Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winner 's the player who amasses enough points to create what the rulebook calls a trance-like state . |
| 2 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 3 | Do n't worry , George , I 'm not about to sally forth on my old hobby-horse , not for long anyway , just long enough to try to explain what the greatest number means in the term the greatest good of the greatest number . |
| 4 | ‘ So stop calling it the Cages . |
| 5 | Her mother had not noticed the incident and only turned to see what the matter was when Joyce began to scream . |
| 6 | The aim here is not to encourage hauliers to do their own conveyancing , but to ensure they are better equipped to appreciate what the solicitor or other ‘ expert ’ is doing on their behalf . |
| 7 | You can only begin to guess what the ancient Greeks would have made of that , and the subsequent impact on Renaissance sculpture . |
| 8 | Dear Comrade Surkov , You are warmly invited to do me the honour of attending my forthcoming Inauguration in Washington DC , on 20 January 1989 , as 41st President of the United States , and to read your famous poem of international accord , ‘ Friendship ’ . |
| 9 | MPs are getting letters complaining that fathers may have already taken on commitments they ca n't get out of and they were only expecting to pay whatever the courts had fixed . |
| 10 | Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians . |
| 11 | Why was he so determined to deny her the right to reach for her dream ? |
| 12 | Also contrary to the speculations of media sociologists , television not only failed to determine what the electorate thought , it also failed to determine what they thought about , though it did communicate to the electorate what the parties were fighting about . |
| 13 | Which means the guarantor no longer has to pay you the rent so you you do n't really want to forego that either , yeah . |
| 14 | One other letter , while we 're mentioning receipts of things , the report does say that er Environmental Services Committee will be considering this and I have er yesterday received a letter from and I just want to tell you the outcome of that before the actual vote occurs , if there is one . |
| 15 | At St Martin 's School of Art , where they 'd met three years previously , they had already decided to make themselves the subject of their art . |
| 16 | She could easily have given me the push after her dad died , and taken on somebody … well , more presentable , like . ’ |
| 17 | We do n't just aim to offer you the lowest possible prices ; we also take great pride in the high standard of service you are given from when you make your booking right through until you arrive home again . |
| 18 | He was pondering how to chat him up without attracting too much attention from Blanche and Eddy , when he heard the superintendent ask the man from the Drugs Squad who exactly had given them the tip-off in the first place . |
| 19 | Erm we 've covered it I 've done it before I 'm just trying to remember what the answer was . |
| 20 | Now I just trying to think what the other the name of the other one was . |
| 21 | all the time , and eventually , I 'm not using that , and he 'll just start giving you the answers , and when he does start giving the answers , keep on , let him get a lot right . |
| 22 | six thousand seven the average number is a six thousand seven hundred and seventy four it 's actually erm financial highlights and I 'll just check give you the exact figure six seven seven four |
| 23 | I yes , I 've just had my massive little row with The Savoy about the prices and they just wanted to charge us the normal price ! |
| 24 | I just wanted to check what the position of the old executive committee of the W R A D which been appointed , whether that was in fact erm , something that qualified for a full allowance . |
| 25 | Now I have gone beyond thirty one because I just wanted to show you the way it goes and it 's easy . |
| 26 | I just wanted to know what the ticket arrangements are for the Liverpool game at Anfield later in September . |
| 27 | I said well you just have to give him the deaf ear I said otherwise you 'll become , I said and he 'll get caught out eventually |
| 28 | We must , therefore , use such instances empirically to help to establish what the internal linguistic norms of the community actually are , and to do this is to be accountable to the data in quite a strong sense . |
| 29 | That 's one trophy in 37 years , none in the last 19 ; hardly sufficient to warm the cockles of what once cared to call itself the hotbed of soccer . |
| 30 | She had always intended to tell him the truth , but somehow the time was never right … |