Example sentences of "[vb past] up the toy [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | John wound up the toy car to make it go . |
| 2 | John wound up the toy car because he wanted it to go . |
| 3 | John wound up the toy car so ( that ) it would go . |
| 4 | John wound up the toy car so it went . |
| 5 | In the questions task , both age groups showed a strong preference for expressing intentional explanations by means of the infinitive construction ( e.g. , John wound up the toy car to make it go ) . |