Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [vb base] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any council which has adopted ‘ wheely bins ’ — those menacing lidded daleks that line the pavement once a week — will know that they have increased the average volume of collected waste dramatically . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend may know that I have made the views of the Government and of Members of Parliament well known to the Kenyan Government for a long time . |
| 3 | But it helps a lot to know that I 've balanced the books . ’ |
| 4 | That attitude is incomprehensible in hon. Members who say that they wish to represent the interests of the consumers in their constituency . |
| 5 | One third of teachers say that they have had the use of INSET days to conduct their review : the same proportion have undertaken assessment of pupils especially for this purpose and have kept a diary as part of the review process . |
| 6 | When the class are getting ready to take action : " You say that you want to convince the Giant you 're friendly . |
| 7 | Most authors have been baffled after the leisurely progress of their article through the system to find that they have to return the proofs in such a hurry . |
| 8 | Whilst the law is designed to give succour in times of difficulty to those who do their best , it will show little mercy to those who are at the receiving end of proceedings who can not demonstrate that they have given the highest priority . |
| 9 | Using this last possibility , Spenser implies that the English acting firmly against Ireland might demonstrate that they have purified the fault which was going to cause Ireland to scourge them in the first place , namely a tameness in executing God 's designs against savage immorality . |
| 10 | Michael adds once we 've got the bit between the teeth we go on til we get it right . |
| 11 | Looks like we 've got the right number . ’ |
| 12 | By the way , It looks like they 've improved the ticket line a bit , there is now a queueing system which you get held on , so you now get through after about an hour rather than 3 , and then hold on in the queue for the other two hours : - ) |
| 13 | I do n't know if you 've covered the influence school on memory , have you ? |
| 14 | I 'm phoning about little Emma erm I do n't know if you 've seen the Evening Mail today erm there 's a picture of Emma and her er young sister er Marianne , I presume it was taken at the school . |
| 15 | and you 've got to pick someone to choose out your card , and they do n't know if you 've got the Joker or not |
| 16 | I do n't know if you have seen the sort of thing ; you 'll find a list of all the counties of the United Kingdom , all the archbishops of Canterbury , the ten most expensive diamonds in the world , and similar trivial pieces of information . |
| 17 | ‘ How do I know if I 've met the right person ? ’ |
| 18 | No , we 'll see I do n't know if I want to spend the money this year |
| 19 | They go round to the the place where they work , er they go there to know if they 've done the job properly . |
| 20 | Have not heard from Gwent Branch Secretary and wants to know if they have got the correct address ( they have ) . |
| 21 | if you 're rich enough , if you have the wife that you want and you 've got the children that you want and you 've got enough money , then you can live that sort of lifestyle , if you were obviously quite |
| 22 | Oh Anthony why ca n't you wait until I 've got the other shoe off ? |
| 23 | Chairman I honestly do not have an indication of the final amount of costs , this often happens with consultancy work , it 's like answering the question how long is a piece of string , you do n't know until you 've reached the end of it . |
| 24 | ‘ None of us will survive if we continue to ignore the views of the average , the normal , the regular members . ’ |
| 25 | The adventurers will be attacked if they try to open the doors , or start stripping valuables from the carriage . |
| 26 | The adventurers are only attacked if they try to vandalise the structure of the room , the piles of bones , or the seated figure , or if they try to take the wand from its skeletal hands . |
| 27 | Farmers say if they try to intervene the gangs can turn violent and threaten to burn their property |
| 28 | And I suppose may be it 's may be if somebody got that , that 's why I say if you have to buy the property first . |
| 29 | There are a number of factors to be considered if you wish to get the best from the Switch-Mode Power Supply . |
| 30 | It has but I 've turned the stat back up on the cylinder just made the boiler cut in again cos that 's that 's why the boilers cutting out cos it what it does once it gets up to temperature then it 'll shut itself off . |