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Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the nearest [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I might just as well ask him to drive me to the nearest station .
2	GARY MASON , whose avowed game plan is meet the world heavyweight champion , Mike Tyson , sometime in 1991 , last night found himself in the nearest thing to a test against that granite-hard fighter that his supporters could hope to imagine .
3	They will direct you to the nearest telephone which is free of charge .
4	He flung himself on the nearest sofa .
5	Diane could n't deny his charm , even though she knew more about him than most ; he came over as something like a wind-up toy that was apt to go bashing itself into the nearest wall without guidance and protection .
6	Our negativity may have sent the fire brigade on strike , or even made them uncouple their hoses from that hydrant that gave all that lovely , cool life-giving water that would have quenched the fire and instead couple them to the nearest petrol tank .
7	They think you are a loony , and drop you in the nearest village .
8	Erm , may I just say , that you may recall , that at the nineteen eighty-eight A G M , we agreed that they 'd be no smoking here , er , and I hope that er er , can be adhered to , er , and finally er , I have a fairly full agenda , and the officials have have sort of er , measured it to the nearest minute .
9	If you have a call for someone , transfer it to the nearest phone or go over to them to tell them you have a call .
10	With her finger and thumb she plucked a quarter of the sandwich from his plate and threw it to the nearest dog .
11	‘ Perhaps you could drop me at the nearest bus stop or railway station , ’ she added .
12	The creature flings itself on the nearest character , crazed with pain and the desire to escape .
13	Although a car is really necessary to make the most of your stay , your hosts will meet you at the nearest railway stations and airports .
14	Alejandro was all for putting a bullet through this she-devil 's head and dispatching her to the nearest abattoir .
15	Now you 'll then have to look and see if they tell you to give it to the nearest metre or the nearest maybe the nearest maybe the nearest point one of a metre or three significant figures or three decimal places .
16	Charlotte lowered herself into the nearest chair and watched Ursula lean slowly back against the window-sill , one hand grasping the edge tightly while the other held her cigarette .
17	I 'll have a police chopper waiting at Frankfurt Airport to fly you to the nearest airfield . ’
18	I truly did mean just to ride him to the nearest hamlet .
19	Comfort piloted her to the nearest seat and hailed the waiter to order a brandy .
20	Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter .
21	Travis was by her in two strides , helping her to the nearest chair .
22	Each of the Moi carried a long-bladed machete which had been dubbed a coupe-code in Annam , and taking one from the nearest tribesman , the Senator bent over the dead buffalo .
23	As Ronni chose one by the nearest window , he repeated his question .
24	If you could just get me to the nearest station — ’
25	She could borrow the grey , using its strength to get her to the nearest village .
26	Finding s okay so there was a little bit of it was a little bit awkward to get it to the nearest degree there .
27	It was crowded too with holiday-makers on package tours , all eager to fling themselves on the nearest beach and sweat their way into a tan .
28	They flittered down the stairs , Ginger Rogers a deux , and draped themselves round the nearest male , an elderly , pale faced banker — ‘ Allo , ’ they purred , ‘ 'Ow do you like sex ? ’
29	‘ Take me to the nearest train .
30	The parents of children found to be suffering from any illness at a fieldworker 's visit were advised to take them to the nearest health facility for diagnosis and treatment .