Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Looks like your lover-boy has the same idea . ’ |
| 2 | All you can do is wait until your stepfather gets the will admitted to probate . |
| 3 | A stockbroker will qualify provided his business includes the management of trusts and any remuneration as trustee is included in his firm 's trading profits . |
| 4 | Zelaya was exonerated after his son married the daughter of the then president of Honduras . |
| 5 | I encountered the reality of a penitential pilgrimage the moment I woke and levered my stiff limbs off the hard school-room floor where we slept last night , and winced as my blister contacted the floor . |
| 6 | This has as its main thrust the idea that regulation itself is subject to economic laws . |
| 7 | He was still fuming when his mother entered the room . |
| 8 | Why does it matter if your husband gets the lunch and drops the crumbs on the floor , so long as he clears up afterwards ? |
| 9 | The fear of violence was heightened in American cities last week when fans of the Montreal Canadians ice hockey team rioted in their city , causing an estimated 10 million dollars worth of damage , with 115 arrests and 160 people injured after their team won the NHL title , the Stanley Cup . |
| 10 | She felt as a nervous duellist must feel when his challenger fails the appointment — angry , braver in the aftermath than in the apprehension , her stomach slightly queasy with unassimilated dread . |
| 11 | ELEVEN bus passengers were injured when their vehicle left the road and toppled down an embankment . |
| 12 | A transaction is said to be internalized when its administration involves the use of authority rather than voluntary bargaining between people in a market . |
| 13 | If the reciprocal roles and activities which occur in a family in the mutual interdependency phase can be sorted out , it enhances the status and well-being of each side , so that we see a grandmother who mends while her daughter does the washing , an old person baby-sits while the young neighbour does shopping . |
| 14 | Solicitors may be present during the suspect 's interview but the Code says that they may be asked to leave if their conduct prevents the investigating officer properly questioning the suspect . |
| 15 | We would wish a second investigator to consider whether his predecessor took the right route , whether all the relevant leads were followed , whether sufficient attention was paid to evidence which was inconsistent with the working hypothesis , and whether the methods used ( particularly in interrogation ) did not distort the result . |
| 16 | Dot watched as her mother applied the shiny flame-red lacquer to each toe-nail . |
| 17 | Maura watched as her mother checked the little girl from head to toe , shaking her head and tutting as she did it . |
| 18 | I should do something now , because perhaps it was for want of normal company that Eleanor Thorne lay until her mind turned the corner into madness and final decay , I should go out , I should not allow myself to brood , to carry out my sister 's peculiar whims and defer to the judgments she passes upon me . |
| 19 | Unconsciously assumed since her faith necessitated the admission of man 's utter unworthiness and the unmerited grace of God . |
| 20 | We ca n't tell whether our decision to move the sale to Ireland has helped influence the Chancellor but it went right home in Government circles , ’ he said . |
| 21 | He normally hung about the house all day and disappeared before his father brought the sheep back from pasture so as to avoid milking time . |
| 22 | Taking as its bench mark the fears and anxieties of the lower middle classes , discipline and thrift were encouraged , safe streets promised and firm action taken against militants , trade unionists , terrorists and other folk devils . |
| 23 | He found the harness release , unlocked it and remembers falling until his head hit the canopy . |
| 24 | I always felt that Roman was exiled because his wife had the bad taste to be murdered in the newspapers . ’ |
| 25 | " D'ye no' ken , " he said at length , " that ye get — leave when yer wife has the wean ? " |
| 26 | Another consulting activity which lasted until his death concerned the manufacture of pencils . |
| 27 | For example , a child might be told to say ‘ She sells sea shells on the seashore ’ and be reinforced if her response matches the model utterance . |
| 28 | Jules continued to chatter while her mind digested the fact that she was holding Lucenzo 's handkerchief — yet the initials on it were LC . |
| 29 | He wrestled to control himself , but the faint hope of convincing Mr Graham propelled the words irrepressibly from his lips : ‘ Actually , ’ he said as his boss opened the door , ‘ our banks have done rather well out of the debt crisis … ’ |
| 30 | A sharp word of command and they immediately sat down and waited as their mistress opened the car door . |