Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A scrawny little old lady poked her head from the doorway of a miniature trailer and fervently watched me advancing slowly towards her , moon-faced , a red neon light about my head flashing the word ‘ Sucker ’ on and off . |
| 2 | ‘ I remain confident about my ability to do the business at Premier League level , and suddenly I 've got the chance to prove this self-belief is not misplaced . |
| 3 | We were n't , I now realise by doing the sums , badly off My father paid the rent , all the bills , gave us our pocket money , and a fixed sum of f7 a week housekeeping money quite a lot in the late 1950s — went on being handed over every Friday until his death , even when estrangement was obvious , and he was living most of the time with someone else . |
| 4 | A DISTRIBUTOR putting leaflets through my door broke the flap of my letter-box , but when I contacted the company concerned , Direct Delivery Ltd. , of Lisburn , they said they were not liable for damages . |
| 5 | Having regard to the terms of that subsection in its substituted and current form I would for my part place the duty which it imposes on the local authority on the decision-making , as distinct from the executive , side of the line . |
| 6 | I do not for my part find the objections in principle to be strong and I would certainly be prepared to agree the rule should no longer be adhered to were it not for the practical consideration to which I have referred and which my noble and learned friend agrees to be of real substance . |
| 7 | And they just happily told me that Oh I just took it up the road for my husband to witness the signature and that totally invalidated the whole will . |
| 8 | For my team to win the league and cup . |
| 9 | ‘ I would , ’ she retorted , ‘ if I thought it was worth my while spending the money . |
| 10 | Diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia were renewed on March 26 , three years after their breach following the July 1987 Haj clashes in Mecca involving Iranian pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces [ see pp. 35676-77 ] . |
| 11 | AUSTRALIA have taken action after their failure to reach the World Cup semi-finals , by leaving five established players out of their party to tour Sri Lanka in August and September . |
| 12 | Over 17 hands high , he had a girth which measured seventy-nine inches ( Secretariat 's girth was thought to be remarkably large at seventy-six inches ) and housed a heart which after his death tipped the scales at fourteen and a half pounds : the average for a Thoroughbred is around ten pounds . |
| 13 | Alternatively , the killer was someone from the house who had secured the door to ensure privacy , but opened it again after his crime to confirm the impression that an outsider was involved . |
| 14 | A RETURN to British racing by the Aga Khan remains as distant as ever after his attempt to challenge the Jockey Club 's disqualification of 1989 Oaks winner Aliysa ended in failure yesterday . |
| 15 | Other commentators have been quite frank about their desire to see the Germans run the show . |
| 16 | There was also controversy raging about their attempt to rewrite the account of the fall of Chiang 's former capital , usually referred to as ‘ the rape of Nanking ’ . |
| 17 | The aim of the study is to document and interpret conceptions of health and illness used by doctors and patients and to show how the way people think about their health affects the consultation with the doctor . |
| 18 | No I do n't think she 's ready quite yet , she 's got a few things to sort out first and that 's definitely not right , she wants to raise the daggerboard not lower it , bit of confusion there about which way to turn the tiller but she 's round safely , she should be looking where she 's going now instead of sorting out all the string . |
| 19 | Alternatively , if a firm made its issue thinking share prices were indeed going to rocket ( for that is what the low yields implied ) , then it could be worth its while to take the cash and invest it back into equities or other financial instruments . |
| 20 | Even in a larger group , so long as a few actors stand to benefit disproportionately from the group 's success , then it may be worth their while to bear the costs of collective action , although less-involved people will free-ride . |
| 21 | Lairds , and even peers , found it worth their while to seek the attention of their friends among the lords of parliament when an appeal in which they were concerned was about to be considered . |
| 22 | Breeze had expected opposition in this quarter , but Susan said that ‘ Factota Limited ’ was an inspiration , and promised for her part to do the housekeeping and give lessons to small children , if any could be found . |
| 23 | Katrin may use the new station to win support for her campaign to overturn the ban imposed by the German Athletics Federation for taking anabolic steroids . |
| 24 | THE leader of the Nicaraguan opposition coalition , Mrs Violeta Chamorro , will hold a series of meetings with West European leaders and financial backers next week to rally international support for her campaign to topple the Sandinista President , Mr Daniel Ortega , in elections planned for February 25 . |
| 25 | In a day of high royal drama , a spokeswoman for her office confirmed the Queen Mother would now attend . |
| 26 | Although Linda is not the youngest child to receive a liver , the Addenbrooke 's team carried out a successful transplant on a seven-month-old baby two years ago , her size and the fact that she has received previous surgery for her condition complicated the procedure . |
| 27 | Only then did Fabia realise how much she had missed the dogs at home , and ‘ Hello , darling , ’ she crooned — and for her trouble had the dog whip round her and grip her ankle in its teeth . |
| 28 | The Centre for Policy Studies was only one of a series of institutions which now began to churn out papers , briefings , and a stream of serious young advisers in dark suits who saw it as their role to steer the party away from the errors of its past ways . |
| 29 | Second , there will be a border area where the two interpretations merge , in the sense that certain particular values for adjective and noun meanings , when joined in an attributive combination , will under either interpretation always correspond to identical external situations ; hence even highly sophisticated investigators might be hard put to it to tell whether a given adjective is simply applicable to X or has as its value having the property of being-related-to-X . |
| 30 | These instructions are not consistent with an intention on the part of the bank to appoint Mr. O'Brien as its agent to explain the transaction to her . |