Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 31 | The control exercised by Mosca 's ‘ ruling class ’ is held to be assured by the organisational capacity of the ruling minority : this is the basis of their power and the characteristic that best distinguishes them from the disorganised and powerless majority . |
| 32 | We 'll take you to the lively and colourful resort of Waikiki and the Outrigger Village Hotel , just five minutes ' stroll from miles of golden sand . |
| 33 | ‘ We 're not playing , Connelly , ’ Farrell told him and pulled him across the hot and clammy room . |
| 34 | Its curly conker-red coat is thick enough to protect it against the cold and wet but becomes smooth and sleek in warmer weather . |
| 35 | ‘ Because of the angle I had no chance of getting it over the bar with my right foot so I simply hit it with the left and it went over . ’ |
| 36 | This means running an earth wire ( 4mm 2 , or 2.5mm 2 if run in conduit ) from the main earthing point and linking it to the hot and cold pipes , the taps and any metal fittings such as metal sinks . |
| 37 | ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow . |
| 38 | You may be able to keep us to the straight and narrow . |
| 39 | ‘ Nothing could be more sterile and parched than the islands in Bass 's Straits ’ , wrote Gould later , comparing them to the idyllic and verdant plains of the Upper Hunter River in Australia . |
| 40 | And you shall not strip your vineyard bare , neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard ; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner : I am the Lord your God ’ ( Lev . |
| 41 | So long as you ke keep me on the straight and narrow at the same time really . |
| 42 | The shapely brunette , whose job was to help Davies kick his heroin and cocaine addiction and keep him on the straight and narrow , was turned on by their wild romps . |
| 43 | War was declared and , more or less at the same time , her mother , who wished to distance her from the rough and ready children at the village school , arranged for her to have piano lessons . |
| 44 | He also played a part in developing in England , even before the full force of the new historical criticism of the Bible had been felt there , an understanding of the authority of the Bible which did not rest simply on regarding it as the inspired and inerrant compendium from which the truths about God could be read off in literal and rationalist fashion . |
| 45 | So , use it to the full and explore all those spots you could never reach from the bank . |
| 46 | Science tells us about the structural and relational properties of objects , while consciousness tells us what they are qualitatively like . |
| 47 | This is taking us from the mundane and the ugly and helping us to see something of the reality of the splendour of God in our lives , particularly when we worship Him . |
| 48 | The England aim to develop and educate their players , to measure them against the stiff and stark texture of New Zealand rugby , was a complete success . |
| 49 | The Scottish Typographical Circular reported of this conflict that " people are beginning to see that making women printers … will only unfit them for the active and paramount duties of female society " . |
| 50 | And I would be always be with John in the stable and I got until I got into er some danger walking er underneath a horses legs and he 'd he 'd send me out banned me from the stable and shut the door . |
| 51 | I am aware , when I go on publicity tours , that the necessity to project yourself , to sell your product , all the time , moves you into the outward and trivial parts of your personality , and it takes some time to get back to being centred , and to finding who you are again within yourself . ’ |
| 52 | Though he was later subtly dismissive of the assembly , he undoubtedly appreciated its value at the time , not least for the good publicity it gave him in the British and American press . |
| 53 | His research has taken him through the alpine and arid zones of Australia ; botanical history is one of his many interests , and he specialises in the ‘ Compositae ’ family . |
| 54 | Sonia Boyce ( born 1962 , London ) is a far more skilful artist : but her very accomplishment inclines her towards the illustrational and sentimental . |
| 55 | He put her behind the mic and the first hit was ‘ Shame ’ , an unstoppable , enormous disco and pop hit in 1977 . |
| 56 | At least that 's what they call it in the remote and rugged Star Mountains of Papua New Guinea . |
| 57 | there was about twenty cards and you had to name everything that was on it , order everything , like you usually go , erm that 's it or something and erm you have to learn it in the MAs and MEs and things and all that and then she showed you and you had to take everything on that |
| 58 | Did he from the rich and give to the poor ? |
| 59 | We extend thanks to Brian Perry , Director of the Library 's Research and Development Department ( R&DD ) for his encouragement and his ‘ after dinner ’ thoughts on the 25th of June , and to Stephanie Kenna , also of the British Library 's R&DD , for the essential guidance and assistance she gave us throughout the pre- and post-seminar stages . |
| 60 | The main target is striped dolphins , whose migration paths ( arrowed ) take them past the southern and eastern coastlines of Japan every year . |