Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then over to see about the feed stores . |
| 2 | The erm , we did invite Ingy to come to this meeting just to report about the festival things , but er she , when I saw her , down at the Lyceum , she was sort of doubtful , erm just because you know |
| 3 | Bleed holes within the dam allow water levels to equalise as the cistern refills , which prevents stagnant water build-up . |
| 4 | It is possible ( though cumbersome ) to chain up such valves , but perhaps easier is simply to saw off the grab handles . |
| 5 | When a significant person died , women were sometimes hired to weep during the funeral ceremonies . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
| 7 | So the rest of the pads , we need to go through the colour forms and everything . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry , I 'll have to go through the refurbishing budgets with you later . ’ |
| 9 | I , I certainly do n't erm propose to go through the service requirements to approve it but I did say that to start with , I just wanted to clarify that all the policies have been |
| 10 | And erm then er again I did n't think that you were going to go through the authority needs and , and bit then you , you went through it very quickly but then I , I think it was for wrapping it up for the video not the way that you of usually done it |
| 11 | Record shops are legally prohibited from ordering directly from overseas : they are obliged to go through the record companies who are shamefully slow in fulfilling orders : two to three months is a minimum . |
| 12 | They are increased now obviously but erm , you know to put anything on a tuppeny fare then was well a ha'penny which was twenty five percent on terrible , every year we were going for a fare increase and in those days you really had to go through the Traffic Commissioners . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's true , ’ Anne agreed , ‘ but I think he should have been made to suffer for the way others suffered through him . |
| 14 | That 's all , that 's only how I come to know about the treacle tins . ’ |
| 15 | G. Lightheart will be approached re the state of the range and the extreme cold which the members have to suffer during the winter months . |
| 16 | G. Lightheart will be approached re the state of the range and the extreme cold which the members have to suffer during the winter months . |
| 17 | The agricultural sector managed to provide for the food needs of Japan 's growing population . |
| 18 | Others had to put up with less ideal locations , and this led to demand for the feng shui practitioner , whose skill was in improving the landscape by correct siting , ensuring that nothing took place to disturb the flows of energy . |
| 19 | It is certainly a tough lesson , but one which seems to work as the scoring averages are improving season by season on the Tour . |
| 20 | The reason for the fall in later years is that costs tend to increase as the product ages — apart from production costs there may be increased costs in selling against more up-to-date competition and sales tend to decrease . |
| 21 | The reason for the fall in later years is that costs tend to increase as the product ages — apart from production costs there may be increased costs in selling against more up-to-date competition — ; and sales tend to decrease . |
| 22 | So probably wo n't need to worry about the acceleration ones . |
| 23 | What he meant was they might be able to come off the building sites , and fall into a featherbed job , one in which they could wear nice suits and drive fancy cars , in return for looking after one very rich old man 's ‘ interests ’ . |
| 24 | This truck stood 9in from the floor , and was constructed to carry two milk churns and , at the same time was narrow enough to pass through the end gangways , so that the churns could be taken from one end of the train to the other . |
| 25 | ‘ You need contacts , and you need to find out the way things are done ’ |
| 26 | You need contacts , and you need to find out the way things are done — local customs and regulations . ’ |
| 27 | Can you help me maybe , by discovering his whereabouts , and perhaps persuading him — through a third party if necessary — to return to his home , or to communicate with the prison officials here ? |
| 28 | The Minister also said that the Scottish Transport Group intends to meet with the trade unions to discuss pension arrangements . |
| 29 | I was also infuriated by the continual refusal of the British government , despite my strong representations to Harold Wilson , to meet with the Biafran leaders . |
| 30 | Sadly , this file format is n't used by other back-up utilities such as FastBack or Norton Backup , which means you have to persist with the DOS utilities you 've got if you want to get your files back . |