Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 The lieutenant had n't gone fifteen yards before the first bullet hit him , but somehow he still managed to carry on until he reached the wire .
2 It 's just it 's very very very well , put it this way , children seem to learn language very very very very quickly and they 've got very very very little data to go on when they learn the language .
3 He began his term in office much in the spirit he intends to go on when he blasted the banks and receivers for causing so much misery among the small business community .
4 And when it was n't working on the farm a transport on the back and a bag of straw to sit on and it became the family 's personal transport .
5 It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket .
6 We have to stand somewhere as we decide the next step forward .
7 Then I heard a voice call me to come in so I turned the door knob and entered .
8 Taking blood samples to screen for Sickle Cell disease ; the only way to find out whether someone has the condition , or is a carrier .
9 But her Pakistan people 's party must wait until tomorrow to find out if it has the power that comes with control of the key state of Punjab .
10 He says he wanted to find out if he had the intellectual ability to complete a degree starting from nothing .
11 It 's for you and your ex-wife to work out when you see the children ( assuming they 're with her ) .
12 Then , as she began to prepare the injections , Mr Miller added , ‘ I 'll make a list for my records , along with dates , but I sha n't be able to sell any until I have the vaccination cards .
13 From a relatively flat and gentle start our clearly marked path soon began to lead upwards as we rounded the corner by South Eggardon Farm .
14 ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed .
15 IT was February 28 1976 that City fans last had something to smile about when they lifted the League Cup by beating Newcastle 2–1 at Wembley with goals from Peter Barnes and Denis Tueart .
16 He finally managed to light up as they reached the main road , and he blew a sidelong stream of blue smoke behind the Brigadier 's head .
17 Also at Metaltronix , I was toying with the lighted logo idea , and that really seemed to suit the '50s logo image — the old ones used to light up when you hit the switch , too .
18 On the next day , he had to appear again before the Emperor and was given a pair of white gloves to put on before he took the Royal pulse ; he pronounced His Majesty to be in good health , which pleased the Emperor .
19 However , the four Basque deputies elected in October for United People ( HB ) had still not taken up their seats , and the Constitutional Court confirmed in a ruling on March 29 that they would not be permitted to do so unless they swore the conventional oath of allegiance to the Constitution [ see p. 37135 ] .
20 If an asylum claim that is not justified under the United Nations convention is to be the means of obtaining settlement in the United Kingdom , we need at the very least to explain , particularly to the minority communities legitimately settled here , why their friends and relatives who would like to come and join them are not allowed to do so because they told the truth when they made their applications , whereas others who are prepared to make an unfounded asylum claim can remain indefinitely .
21 I was quite sorry to do so because I liked the manufacturing process very much indeed , but I do n't believe you can be both a manufacturer and a retailer .
22 Even when , as we show later , Brazil had an opportunity to do so when it invited the multinationals to establish its automobile industry , it chose not to exercise its power for fear of discouraging potential entrants .
23 It began to rain steadily as they stopped the jeep where the track met two barely discernible footpaths .
24 He could n't go off to sleep again unless he heard the anvil ring .
25 So , you need to go back when you finish the whole system , and test everything again .
26 A straight channel was cut under the new bridge for the river to run in and it joined the original channel near the site of the old boathouse , the river 's original course having been near where the old Post Office used to stand .
27 After about an inch I was told to switch off while he checked the angle and depth of cut .
28 It is worth spending some thinking time even on such apparent contradictions , but it is also worth examining problems to see whether they are difficult to solve simply because they demand the satisfaction of opposites at the same time .
29 She was about to knock again when she remembered the peeping Toms .
30 Nausea welled up in her ; she fought it down , forcing herself to concentrate on the road , to hang on until she saw the street sign Chemin de la Tourelle .
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