Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean given the size of China I mean th there 'd be |
| 2 | Would you watch fo women fo , I mean given the |
| 3 | Yeah , I tell you , even Ian now is very about paying bills and , and Barry I say hit the roof when he heard that one |
| 4 | They were already in sight when Thorfinn with Tuathal behind him rounded Moncrieffe Hill and dashed into the flat plain of Rhind , where the Earn joined the Tay . |
| 5 | When the Conservatives returned to power in 1979 they further revised the PES system . |
| 6 | Shares in the privatised water and electricity companies , having suffered from Labour party threats to tighten price controls or even renationalise produced the most dramatic gains yesterday . |
| 7 | Desi Loughery equalised after Neil Candlish 's spot kick had been well saved by Paul Prentice before Speak grabbed the winner in the second minute of injury time . |
| 8 | Concentration and worry creased the Doctor 's forehead . |
| 9 | They further confused the tone of a piece that had about it the whiff of 1970s radical agitprop . |
| 10 | And brought the coal cutter in and they they put brought the pans and The shaker pans they used to wear belts then , for shaker pans you see ? |
| 11 | Nowadays the problem is quite the reverse : medical science is generally able to determine whether D's conduct caused the death , and innovations such as life-support machines mean that life can be prolonged for months and years in some instances . |
| 12 | They dub investigated the remains of the huge tureens of soup . |
| 13 | Then smoke obscured the bridge and a sound of escaping steam and a cry took the man out of the observer 's sight . |
| 14 | I I I think erm a lot of teachers would now look back on those days with er a certain fondness now bearing in mind what 's what 's happened since and the the the succession of education secretaries we 've had since since then I mean had the only one in recent years who I would say has attempted a genuine dialogue with the teachers and tried to do something constructive is John McGregor . |
| 15 | did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator |
| 16 | When , three years later , a licence was sought by the Getty Museum for its export , SAVE pressed the local authority to serve an enforcement notice requiring the return of the statue to its plinth in the grade I listed building from which it had been removed . |
| 17 | Ten years ago , SAVE floated the idea of a new society , the Friends of Friendless Garden Buildings . |
| 18 | C C T to some extend preceded the recession because it brought on members down to conditions that other people are now suffering . |
| 19 | SAVE accepted the challenge and within hours the inquiry was over , the inspector having gallantly offered the 10p deposit . |
| 20 | At the inquiry SAVE faced the opposition not only of the Department of Transport , but also of the county council . |
| 21 | SAVE published The Plundering of Thoresby Hall , which was an extensively documented and well-illustrated description of the contents of the house . |
| 22 | Only one of the many newspapers I read mentioned the fact that the assailant was black and it was with the most extreme difficulty that I was able to ascertain from reporters and policemen , who all refused to be named , that the callous passers-by were also black . |
| 23 | I mean , deserving cases like Neil who as he says only want to be taught , get next to nothing , but it seems to me that people like your sister Jane and Trevor get given the earth . |
| 24 | Let let can I tell you in conjunction with Lincolnshire erm the N F U produced a leaflet that they 're circulating to a hundred thousand of their membership in er , it 's a real mis-match of counties , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Leicestershire , Notts , Lincolnshire right , and er we 've got our logo on the back er , because I checked the er you know checked the content of it , and it did n't put too much onus on police setting up schemes and what not , but the N F U are delivering one of these leaflets in the next week or two to every one of their members in er that particular area , so no doubt we 'll be getting some er contact with it . |
| 25 | The players get fined the maximum allowed . |
| 26 | Professor Chew attended the graduation of his niece at Stirling some years ago when she obtained a degree in Management Science — and from all accounts they are both Stirling enthusiasts . |
| 27 | He was hurt because the reputation he prized , perhaps most of all , of being an all-round expert on the farm would now be jeopardized : and when Walter Cater met the horseman he admired most in the district , as he did every Sunday morning , he was asked quite seriously : ‘ What ! |
| 28 | That 's not bad good the Welsh get taxed the hardest , I hate the Welsh |
| 29 | That way you get all the help and co-operation we can provide , any other way and you get shown the door . |
| 30 | But that 's been the pattern of our lives , we often get offered the same part and I can honestly say there 's been no professional jealousy or rivalry at all . |