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Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Ian coloured them all the way , the way in Malta and when you read the letter
2	Will his ideology make him close the border , or will economic self-interest keep it open , at least for a time ?
3	Nick 's mum got her all the Barbie stuff .
4	‘ David Lindley plays them all the time , and they 're special because not only is the body hollow , but the neck is hollow too .
5	This and his expression of heavy-lidded scepticism gave him more the appearance of an Old Etonian stockbroker than a policeman .
6	‘ Ian Paisley does it all the time and it 's considered quite normal . ’
7	He must have been crouched behind a bank of snow watching him all the time as he came struggling and panting up the long slope .
8	Brown had to be at her very best in the breaststroke event as Emma Robinson of Coleraine pushed her all the way , finishing just 0.6 secs behind in the runner-up spot .
9	Erik watches it all the time .
10	‘ We can have the Jheri-Curls chasin' us all the time tryin' to cut our hair and throw chemicals in it ! ’
11	Well use your compass and just draw that 's P show me all the points that are seven hundred metres from P .
12	The notes to this Law make it clear the course of action to be taken : ‘ It is a question for the referee whether or not a series of the same offences by different players of a team amounts to repeated infringement .
13	Poirot , Maigret , Miss Marple and the new BBC1 series The Alleyn Mysteries give us all the thrill of but in a kinder , gentler Britain .
14	‘ Confidence tricksters do it all the time .
15	Pausing only to send a page running to fetch her maid , fitzAlan marched her all the way to the ladies ' solar , deliberately avoiding the crowded hall .
16	The eccentric bachelor Intrigued me all the time .
17	Well he is worried about them having an accident with it but , but he 's not er worried about him having the motorbike , no he cos he would have done the same as a er child anyway well things like that , but erm what he 's worried about is that er with Ryan i and the other boy , n not Ryan so much , the other boy does it all the time , they 're churning all the grass up all over there in great big
18	One thing for certain , Sanders , you wo n't be coming here to the Mother of Parliaments to give us all the benefit of your profound wisdom .
19	You see , Tom sent it all the way from America , so I thought — ‘
20	Though this is impossible to us as humans , nature does it all the time .
21	It would take a million years to tell you all the things I have done , and some of the things I would n't tell even you , ’ she said mischievously , ‘ but it 's great to be home .
22	The ride itself was reasonably uneventful , a marvellous tailwind pushing us all the way to Royston for the first seventy miles , then pushing us back to Royston for the next hundred miles .
23	When at last he came down to Egypt , Joseph showed him all the love and respect that were a father 's due , all the love and respect that Ham had failed so conspicuously to show to Noah .
24	The keeper saw it all the way and still could nt ge near it .
25	This simple to use comprehensive CAD package for DOS gives you all the tools you need to create complex drawings .
26	As more letters take its place , you must enter them correctly until the person makes it all the way to the end of the belt and thus to safety .
27	Stephen Pyper pressured him all the way , while Alister McKerr the championship leader fought tooth and nail to take third having started in midfield after problems in practice .
28	Impatience even — which is a blight threatening us all the time . ’
29	Surely he meant that Johnson read it all the time , as Boswell wrote it ?
30	I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb .