Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please do n't throw me on the floor ! |
| 2 | Cos you will throw them at the back of the box instead of lining them up . |
| 3 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 4 | See when you get them socks off then why do n't you throw them in the bin . |
| 5 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 6 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 7 | in so far as this order purports to have any extraterritorial effect , no person shall be affected thereby or concerned with the terms thereof until it shall be declared enforceable or be enforced by a foreign court and then it shall only affect them to the extent of such declaration or enforcement unless they are : |
| 8 | The common police services must be combined in a central police agency so that we can deal with serious and organised crime , not necessarily crime which immediately affects the lives of constituents but crime which can affect them through the stealing of their pension funds or the misappropriation of their assets and savings . |
| 9 | You see I would like to see people at the end of this programme to have some idea , not just of fancy figures in the air , but of practical effects that will affect them on the ground . |
| 10 | Will he reassure me about the future of those patients who , until now , have been in the rheumatology unit of Ruchill hospital ? |
| 11 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 12 | ‘ Do you want me on the search , sir ? ’ |
| 13 | You do n't want me in the harness room , do you . |
| 14 | do you not want me in the house . |
| 15 | For this reason , the fact that three of the forty women had paid domestic help does not disqualify them from the title ‘ housewife ’ . |
| 16 | How can we adapt them to the problem that will , the situation we 're in . |
| 17 | the colours and everything and the order you want them , but the little figures erm , she buys them and she just paints them , and that 's how she could make er the ones for Shirley er for me , erm she gets little soldiers and she can paint them in the camouflage dress |
| 18 | Why do n't we locate them in the middle of , of fields ? why do they have them at all ? |
| 19 | ‘ If they live , we can transplant them into the garden . |
| 20 | why they do n't change over in this country because we 're the odd one out and if they make cars they 've got ta make them with the steering wheel one side or the other |
| 21 | All the Brownies agreed , and so Beegee promised to see what she could do about getting old-fashioned uniforms or photographs of them so that mothers could make them in the style of earlier days . |
| 22 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 23 | A glance at the route followed will prove that this is not a guide-book , and a glance at the contents will expose me to the scorn of local patriots who will see , with incredulous rage , that on many an occasion I passed silently through their favourite village . |
| 24 | During the initial development of root definitions these factors should be considered in systems terms only , otherwise the analyst may just relate them to the subject organisation , overlooking other individuals or groups who contribute to the system as defined . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered . |
| 26 | Well you 'd you 'd think they would n't want them on the road cos if they had an accident the people would get killed , they 'd just |
| 27 | If you would pardon me on the sheet , it 's a shame Mr 's not here , because that was his decision , because of the imposed cut in stationery from last year , we ran out of it |
| 28 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 29 | ‘ My dear officers , ’ said a rather breathless but still well modulated voice , ‘ of what am I accused that you should treat me like the nucleus of a civil rights demonstration ? |
| 30 | Stony Stratford men could have their lunch cooked at home and placed in a basket , labelled , and school children would then rush them to the top of the town and the tram would make an express run for one penny per lunch basket . |