Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | James II succeeded to the throne but the favourite illegitimate son of Charles II , the Duke of Monmouth , did not approve so he landed in the West Country and encouraged a Protestant revolt , but much of the public supported the King and the uprising was suppressed . |
| 2 | If I could know that they fell into the hands of men of learning and curiosity , I should be more easy about them . |
| 3 | " I did n't know that you worked in the Biology Department . |
| 4 | So he he 's been up he 's one of type of dogs , he said like a human you would n't know if he went in the house they would n't know whether he was coming out with a double barrelled shot gun to shoot yourself or |
| 5 | But why , you 'd just forced the door open prior to arrest why do you wait until you got to the bedroom , indeed got the bedroom door open before shouting armed police . |
| 6 | And Graham claimed : ‘ Frank McLintock was a marvellous skipper — I should know because I played in the same team with him . |
| 7 | I read — I do not know whether it came from the Department of Energy or from Conservative central office ; I suspect that it was the latter — that privatisation of the coal industry will drive a stake through the heart of Dracula , the leader of the NUM . |
| 8 | And I 'm not sure , I ca n't remember which , I do n't know whether she started on the bottom or the bottom I 've a feeling she may be did n't start on the bottom actually |
| 9 | Daunton asks the searching question : ‘ did the private market as it existed in the decades before the First World War fall , or was it pushed ? ’ |
| 10 | LITTLE did they know as they lazed by the pool that the roof was about to fall in . |
| 11 | Caitlin 's voice made him jump as he bellowed across the room : ‘ You left a young girl to walk along a dark road at night ? |
| 12 | ‘ I would prefer that you looked at the model first . ’ |
| 13 | They did not contest that they participated in the crime ring , but said they had no choice because of pressure from Chinese secret societies . |
| 14 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 15 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 16 | Positioned some 30 yards from goal , the former Liverpool star unleashed an incredible thunderbolt which the bemused Hitchcock could only watch as it speared into the top corner . |
| 17 | ‘ And what did you do when you came to the river ? ’ |
| 18 | What exactly did you do when you went round the shops ? |
| 19 | How did you feel as you came to the end of your working week yesterday afternoon ? |
| 20 | So must a butterfly feel as it rose towards the sun , so must a bumble bee feel as it slipped from nectar.filled flower to flower , so must Matthew 's foal as it gambolled beside its mother . |
| 21 | How did the people here feel when they heard of the raid ? |
| 22 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
| 23 | Stewart told us that Whaddon 's offer of a free bus pass and as many pizza slices as he could eat if he signed for the club was ‘ frankly , insulting ’ . |
| 24 | My Pete said , my Pete said do you mind that we sat at the table , I said yeah , that 's , that 's , that 's a |
| 25 | You will remember that we referred to the essay as a journey . |
| 26 | We can see that it coincided with the beginning of that period when society in Britain was to adjust to the absolutely new conditions of the Industrial Revolution , to develop the political thought that signalled the recognition of the need to adjust , and of the institutions to realise the adjustment . |
| 27 | ‘ Your mortgage is currently set at £62,500 , Dr Bissett , which is slightly excessive for the salary you command , but I do quite understand that you bought at the top of the market and that interest rates were then not at their present level . ’ |
| 28 | John would n't mind if she went into the loft . |
| 29 | None of the four phones would ring if he remained at the desk all day . |
| 30 | If you invited him to make one at a dinner-party , you expected him to talk intelligibly ; if he published a volume of poems you expected him to write the sort of thing that the average well-educated man could understand because it came within the orbit of his own experience . |