Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 2 | I 've forgotten to write down the bad dream I had last night . |
| 3 | You get a little book , and you have to take out the tape , and you have to write down the different conversations you have in between , all your conversations , and then erm , . |
| 4 | Nor , says Mr Imai , should they be allowed to write off the exorbitant sums they spend on promoting group-wide harmony . |
| 5 | The Socialist leader took charge of the mandate after the conservative New Democracy Party , which fell three seats short of an overall majority in the general elections last weekend , failed to drum up the extra support it needed to create a minority administration . |
| 6 | Breeze snatched up the first thing she could find — her own mackintosh , which she had been wearing earlier in the day — and with one swift movement covered that smouldering sleeve with the thick material . |
| 7 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 8 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 9 | In fact , my sheer busyness had squeezed out the close intimacy I had known with him during the first few months of the year after my operation . |
| 10 | ‘ There have been a number of occasions in the past when stories have appeared in the press saying what the figures are going to be in one or two days ’ time … but when someone quotes exactly the figure which is going to come out the next day it is hard to believe they just made an inspired guess . |
| 11 | But if you would n't tell me I had to find out the only way I could , ’ Travis explained , tightening his arms about her . |
| 12 | Yeah but , like you say that the to find , to find out the real truth you have to refer to Hebrew anyway because they found out the sacred secret of God did n't they ? |
| 13 | Claudia caught back the angry words she wanted to hurl at him . |
| 14 | It 's difficult to work out the exact specification you 'll need , so check our software reviews , where we recommend the hardware you 'll need to run each package . |
| 15 | It 's difficult to work out the exact specification you 'll need , so check our software reviews , where we recommend the hardware you 'll need to run each package . |
| 16 | ‘ After 10 years of employment legislation focused on what unions and their members may not do , the Government would do better to spell out the positive rights it believes trade union members are entitled to at the workplace . ’ |
| 17 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 18 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 19 | But the Prime Minister may be more concerned to ward off the various demons she perceives on the horizon . |
| 20 | Picking up the Tiny Tears she grasped it to herself , cuddling the cold plastic head to her face . |
| 21 | MELROSE , this season 's Scottish champions , added the Border League trophy to their collection last night by picking up the two points they needed under the floodlights at Mansfield Park . |
| 22 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 23 | At the DOS prompt ( > ) pressing F3 will automatically bring up the last line you typed . |
| 24 | When Blyth came back the next year he was even more unpleasant than before , having lost his left leg from above the knee in a road accident ( the boy he was playing'chicken ’ with was killed ) . |
| 25 | Her aim was simple ; to head up the coast under cover of the bushes and seek out the first help she could . |
| 26 | Then he ordered Ram to serve out the reddest shot he could find in the furnace , watched it loaded and , motioning the pensioners back , himself took the portfire and touched it to the vent . |
| 27 | In this multi-channelled world , Mr Myhrvold argues , the challenge will be not just to supply information but to make it easy for the user to pick out the specific bits he wants . |
| 28 | Without wishing to rule out the first option I should like to consider the second , to examine the possibilities of indirect leverage over investment decisions . |
| 29 | And as you walk around the spacious interiors you 'll discover just how magnificently we 've succeeded . |
| 30 | Give too much and it may bring about the very conditions it is capable of curing ; ‘ Through the like , disease is produced and through the application of the like it is cured ’ , said Hippocrates over 2000 years ago . |