Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theda 's eyes remained closed as the lumbering stagecoach rumbled its way from Newark , where she had caught it outside the Saracen 's Head , to Ashby-de-la-Zouch , where it would remain for the night before proceeding to Stafford . |
| 2 | Much work might remain for the clergy both in imposing a code of Christian morals , and in determining where the line was to run between what could and what could not form a respectable part of the Christian life . |
| 3 | There 's a lot to be done if cases are to be taken to court , but the last thing Thames Water will want during the run up to privatisation is a long , drawn out damages claim where the point at issue is the safety of the water in the tap . |
| 4 | I hope it will bring a few people along to the network who will stay for the music afterwards . ’ |
| 5 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 6 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 7 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 8 | A problem may obviously arise for the builder where the nominated supplier makes deliveries late in the month and the relevant invoices are not available at the date of the valuation . |
| 9 | Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again . |
| 10 | David Bailer does not think about the past very often . |
| 11 | Because I when you do think about the word then you leave some of the letters out . |
| 12 | ‘ If there is one company that can be said to have influenced British theatre in the eighties it is Cheek by Jowl … the effect of a Cheek by Jowl Shakespeare is to make you think about the play again . |
| 13 | Pilots are most vulnerable to all of these problems when they are out of practice or when they become blasé and do not think about the procedures regularly . |
| 14 | ‘ We ca n't think about the future now , ’ he says . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , we 'll think about the coronation tomorrow , ’ the King said . |
| 16 | Now er it was n't that night I said it , it was afterwards so I said what did you think about the concert then ? |
| 17 | Now those critics have been joined by what entrenched IRFU committeemen may regard as the Enemy Within . |
| 18 | Robyn rose early to skies that promised a truly blissful day of warm summer sunshine , showered and dressed and then drove off in her dilapidated jeep which was packed to the gunwales with everything she might possibly need for the day ahead . |
| 19 | ‘ Méli , what do you know about the man over at Bourani ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Does your mother know about the book yet ? ’ |
| 21 | NIREX will opt for the place where they are least likely to meet opposition . |
| 22 | No , we 'll wait for the opportunity outside , if we wait here a month and more . |
| 23 | So that we can wait for the moment when she sees you well enough to be sure whether you are Liam or not . |
| 24 | We 'll wait for the lads up there to tell us about the blood and we 'll read the autopsy report . |
| 25 | ‘ Because you ca n't wait for the time when you 'll be a married woman ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Did you fall through the floor too ? ’ |
| 27 | And so on the whole the unions in Britain have seen this as a way of catching some people who otherwise would fall through the net entirely . |
| 28 | Please remember that , as Midland Lifetime is a unit-linked plan , the price of units can go down as well as up , and that it is possible that their value may fall below the amount originally invested . |
| 29 | It was disconcerting to his whole thesis that Branson did not behave like the enemy enough . |
| 30 | The original seven dwellings to the acre had been raised in Britain to around seventeen , at which density ‘ culs-de-sac and walkways , cars and garages did not merge into the landscape so happily . ' ’ |