Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 2 | In 1629 the Tsar Mikhail severely reproved Louis XIII himself for failing to use his full title in official letters and warned him that " We can not approve your habit of wishing to be our friend and yet denying and taking from us the titles and qualities which almighty God has given us and which we so justly possess . " |
| 3 | And when the snow thawed and took with it the paint they had daubed it with , he was out there picking off the remaining flakes of paint , and cursing with disappointment . |
| 4 | I went rubbish cos he came and said to me the other day oh so how are you enjoying your first term |
| 5 | Acceptance of the criterion of examinability affects both the content and form of the knowledge presented but carries with it the guarantee of high status . |
| 6 | But in the nature of things … " and here he twisted his red lips to signal and to share with them the perspectives of this operation " certain approaches have to be tentative and even apparently , ad hoc . |
| 7 | But — ’ and here she sighed , ‘ Lily darling , I could look and look at him the whole day … ’ |
| 8 | In September and October we read in the papers of the heavy raids on London , and the more we read and heard about them the more difficult it became to understand how people could survive . |
| 9 | In an ideal world the choice of harmonizing instrument would depend on what was most suitable for the particular project envisaged and carried with it the greatest prospect of successful implementation . |
| 10 | In the year 1000 Otto III had Charlemagne 's tomb opened and removed from it the gold cross which hung round the neck of the skeleton and the marble throne on which the body had been placed . |
| 11 | There is only what from our side is neither predictable nor controllable — the coming of the Word from beyond which opens and displays to us the overwhelming advent of God as he makes himself known in the ‘ eternal moment ’ . |
| 12 | When our time there coincided , it avoided friction such as the weekend when Nigel returned and described to me the site where some new tunnelling had started . |
| 13 | The chief executive or clerk of a local authority is always anxious to assist members by giving and obtaining for them the fullest information for their work . |
| 14 | I could try and describe to you the expression in my eyes at this moment ; but they are far too discoloured with rage . |
| 15 | The next day Neville Chamberlain called and rehearsed with him the defence which Hoare proposed to make to the House of Commons on Thursday , the 19th . |
| 16 | They had n't got no kids , yelling and nagging at you the minute you get in , crawling all over you in the night because they 're cutting their bloody teeth . |
| 17 | They stood and stared at me the man with a vague anger , it seemed , the girl expressionlessly . |
| 18 | I wonder if you would be good enough to sign and return to me the attached letters of intent , in your capacity of Assistant Managing Director of the Division ? |