Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bored stiff by him , I paid little attention : he retaliated by having me birched for idleness on three occasions , but these attempts to drive Latin into me from the wrong end proved equally unproductive . |
| 2 | In particular , we may ask you to : - a ) make lists of sources of income and expenditure , and assets and liabilities , with a view to determining both the cause of the financial problem and its solution ; b ) seek impartial money advice or counselling from a solicitor or Citizens ' Advice Bureau , a financial advisory service or other appropriate advisor ; c ) make proposals to us for the repayments of the debt by regular instalments which you can afford . |
| 3 | However , there are several Mira variables which can be found with binoculars when near maximum , and can even show some colour ; I have given notes about them in the pages which follow , but it is rather pointless to go into detail , because long-period variables are the province of the telescopic observer , and estimates made with binoculars are inevitably rough . |
| 4 | The plaintiff used to spread a cloth over his elephantoid scrotum and sell sweetmeats from it to the passersby . |
| 5 | ‘ Did you make sketches of me through the spy-hole when I was undressing ? ’ she asked . |
| 6 | Torn Sunday colour supplements made eyes at her from the railings . |
| 7 | He sat up , naked and at ease , handing the swiftly discarded T-shirt to her from the floor , watching while she scrambled self-consciously into her clothes with an expression that Robyn did n't dare to read . |
| 8 | Morgan found confirmation of it in the fact that the people he had studied in most detail — the Iroquois — happened to be matrilineal . |
| 9 | Home Assist gives you rapid access on a 24 hour basis to first class tradesmen and repairers to provide assistance to you in the event of an emergency which results in loss or damage to your home . |
| 10 | But his father caught hold of him by the arm . |
| 11 | She caught hold of him by the hand and half ran , half pulled him across the room to the door . |
| 12 | The rain which I collect from the downpipe often has debris in it from the guttering . |
| 13 | At the end of the exercise have a short period of conversation while you concentrate on the fingertips on your larynx and on feeling the right degree of voice volume , your friend keeping check for you on the right amount of voice volume and indicating if it becomes too loud or too quiet . |
| 14 | She moved forward , driving Theda before her into the library itself . |
| 15 | America 's top two golfers — they have won $2.5m between them on the US circuit this season — have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they want to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup , when Love , Couples and Tom Kite lost to England in the semi-finals . |
| 16 | Referrals by GPs where outcome was informal admission were consistently characterized by familial disruption : indeed only two of these cases were referred where the woman 's behaviour drew attention to her in the wider social environment outside the family . |
| 17 | A fine example of Egyptian art of the 18th Dynasty , Carter himself thought this piece important and drew attention to it in the catalogue that he compiled for the Amherst sale . |
| 18 | He shepherded the twins aboard without losing either of them down the gap and found seats for them in the same row . |
| 19 | He has organised concerts for them in the past . |
| 20 | Although there are conflicting dicta it seems that an owner who is not in occupation of the land at the time when the thing escapes is liable if he has authorised the accumulation , and that anyone who collects the dangerous thing and has control of it at the time of the escape would be liable , perhaps even when he is carrying it along the highway and it escapes therefrom . |
| 21 | I 'd caught sight of him in the distance from time to time all afternoon , but now when I wanted him his red hair was n't anywhere around . |
| 22 | It is selective and hard to observe though you may catch sight of it in the tree canopy feeding on wood boring insects . |
| 23 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 24 | As she passed through the gate , to walk beside the stream , Bob Lamb caught sight of her from the other bank of the beck . |
| 25 | ‘ I caught sight of him in the garden a moment ago — at least , I 'm pretty sure that brooding silhouette was his , looming in the shrubbery — and he was n't seducing anyone as far as I could see . ’ |
| 26 | Racing needs men like him around the place . |
| 27 | Then the dream suddenly changes to nightmare when you hear voices say that they wo n't be able to look after your health because you 're not really worth it : that the treatment you need is not cheap enough so you 'll have to do without : that they would love to provide care for you in the community , but the price is n't right . |
| 28 | The story of how Meehan and his advisors tried and failed during the next seven years to obtain justice for him in the light of increasing evidence of his innocence and Waddell 's guilt makes sorry reading . |
| 29 | Lee got hold of him by the collar . |
| 30 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |