Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you sort out your notes , Sergeant , you might include in them the additional information that my car was parked at the other end of Boundary Drive , the end furthest away from Glenfair Road , see ? |
| 2 | He seems thrilled to stumble across the notion that war has a technological impetus of its own ; others will recognise in it the familiar railway-timetable explanation of why the first world war proved so unstoppably disastrous . |
| 3 | You should bring with you the following : |
| 4 | We do n't have to get to a certain stage of sinlessness , before God will give to us the Holy Spirit . |
| 5 | After a hundred yards or so I could see behind me the whole cliffed extent of the headland , and the house . |
| 6 | But — ’ and here she sighed , ‘ Lily darling , I could look and look at him the whole day … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You could look at it the other way , I suppose , ’ replied the radiant Morse . |
| 8 | They might look at you the wrong way , say something that annoys you . |
| 9 | Shades of my father , I thought , but replied amicably : ‘ Because I enjoy it , and remember that I do n't work at it the whole year , so I do n't get bored . ’ |
| 10 | These caches usually consist of single prey species , and if the predator does not return for them the resulting bone assemblage should consist of more or less complete skeletons from one or a limited number of species . |
| 11 | You must not touch this curtain with your hand , but must lay on it the milk-white feather which the hen will give you , and the curtain will be opened silently , by unseen hands , and the doors beyond it will lie open , and you may come into the hall where you shall find what you shall find . ’ |
| 12 | I wonder if you would be good enough to sign and return to me the attached letters of intent , in your capacity of Assistant Managing Director of the Division ? |
| 13 | It did not have for him the magnetic feel of the two letters which were folded into his pocket , but it represented the tease of curiosity . |
| 14 | But as he walked at her side through the dark halls of the Grail Castle , he remembered , and wished not to remember , that she might well have within her the strange power that could awaken all manner of sleeping bewitchments and lost enchantments . |
| 15 | Over the next couple of pages , I will explain to you the different types of friendships , my experiences of it and generally my opinion of friendship . |
| 16 | I will fax to you the confirmed orders for this . |
| 17 | Once you have digested this , perhaps you could get in touch to discuss arrangements for a private view , at which time I can outline to you the various options open to you in terms of guiding , catering etc . |
| 18 | I can not express to you the enchanted effect produced by this Arabian scene of colour as the wind blew aside the great waterfall behind which we stood and hid . |
| 19 | Whatever its original purpose may have been , as with any ruin , we must hack from it the thick vegetation which threatens to cut it off from us : to find in it something of significance for ourselves . |
| 20 | And he could put from him the treacherous suspicion that their first meeting had been contrived , part of a plan devised by her and Pascoe to exploit his influence with Hilary . |
| 21 | There was no short cut : farming was an art and few men had it unless they 'd come by it the hard way . |
| 22 | Ministers will urge upon them the favourite concept of ‘ balance , ’ and good marks will be earned by not playing the game too hard . |
| 23 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |