Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Morison said it had been argued that the unique and novel attempt by the Mullan family to establish something which the Crown had failed to do in a criminal case raised questions of general importance . |
| 2 | A bird kept in captivity is fed all year round , so obviously it has an easier time than one in the wild which has to feed itself whatever the season , but it still has the hunting instinct . |
| 3 | I tried to inspect it myself the other day . |
| 4 | To get him to pay you what the agency owes you ? ’ |
| 5 | They only wanted to ask me their the name of the place beginning with E and a girl 's name as well ! |
| 6 | He began to ask me what the realities were of his medical situation and his prognosis — what could be hoped for in the best of circumstances . |
| 7 | The sisxth grade at Little Rissington elementary school are getting their report cards … and if that was n't enough to upset them its the end of an era . |
| 8 | I 'm going to say something which the Church wo n't like — and I go to church every Sunday . |
| 9 | And she really must remember to ask him what the rate was . |
| 10 | Carrington managed to get him to one side long enough to ask him what the airman had said . |
| 11 | There had n't been time on the way up to ask him what the results of the tests had been or what the union had consequently decided . |
| 12 | Although I did n't , he he , I did n't have time to ask him what the hell he 'd been up to . |
| 13 | John Cole , Skelmersdale : ‘ Morrissey obviously believes what he is saying and is brave enough to say it whatever the consequences . |
| 14 | — Pause frequently to ask yourself what the programme is about . |
| 15 | Certainly , when Yeats chaired the Irish Senate committee that commissioned the Irish coinage ( so wonderfully handsome as it turned out to be ) , it was photographs of Sicilian Greek coins that went out to prospective designers to show them what the committee had in mind . |
| 16 | And the adults with whom they interact must continue to be interested in what they have to say , more concerned to answer questions and to sustain and extend their interests than to tell them what the adults think they ought to know and then to check that they can remember what they were told ( Wood , 1983 ) . |
| 17 | Unlike traditional sales where you wait until you get round there to tell them what the price is you have you have to er tell them what er the price on the phone . |
| 18 | Now West Mercia Police want the public to tell them what the travellers are doing . |
| 19 | Without Michael Fish ( no pun intended ) to tell me what the weather would bring the next day , I was very pleased to find that the local paper La Voz de Galicia carried an excellent synoptic chart and forecast . |
| 20 | Are you going to tell me what the hell is going on ? ’ |
| 21 | But just to make even surer , I am going to ask you to tell me what the three things are that could make you rich . ’ |
| 22 | I come in and put the bedside light on , and he lies there with his eyes half-open , conscious but immobilized , as if he were under some strange paralysing drug , unable to tell me what the trouble was , unable to nod or smile or shake off his dream . |
| 23 | ‘ Look , Cand , are you going to tell me what the heck you 're talking about , or do I have to play riddle-me-ree for the next few hours ? ’ |
| 24 | Another way would be to tell me what the angle is from |
| 25 | Yet I am looking forward to meeting Mr Stratton again , because thus far he has refused point-blank to tell me who the murderer was … ’ |
| 26 | And to show you what the situation is er the world 's energy demand is very likely i i i is almost certain to increase er because of development in the world and also because of the growing population er that arrow is some sort of guess as to how the world er the demand for energy worldwide is likely to increase when you set that against the curves at the bottom which show the likely projections for oil and natural gas as you can see as we get into the next century those er fossil fuels , which we 've been using with gay abandon for many decades , will start to into er decline . |
| 27 | Whenever you run a program it switches to the output screen to show you what the program has produced . |
| 28 | If you see new words written and are not sure of the pronunciation because you have not heard the word or phrase used , check the pronunciation with friends — they do not have to be experts at phonetics to tell you what the word rhymes with — then bring it into your own conversation with confidence . |
| 29 | ‘ They 're hardly likely to tell you what the cunt 's planning . |
| 30 | Those chaps in helmets who 're always willing to tell you what the time is . ’ |