Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you 'd wait until I switch on the hall light … ’ |
| 2 | Four times , he said , Scots had woken up the morning after an election to find a Tory government : ‘ We can not guarantee when they wake up the morning after the election in 1997 that we will have got rid of them . ’ |
| 3 | I remember that within 10 minutes of our first conversation , Christopher asked me how I would feel if we closed down the Birmingham head office — his view was that the way to change the company 's culture was to close the headquarters and start again somewhere else . |
| 4 | She was afraid then , rather as a skier might feel when he looks down the steep whiteness of a dangerous slope , or a high diver who seems far above the water , but the sensation was so unusual to her that she could n't be sure that it was entirely unpleasant still strongly mixed , as it was , with curiosity . |
| 5 | How many more can Crayford accommodate when they put up the house-full signs ? |
| 6 | Yes if erm two girls were in a toilet you were fined and they used to stop the money , oh yes two girls were fined it was a very strict there it was er quite as strict there as it was a H & T Hornes and erm you , you but you could have a drink there , but er at one time before they allowed a drink , a cup of tea , the men used to , someone to watch to see if , when we were working in the top shop cos we could see if anyone came up the , up the shop into , from the bottom shop into top shop then they put a can on erm on something to boil you see and er oh and we got a little sto coal stove to heat the shop , no central heating pipes or anything like that , and they put er someone you could see anyone coming up the , up the steps and er anyway there was someone , one of the bosses coming up so they erm whipped the can off , ran round the back of the bench wh where there were a lot of hand presses going and Mr walked straight he was only mad that off the can of boiling water |
| 7 | Would you mind if I looked down the list ? |
| 8 | Do you mind if I turn down the gas fire ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do you mind if I look over the place ? |
| 10 | Nobody can seriously suggest that we turn back the clock entirely and return to the world of Constable 's Haywain , where there was a good deal of misery and hunger amidst all that beauty . |
| 11 | Can I suggest that we wind up the meeting and er . |
| 12 | He did n't move until I picked up the poker . |
| 13 | Embarrassment curled hotly through her as she remembered what she 'd read and she snatched up the case and marched towards the door , but it was n't that easy to push it from her mind , not when she remembered Luke Calder 's mockery . |
| 14 | Then it happens — it does n't happen and you switch on the light and get dressed sadly . |
| 15 | His face did not relax as he picked up the brandy and handed it to her . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's evolution ; when we still lived in caves we used to go out and hunt and whoever brought back the mammoth or whatever ate the best meat and got to fuck the women , and all that was good for the human race . |
| 17 | ‘ WE WO N'T REST UNTIL WE FIND OUT THE TRUTH ’ |
| 18 | He caught HIV from a casual encounter , did n't realise and they patched up the row . |
| 19 | Does it end when we turn off the set or when we look away momentarily to accept a cup of tea being handed to us ? |
| 20 | Will these people notice if I turn up the sound ? ’ |
| 21 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
| 22 | His name was Joe Jack , and after my first visit I went back many times to hear him talk as he carved out the shape of a leather sole or polished a repaired shoe on his rotary machine . |
| 23 | She was concentrating on the speed and length which her stride might attain as she hurried up the long slope . |
| 24 | The anger of those who pay the poll tax will mount as they find out the additional amount that they must pay because their local authorities are unable to collect outstanding poll tax . |