Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 2 | Far from being unimportant , the study of administration and institutions has much to tell us about the increasing effectiveness of the state and central government in an aspect of government growing more important with every passing year . |
| 3 | The shroud thrown over the subordination of women in the mining communities has much to tell us about the myth of the " archetypical proletarians ' . |
| 4 | It is because these qualities are so abundantly visible in photography today that the medium has some claim on our attention : photography still has much to tell us about the way the world looks and the experience of living in it . |
| 5 | For the non-obese patient over 65 years who needs a sulphonylurea , a short-acting drug like tolbutamide has much to commend it as the elderly are more prone to hypoglycaemia . |
| 6 | Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it over the analogue alternative , and the move away from analogue systems is n't restricted to the mobile networks . |
| 7 | Its positioning accuracy alone ( + or -1mm ) has much to recommend it over the human alternative . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions . |
| 9 | There was no indication of any desire on the part of the appellant to change his behaviour , and it was considered unsafe to release him into the community . |
| 10 | I stopped him , I said do n't do that leave them in the envelopes and mark them as they are , so what |
| 11 | But there is no life , if you dare not test yourself , if you dare not feel free to live it to the full . |
| 12 | I asked him why this change of heart and he said that it was because Harold Wilson had seen fit to put her in the Lords . |
| 13 | My fingers feel all tingly , but it do n't half feel good to stick them in the water . |
| 14 | We are unable to hear the ultrasonic radar signals of bats , let alone interpret them with the intelligible rapidity which they can . |
| 15 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 16 | The female when on heat was obviously erotically inclined herself , and could soon arouse the male , but , once aroused , the sexual drive of both animals seemed unable to direct them towards the exact behaviour demanded by the situation . |
| 17 | Yes , they had been neighbours in Shrewsbury , but of course they had only seen each other during the school holidays , and of course they had n't made friends over some grotty little terrace-house garden fence ; he 'd first noticed her from the tree house in his parents ' garden while she was learning to ride her new pony in her parents ' ten acres of mature woodland and well-kept pasture . |
| 18 | The hot , dry weather was beginning to break , to be replaced by ferocious winds which seemed determined to pluck us off the mountainside . |
| 19 | Harry would have felt inclined to dismiss it as the invention of a hysterical mind but for the fact that Mrs Diamond 's mind was clearly anything but hysterical . |
| 20 | It hardly seemed fair to keep them in the cage she had made out of an old claret case she had dragged up from the cellar . |
| 21 | We wo n't feel obliged to put you under the microscope unless you force us to , but , if we do , we 'll find something nasty , take if from me . |
| 22 | However , nobody seemed anxious to chair him round the hall , or anywhere . |
| 23 | These are all experiences we have had that tell us about the body 's state at the time , and we do not have difficulty in interpreting them . |
| 24 | Dampt disgrace that couple that done it in the Golden Divans . |
| 25 | Bush , who had repeatedly stated his opposition to abortion under all but the most extreme circumstances , was known to oppose the bill , and was thought likely to veto it in the event of its enactment . |
| 26 | ‘ You seem determined to drive me into the arms of easier women , Meredith . ’ |
| 27 | So we have four , five six , seven , eight , nine we have n't even got enough to see us through the next twelve months . |
| 28 | It takes little to get me on the right lines . |
| 29 | The prosecution alleges this links them with the 3 lorry attacks . |
| 30 | The colours are bright and are called fluorescent to distinguish them from the normal opaque colours in the usual felt-tip pens . |