Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [verb] the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely they would n't make them go the whole distance in the dark ? |
| 2 | The only real problem with this way of bending is that if one of the ‘ laminations ’ does break you lose the whole piece rather than just the one lamination ! |
| 3 | And if you 've got a c country 's stamps they collect the whole lot , you know , they do n't just collect they collect the whole range all in one f And she 'd done this with her furniture . |
| 4 | Erm do you think you got the whole picture ? |
| 5 | ‘ You would n't like me to spill the whole lot down the front of Agnese 's dress ? ’ |
| 6 | When of course you can see he wants the whole thing hushed up . |
| 7 | And it tends to be used in terms of the tolerances that we 've got on our drawings the word quality which has been amplified into the arena where we may actually use it to describe the whole management of the operation , not the management of the , or the second part of the tolerance of the specification . |
| 8 | This year those brief moments of feeling , of affection while sharing the task of putting up the decorations , of humility while listening to carol-singers , of joy when waking on Christmas morning , this year these brief moments will spread and grow and shape themselves to fit the whole year , the whole of our life . |
| 9 | Can you imagine them sending the whole lot ? |
| 10 | The humiliating financial dependence on his parents , a fact of life ever since he had been dismissed from Goupil 's , was being gradually shifted on to Theo , who would soon find himself shouldering the whole burden . |
| 11 | Stay with the man , watching him , waiting hour after hour , until eventually the man has to give in and say something to draw the whole thing to a close . |