Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't throw them at the windows . |
| 2 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 3 | If exceptions , such as ‘ I promise to tell the truth ’ , occur to us , we can treat them as the exceptions that prove the rule . |
| 4 | does that compare them with the customers ? |
| 5 | He placed the course in what was , to our minds , a very reasonable perspective , saying that we were here to teach our particular specialities , but obviously there would have to be give and take , in that we would adapt ourselves to the students ' needs , and they would adapt themselves in turn to the sort of thing which we felt capable of teaching . |
| 6 | We can congratulate ourselves on the forecasts which led to fixing fees at the right levels , but commercial criteria are not the only means of judging the fortunes of professional institutes . |
| 7 | Although the various models defy any simple classification , for convenience we will consider them under the headings of thermal , phase change and mechanical models . |
| 8 | Then , recovering her poise , she said , ‘ Perhaps you would direct me to the Ladies . ’ |
| 9 | And you will recognise them as the words of Jesus . |
| 10 | Well , perhaps we can count them on the fingers of one hand . |
| 11 | You could almost count them on the fingers of two |
| 12 | He could not trust them to the dairymaids , because if the cows were badly milked their milk would simply dry up . |
| 13 | We 're not expecting trouble from them and we 're there to help and direct them into the areas where they can get into the ground . |
| 14 | Familiarise yourself with the next two sections so that you can discuss them with the trainees in a chalk and talk fashion . |
| 15 | When his own practice begins he will find that his clerk has arranged conferences for him , and before the conference he will often know nothing of the questions that are likely to be put to him . |
| 16 | We could hang them on the walls . |
| 17 | He first isolated pure lines of eight paired traits ; of which we shall confine ourselves to the lines of tall ’ and ‘ short ’ peas . |
| 18 | From experience you will know which of the icons you rarely use and which tools you frequently access via the menu . |
| 19 | Do n't fall into the trap of trying to be too clever and changing a lot of different things at once — then if the problem goes away you still do n't know which of the possibilities was causing the difficulty . |
| 20 | Lord Wilberforce 's statement in Tameside , that the decision-maker should properly direct himself to the facts , provides a good example of one aspect of factual review which would allow the courts great latitude for substituting their view for that of the decision-maker . |
| 21 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 22 | That means you fly to Leningrad and stick around for orders from someone who will introduce himself with the words , ‘ The face of the city has changed . ’ |
| 23 | Only on Wednesday night , back in his Islwyn constituency , did Kinnock finally free himself from the trappings of self-importance imposed by his minders . |
| 24 | Twenty-four hours ago her life had seemed straightforward and uncomplicated , and now she was staying with a family she did n't know , invited to a wedding where she would know none of the guests — and extraordinarily attracted to a man with blue eyes . |
| 25 | There you will meet a man who will brief you on the details of when and where the operation will take place . |
| 26 | The Index at the back of the book will direct you to the details , but if you are only aware of a symptom , this checklist may help you to diagnose the plumbing problem . |
| 27 | The actual agenda now established by the Americans and their subsidiaries , does not direct itself to the issues either Enzensberger or Halliday identify . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , stop it , or I 'll tie you to the bedposts with silk ribbons and do wicked things to you , so you wo n't be able to think of anything else . ’ |
| 29 | In accordance , however , with the normal practice , the court considered the whole case and did not confine itself to the objections in point of form to the surrejoinder . |
| 30 | I wo n't bore you with the details of what happened next but the exercise was over and so was ‘ Daz 's ’ participation in the lesson . |