Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking up at the north-facing slope ahead you would see snow and ice and you would tremble , but you would know that coming down on the other side , you would walk in sunshine , through green grass and sweet-smelling flowers . |
| 2 | He enjoyed the camaraderie of police life and spent several minutes going about the murder squad office , exchanging pleasantries with officers he did not know and catching up with the latest news . |
| 3 | The process is slowed down by the young females ' strong attachments to their mothers some of whom may occasionally defect and move off with the young males too . |
| 4 | Or she could kneel and look out of the window , or do some physical jerks . |
| 5 | The baby has gone past the sell-by date given by the hospital , but there is not a lot I can do except dig in on the front-line . |
| 6 | Then we 'd dress and go back to the bar , order |
| 7 | She flushed scarlet , hastily collected as much as she could carry and started off up the cliff path . |
| 8 | If you do not reply , the PP does not repeat but goes on to the next question . |
| 9 | Rain felt her legs weaken and sank on to the edge of the bed . |
| 10 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 11 | a The form of a statutory notice , i.e. for Structure Plan and Local Plan intention to prepare/submission/modification should follow that set out in the Town and County Planning ( Structure and Local Plans ) ( Scotland ) Regulations 1983. ( 1983 No 1590 ( s. 149 ) ) . |
| 12 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 13 | Organisations did n't work until backed up by the govt . |
| 14 | If you use an equaliser during your video editing sessions , carefully check the effect of each adjustment as you go , by monitoring the sound over a loudspeaker ( headphones may not give a true impression of how the tone corrections will sound when played back in the normal way ) . |
| 15 | Pascoe did n't answer but went out to the phone . |
| 16 | And it certainly does the heart and lungs and it certainly has erm that feeling that you can wriggle and move around in the water , so it certainly gives you this feeling of agility as well . |
| 17 | I 'd rather die than go back out the way I was . |
| 18 | Right , I 'll , what I 'll do I 'll try and pick up on the local electrician or something . |
| 19 | If this is the sort of crap I sign when I am canned I really must try and get back on the wagon . |
| 20 | All I can do is try and get back in the side . ’ |
| 21 | So there I am , during this rather romantic conversation , toying with the little hairs in it 's ears , not knowing whether I should try and get in through the snout or what — but it had a happy ending . |
| 22 | I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday . |
| 23 | If you will be moving up to Guides soon , why not try and find out about the Company you will be joining ? |
| 24 | Loreto did try and come back into the game , but they relied on the breakaway too much with Barnwell and O'Neill always on their own , and lacking the support necessary to cause problems for Portadown . |
| 25 | AD could relax and get on with the inquiry . |
| 26 | From the safety angle , the Bosch tacker will not fire if picked up by the trigger — the nose must be pressed on to a surface for firing . |
| 27 | The patient may make a decision which is limited in scope , and there may also be the situation where no decision is made and in those circumstances the principle of necessity will apply as set out in the speech of Lord Goff of Chieveley in In re F. ( Mental Patient : Sterilisation ) [ 1990 ] 2 A.C. 1 , 75 . |
| 28 | The court file will record that setting down within the prescribed period if it takes place . |
| 29 | One was that some members of the public were unaware that they need not pay and gave in to the pressure of successive threatening letters . |
| 30 | Or ‘ Why do n't you go and lay down in the middle of Piccadilly Circus ? ’ |