Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the obvious enjoyment of this extended honeymoon stage , it does mean that the actual hard work of the relationship can be delayed , for nothing the young lovers do could ever spoil the bliss — at least for a short while ! |
| 2 | I know what I need , to put my head down for half an hour this afternoon I wo n't be fit for nothing the night . |
| 3 | Even Emilia is deceived by his concern on behalf of Cassio : ‘ I warrant it grieves my husband/As if the case were his ’ — ‘ O , that 's an honest fellow ’ , agrees Desdemona ( III.iii.3ff. ) . in Much Ado about Nothing the villainous Borachio , tool of the malcontent Don John , exults at the success of his deception : ‘ I have deceived even your very eyes ’ n.i.238f . ) . |
| 4 | If a carer moves into a rented house to care for someone the right to succeed to the tenancy on the death of the tenant is lost ( Schedule 6 para 3 ) unless the care has lasted at least 5 years ( formerly 6 months was the qualifying period ) . |
| 5 | Even more important was the fact that people had devoted their lives to establishing the identity of such creatures ; that for someone the original distinction between Porcellio and Armadillidium had been a matter of life-consuming importance . |
| 6 | This government is , is , is seeking to reduce the budget of one the most necessary services within the country . |
| 7 | The alternative was a Labour government led by Mr Kinnock , a man ‘ grasping desperately at the prospect of power ’ , and the collapse of everything the Tories had worked for . |
| 8 | Even if you are a very small business or taking on domestic staff you should write a job specification , although you may prefer to make it a more informal list of everything the job entails . |
| 9 | a transcription of everything the child said , using phonemic symbols to represent non-conventional pronunciations and unintelligible vocal-isations ; |
| 10 | However desirable , that might fly in the face of everything the 1984 decree was about . |
| 11 | In spite of everything the Collector felt his spirits lift as he sat down beside Lucy on a sheltered corner of the verandah and watched her making cartridges . |
| 12 | First thing tomorrow he was going to phone the Chief Constable to request copies of everything the Old Bill found out . |
| 13 | The National Health Service as a public sector monopoly was an exemplar of everything the New Right most criticise . |
| 14 | 1.45 Pleadings in running-down cases are usually in common form and none more so than the defence — often a straight denial of everything the plaintiff claims , although Ord 18 , r12(1) ( c ) requires that where a claim for damages is made against a party , a defence must contain particulars of any facts on which the party relies in mitigation of , or otherwise in relation to , the amount of damages . |
| 15 | Perhaps the crisis in public housing gives concrete evidence of something the Left longs for — the marriage of representative democracy through the institutions of the state with tenants and residents exercising direct democracy in defining and managing the community 's homes . |
| 16 | But the intricacies , I know more about Europe , eventually , and other countries , due to not being having a a briefing by a Headmaster for half an hour of something The group of us , he had eight to ten of us in the room trying to prime us on what we 'd missed for a year . |
| 17 | You look like somethin' the goat would n't rut with … ‘ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to appear awkward , ’ said Lili that evening , ‘ but she looks like something the cat dragged in . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She goes round looking like something the cat dragged in . ’ |
| 20 | It did n't smell like something the colonel would use , so she guessed it was Leo 's , and for some silly reason that made her feel vulnerable , as though she 'd lost her identity . |
| 21 | Now , on top of everything else , she looked like something the cat had dragged in , and she had n't even brought a change of clothes with her , having planned to return to the Sheffield hotel to collect her luggage and settle her bill at a time when the actors would be at the theatre . |
| 22 | You look like something the cat brought in . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You look like something the cat 's dragged in . ’ |
| 24 | Just just scrappy old blue looks like something the art college has knocked up . |
| 25 | But the comrades were prepared for everything the class enemy could throw at them . |
| 26 | In return , MIPS promised to pay for everything the ACE loyalists , largely the die-hards in the old Unix SVR4-loving Apache Group , needed for an independent software vendor recruitment drive : all the machines , all the binaries , all the technical support . |
| 27 | I had to rely on my somewhat suspect shorthand for everything the Bishop said . |
| 28 | Not likely when it comes to being a tireless spokesman for everything the Rochdale Cowboy 's not thinking of hanging up his spurs . |
| 29 | Otley seemed to be very cross about something the next day but I did n't bother to ask what . |
| 30 | While you can substitute another activity for one the patient wants to abandon , you should not allow him to stop and do nothing . |