Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 2 | Please do n't throw me on the floor ! |
| 3 | He may throw me among strangers . |
| 4 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 5 | Cos you will throw them at the back of the box instead of lining them up . |
| 6 | Do n't throw them at the windows . |
| 7 | We was gon na throw them at you . |
| 8 | The aim is to provide sufficient directional light to make the decorations sparkle , but they should be set against areas of soft shadow which will throw them into relief . |
| 9 | Fig 78 It is dangerous to be positioned behind the board and rig , because the wave will throw them towards you as it passes . |
| 10 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 11 | They are then invited to try and throw them in a basket one at a time without looking at the value . |
| 12 | See when you get them socks off then why do n't you throw them in the bin . |
| 13 | Open all hours , blending left literature , the Beats , the new absurdists , it attracted a clientele whose Scottish consciousness might repel them from London , the ‘ imperial capital ’ , but attract them towards Paris , and New York , free of the effeteness of English culture . |
| 14 | What can you blackmail me with — now that I do n't care ? ’ |
| 15 | This can insulate them from considering it in more political terms . |
| 16 | By depreciating against the other currencies as needed , the scavenger currency would insulate them from this local depression . |
| 17 | When the snow comes , this will insulate them from the cold air and allow them to tease out woodlice , spiders and other invertebrates from leaf-litter or plant roots . |
| 18 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 19 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
| 20 | Grammar schools already had adequate facilities or could build them from scratch . |
| 21 | They do n't build them like this any more — Healey ( top ) , Cobra ( above ) |
| 22 | You can congratulate them on getting into the problem so quickly , discuss the flaw , come to a mutual agreement about definitions or regulations , or dictate further instructions as needed . |
| 23 | Mr Rifkind will meet the pair to formally congratulate them on their achievements in the town . |
| 24 | But it was very premature , and I 'm very I was very sorry that they 'd taken this step , but very , very pleased when I saw the result coming out , and I 'm do congratulate them on their common sense there that they were prepared to put the opting out aside and were looking seriously and sensibly into the tertiary college consultations . |
| 25 | in so far as this order purports to have any extraterritorial effect , no person shall be affected thereby or concerned with the terms thereof until it shall be declared enforceable or be enforced by a foreign court and then it shall only affect them to the extent of such declaration or enforcement unless they are : |
| 26 | The common police services must be combined in a central police agency so that we can deal with serious and organised crime , not necessarily crime which immediately affects the lives of constituents but crime which can affect them through the stealing of their pension funds or the misappropriation of their assets and savings . |
| 27 | You see I would like to see people at the end of this programme to have some idea , not just of fancy figures in the air , but of practical effects that will affect them on the ground . |
| 28 | Many disabled people , often on income support , may earn relatively low wages , and the consequences of a minimum wage would be a withdrawal of job opportunities which would probably affect them in particular . |
| 29 | they can erm it can affect them in their later life and they hit out at people to show their affection . |
| 30 | It is equally clear that some directors have privately expressed fears that , given the crudeness with which the 1993–4 budget trends will have been constructed , severe cash shortages could affect them by September . |