Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is illegal to import it , send it through the post or display it to the general public . |
| 2 | He went down there only to make tea or hide something in the fridge . |
| 3 | Or push him off the ball or something |
| 4 | Always carry it with you or push it into the soil . |
| 5 | Participants are invited to bring kites or make one in the on-site kite workshop . |
| 6 | There is nothing essentially new in thus narrowing the scope of will ; most of mankind throughout most of its history seems to have taken it for granted that they were moved by forces from beyond them and mysterious to them , which might lift them above or drag them below the capacities of which they might presume to be in command ( in Christian theology , the unpredictable visitations of divine grace assisting a will otherwise impotent to resist the Devil ) , and in the present century , ever since Freud demonstrated that the same conception of man could be translated from a religious into a psychological language , we have found ourselves thinking our way back to it . |
| 7 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |
| 8 | At least it was comforting to know that he would n't consider her compliance ‘ cheap ’ or despise her for the speed with which he had been able to seduce her . |
| 9 | Control the interview or lose it to the candidate ? |
| 10 | And as Joe was saying , he said , all we do is just go back to them and just try and say well look you know when you come to see us again do you want to accept this or regret it on the basis that you 're going to strike , but all the other section in the company 's accepted that . |
| 11 | As the program is installed , you can elect to have Power Launcher entered as a startup program — or place it in the startup program group , which keeps your WIN.INI cleaner — and also allow it to replace the control button at the top left of every application window with its own red and white icon . |
| 12 | er to consider , as to whether whether it would be appropriate to invite the winning schools for er to bring a party in or involve them in the erm Gala Day or e I mean i erm or the open day or something . |
| 13 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 14 | I told the others , ‘ we either write some new songs and start behaving like a proper band again or knock it on the head , this time for good ’ . |
| 15 | If you can keep your characters partially obscured , or fly them behind the enemy lines and out of his fire arcs then so much the better . |
| 16 | In the corner of another carriage there sits , his face screened by a magazine , some lonely soul who has no one to bid him adieu at this end of his journey or welcome him at the other . |
| 17 | I found the wire loops , though , having seen the boys set them , and I tore them out or put them under the grass on the paths the boys used to take when they came to inspect their traps . |
| 18 | Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels . |
| 19 | Yes , erm , that 's right , or put them on the |
| 20 | If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid |
| 21 | Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions . |
| 22 | ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’ |
| 23 | • The UNIPOT needs the minimum of cleaning , to keep its good looks simply wash in hot soapy water or put it in the dishwasher . |
| 24 | stick it in your pocket for next time or put it in the bin . |
| 25 | I might be going swimming at lunchtime today so I could probably run up there or put it in the post if I go . |
| 26 | Five or six people I 've never met lounge discreetly in chairs with their legs crossed , or spread themselves upon the floor , clutching their knees . |
| 27 | There seems to be little difference in the actual amount of weight lost whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go , or spread it over the day . |
| 28 | While the child is in care no-one may cause him to be known by a new surname or remove him from the United Kingdom without either the written consent of every person who has parental responsibility or the leave of the court ( s33(7) ) . |
| 29 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 30 | Craig Chalmers must continue to bring his backs into the game rather than kick away possession or run himself into the thickest traffic . |