , a lot better than in the days when he had lived in that tower block in Walworth , she was still thinking along these lines as she entered the gateless gateway and found her eyes irresistibly turning upwards to the bell . |
11 | It was when I married him that we bought this house here , just to escape to at the weekends , you know . |
12 | This equable climate has long appealed to people from northern Europe ( especially the United Kingdom ) as a place to escape to from the rigours of a cold winter . |
13 | And he 'd got lots of famous mates that want to play on his records , and he picks up a Grammy and releases records on scrupulous labels , instead of the 30 or more indie horsefixers he 's had the misfortune to deal with over the years . |
14 | will establish what children should normally be expected to know , understand and be able to do at around the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 and will enable each child to be measured against established national standards . |
15 | There was not much to object to in the bones of the debate . |
16 | Then he said , ‘ Sheet , ’ softly , and Trent , forced to watch from between the leaves , saw him shake the water out of his pistol . |
17 | As I said I 'll be having quite a lot to say about in the lectures , so we 'll just regard this class as a kind of prelude to that . |
18 | I 'm certain that those of us who heard Mike Save The Children 's overseas director on the Today programme or our field director in Angola on the evening television news yesterday , can have hold nothing but pride , what they had to say of Save The Children 's work in that country , a country described as the heart of darkness a country with the world 's worse infant mortality rate . |
19 | There certainly is n't any light to speak of in the windows . |