Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The plaintiff used to spread a cloth over his elephantoid scrotum and sell sweetmeats from it to the passersby . |
| 4 | ‘ Did you make sketches of me through the spy-hole when I was undressing ? ’ she asked . |
| 5 | Torn Sunday colour supplements made eyes at her from the railings . |
| 6 | He shepherded the twins aboard without losing either of them down the gap and found seats for them in the same row . |
| 7 | He has organised concerts for them in the past . |
| 8 | Racing needs men like him around the place . |
| 9 | If he found anything of interest , he said , he would bring photocopies with him to the cinema . |
| 10 | You can bring notes with you for the talk but you should avoid reading them to your audience . |
| 11 | Miss Macdonald , I thought , would probably know about Andrew Stavanger 's dentist — she might well have made appointments for him in the past . |
| 12 | But he stressed that he told officials about it at the post-match drugs test . |
| 13 | I do n't want to come here too often , but I 'll expect messages from you in the usual way . |
| 14 | Concern over the standard of living of servicemen was answered by Yeltsin , who detailed provisions for them in the Russian budget . |
| 15 | I do n't want her shouting names at me over the fence . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Look , ’ Simon said impatiently , ‘ so far there have only been passing mentions of me in the papers , but when I become famous the media interest will soar . |
| 17 | Shake hands with them in the morning . |
| 18 | She had seen photographs of him in the papers , sometimes on his own , but more often escorting a beautiful woman to various functions . |
| 19 | Ellie knew this well , although she was barely five and a half years old , because she and Patsy had talked endlessly about the problem as they sat up in their cot while their father and the ‘ broth ’ played cards below them in the living room . |
| 20 | They would have lists of all the people that had bought books from them or might have bought books from them in the past , categorized by where they live , the age of the person , the sex , the special interests , the past purchases , and then they would send out special books erm special letters , if they had a new doggie book coming out they might select all the ladies over fifty-five who had bought doggie books in the past . |
| 21 | If they are churchgoers , but unable to go out alone , it is usually possible to organise lifts for them in the cars of other church members to Sunday services as well as week-day activities . |
| 22 | He was a Protestant lawyer who had enormous prestige among Derry Catholics for his work in combating injustices against them in the courts . |
| 23 | It has to be assumed that the recipients were at least acceptable to Gloucester , and some can be shown to have had dealings with him in the previous reign . |
| 24 | It has to be assumed that the recipients were at least acceptable to Gloucester , and some can be shown to have had dealings with him in the previous reign . |
| 25 | He reported that Marlon Brando refused to play scenes with him during the shooting of Mutiny on the Bounty , although it 's never been quite clear if this story is n't perhaps just a bit of blarney from the Irish hellraiser . |
| 26 | I 've still got bits of it about the porno magazines and that though . |
| 27 | They could see patches of it through the over-run front garden . |
| 28 | She borrows books on it from the local library and copies out old patterns . |
| 29 | He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood . |
| 30 | The Templars were crushed but some of them remained as a secret coven and I have crossed swords with them over the years . |