Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could buy up the whole block . |
| 2 | Look just packet of crisps you 'd give out the whole packet . |
| 3 | This was taken to mean that the Government would tear up the whole treaty rather than accept the social chapter . |
| 4 | It would swallow up the whole star . ’ |
| 5 | Nevertheless if the patient is mentally and emotionally unaffected but has , for example , a pain somewhere , then the details of the pain will make up the whole case , or ‘ totality ’ as it is called , for which a similar remedy must be found . |
| 6 | The tuna fish swim beneath schools of dolphins , fishermen do not discriminate and scoop up the whole lot in their nets . |
| 7 | To the latter , the company replied that as Tamworth Road was to be used by both the Mitcham and Sutton routes , single track there would slow up the whole service . |
| 8 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 9 | But one day she asked if she could stay out the whole day , and away she went on her little pony , with her two dogs running behind . |
| 10 | If she can fight off that medication , she 'll take on the whole world . ’ |
| 11 | We ca n't take on the whole French colonial army — we must escape . |
| 12 | ‘ You think I 'll take over the whole show , do n't you ? ’ accused Mountbatten . |
| 13 | I have seen some very attractively variegated mint which I would like to grow in the flower border , but my mother says it will take over the whole garden . |
| 14 | " He envisages any show as a complete theatrical entity-staging , set design , choreography ; he 'll map out the whole show , then monitor it bar by bar — police it . |
| 15 | Well , because we have a very flexible course , a modular course which is made up of units , it 's , it 's possible to almost fit anybody into our course , so in fact she 's met one of our specialists and the analysis had been done of what she 's done before , what she wants to do in the future to try and match up the whole thing ; only she knows exactly what she 's doing . |
| 16 | ‘ It [ the microprocessor ] does n't just hiccup ; it locks up completely and can shut down the whole plant , ’ says John Bull . |
| 17 | And unless the city knows that it 's hopeless , they might simply pick up the whole war again . |
| 18 | These devices can back up the whole system or only those parts which you specify , and are very fast . |
| 19 | ‘ All the failsafes are power driven — if we do n't get out the whole section will depressurize ! ’ |
| 20 | Do n't sit down the whole time while you 're teaching . |
| 21 | As one senior chartered accountant pointed out , the faculty would open up the whole system , raise the technical standard of auditing , and provide a centre of excellence to help people improve their skills . |
| 22 | ‘ It will probably open up the whole issue again , ’ he commented . |
| 23 | ‘ This ’ says Mr Canta , ‘ will speed up the whole reporting process and give Intergraph more time for analysis ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ It should speed up the whole process and save money for companies currently using outside computer services , ’ said , project manager for Management Information Services at Courtaulds Coatings Inc . |
| 25 | He would see it through , he would find the Way Out , And he might not even stop at simply escaping ; he might just smash up the whole foul contraption of their testing and imprisonment apparatus — this " life " — while he was about It . |
| 26 | When you when archaeologists carry out the dig they do n't dig up the whole site . |
| 27 | And although I was fairly certain she had nothing to do with the shooting , if the police started asking questions her husband would find out the whole story anyway . |