Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation to stay in town for a curry or a Schwarzenegger film , or both , can seriously disrupt that urge to carry on the journey up the 277 summits . |
| 2 | Whether you 've stuck with the same old style for years , want to find out the options for covering grey or simply want to learn how to manage your hair better , Charles will demonstrate practical ways to help you make the most of your hair . |
| 3 | Make sure the quantity in the can or bottle is the same if you want to find out the units in the can or bottle you are drinking . |
| 4 | In the same way , if you want to find out the area of the shop floor you simply multiply the length of the room by its width , eg |
| 5 | And then if you want to find out the reason for the tension or how to stop it , what you have to do is look at the interests of those concerned . |
| 6 | Question : I want to work out the total on a set of numeric fields in my Paradox data table , so that I can see how much has been made by my sales staff . |
| 7 | However , the amytal studies appear to rule out the force of this logical objection since in cases of bilateral speech some difficulty has been noted with injection on either side . |
| 8 | A continuing sensitivity is demonstrated by Chinese protests over officially approved Japanese textbooks which appear to play down the iniquities of Japanese actions before 1945 . |
| 9 | If these governments want to win back the access to international capital markets that they need in order to expand and prosper , they will have to come up with some ideas of their own . |
| 10 | I suppose you think I mean I want to walk down the aisle in white with my friends watching , but that 's not it , that 's not what this feeling is to do with . |
| 11 | The fingerboard is ebony , with exquisite maple leaf inlays lacking nothing in detail as they appear to drift down the neck towards the body . |
| 12 | It has been self-consciously policy-oriented and has fed directly into the political debate with a series of prescriptions which involve cutting back the activities of the state and changing the nature of democracy in Britain . |
| 13 | So , if you want to read up the background to all this , this is th one of the best books and one of the most recent on the reading list , it 's on the reading list on the second page or something . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to ride up the front with you . ’ |
| 15 | It is also the place for those who want to soak up the sun on their hotel terraces or at the Lido , a huge pool so close to the sea that waves frequently wash into it . |
| 16 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 17 | Passey and Melosh suggest taking on the basis of their investigations of crater fields . |
| 18 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |
| 19 | The result confirmed Mr Yeltsin as the leading figure among radicals who want to speed up the process of reform , and who believe President Gorbachov is not moving fast enough to dismantle the old system . |
| 20 | The couple , who run a private nursing home near Richmond , want to take over the running of Hollyhurst home in Woodland Road . |
| 21 | Gulf board games , for people who want to slug out the war by pushing cardboard counters across a map , are also proliferating . |
| 22 | Residential homes , and long stay nursing homes in particular , appear to cut down the use of hospital care during the last year of people 's lives . |
| 23 | Choosing the right time and place to bring up the subject of safer sex is important . |
| 24 | We have been offered a pot-pourri of amendments — some favour London , some favour London and the south-east and others suggest carving up the country into all sorts of different regions . |
| 25 | But stop to add up the value of your house , car , shares , insurance policies — the total is probably more than you realised . |
| 26 | She believes we must all recognise and come to terms with our own ageism and seek to break down the barriers to understanding . |
| 27 | Only thus could he step outside of the present situation and hope to puzzle out the riddle of Zephro Carnelian — even while being forced to react predictably … |
| 28 | At the present time the English tend to play down the significance of affinal relationships but , even so , the statement " she has made a good marriage " is more likely to refer to the social and financial standing of the husband 's immediate kin than to the personal qualities of the husband himself . |
| 29 | But egalitarian feminists tend to play down the value of biological explanations . |
| 30 | Or remain to stare down the reflection of his own fear ? |