Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stylishly made but inherently daft , unlike the other ghost movies Flatliners does tackle the unpaid debts of the past , but only to write them off in the most superficial way . |
| 2 | ‘ It was n't enough to put us back in the World Cup contention . |
| 3 | I was lucky enough to knock him out in the first round . |
| 4 | Worthless character had now run foul of the law and was willing to take one final payment , enough to get him out of the State , and out of her life for ever . |
| 5 | Thinking you were Napoleon was clearly not enough to get you out of the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' Independent Day School . |
| 6 | But despite Mr McDonald 's frantic efforts , the kiss of life was not enough to bring him back from the dead . |
| 7 | If county shops put fanzines in , then we spectators can decide whether or not to slog them out of the ground after a couple of deliveries . |
| 8 | The first leg of the voyage was from the Tyne to Bergen in Norway , where a second group of trainees , from England took over to sail her back across the North Sea . |
| 9 | ‘ Sadly there is n't a venue in England yet 1,200 British fans came over to cheer me on at The Hague in Holland recently . ’ |
| 10 | Will Carling , the captain of England , is travelling there for the first time and the selectors decided not to weigh him down with the cares of office . |
| 11 | Seeing the mist that deepened the dark grey of her eyes , the pale translucent cheeks , both so beautiful now in their glowing copper setting , it was all Benedict could do not to snatch her back into the heat of his embrace , and force his way to that intimate deep caress , the thought of which now fired him with passionate yearning . |
| 12 | Just to get them out of the house . |
| 13 | As he quickly washed off Friday night 's mud , he made a mental note not to take it out on the machine next time he got drunk . |
| 14 | When they stand at the watchnight service and hear those self-same carols they will galvanise into action and begin to take up the offering among the congregation and go off to ring it up on the cash register . |
| 15 | Rescuers have tried unsuccessfully to drive them out into the open sea using a line of boats with their engines running . |
| 16 | Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home . |
| 17 | By the way , when she reappears , would you mind telling her I 'll be back to pick her up at the end of this afternoon ? ’ |
| 18 | Well my free kick , he actually got a touch on that as well , he tipped it onto the post for the free kick yes , but I mean even when he bounced out to Mickey Lewis , one of their defenders got a great block from about two yards out to send it out for the corner , which luckily we scored from the corner , so that we got away with it then . |
| 19 | Mainly to get me out of the house , probably , but when I told my father I was going to be an actor he immediately thought I 'd turned gay . |
| 20 | The policy here is to have the vast majority of these funds ‘ up-front ’ , ie to distribute them out to the Districts to be used by Practice Teams for the purchase of individual places for individual users — what we are calling ‘ spot purchase ’ . |
| 21 | We gave him whiskey and had n't to tie him up till the morning and that was only for his own good . ’ |
| 22 | Less than a dozen of the official green candidates are now expected even to make it through to the second round of voting next Sunday . |
| 23 | I expect I 'll soon work out how to drive it back to the quarry , and we can pick them all up . |
| 24 | She recovered it and was about to slip it back into the book , when she realized that if she put it back in the wrong place , Mark might think she had been snooping . |
| 25 | About to lead them back towards the stables , he lowered his voice and said to Luke , ‘ Did you get it ? ’ |
| 26 | The US government , which has no relations with the PLO and has sought consistently to keep it out of the Middle East peace process , said the request was still being discussed five hours later when news arrived that the 62-year-old chairman had been found . |
| 27 | Simple requests for such increases were the least of the shipowners ' concerns , while on shipboard conditions there could be no cause for complaint because of the " army of government officials who were there to keep them up to the mark " . |
| 28 | English tourists might like to be reminded that the ghastly visitor centres , the scant toilet facilities and the gruesome catering in the West Highlands of Scotland are there to get you back for the fact you won . |
| 29 | Blissfully unaware that the full panoply of America 's military might was about to deliver him up to the majesty of American justice , President Reagan 's token terrorist was welcomed aboard Skunk Kilo by an undercover FBI team that was so wrought up by the occasion that in placing Younis under arrest they managed to break both his wrists , though he offered no resistance or showed any enthusiasm for the 12-mile swim back to Limassol . |
| 30 | You know because you , you sort of lost , she lost her track going in to that on how to get him back into the referrals . |