Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [to-vb] the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And one does n't expect thanks , of course , but when they use the handout — and then turn round and start blaspheming , you really do want to chuck the whole business up , and go and become a monk , or something . ’ |
| 2 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
| 3 | this was on , in the morning , in the afternoon they said his leg would deteriorate , they 've got to take the whole leg off so he said we 'll give it another go and see what happens , course by this time he said the operation has n't |
| 4 | You 've got to take the whole lot as a unit . |
| 5 | You 've got to lift the whole lot off the wall and unthread the curtains and put back the right number of rings and hooks and it 's a palaver and I have n't done it . |
| 6 | Perhaps unsure of exactly what to expect from Alsace wines , it seems British wine drinkers have tended to give the whole lot a miss . |
| 7 | To help fashion the ‘ whole child ’ they have needed to know the whole child . |
| 8 | That is to say , all species have tried to convert the whole world in to themselves if they possibly can . |