Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The swan will keep just ahead of the Gruncher all the time , driving him crazy with my smell , and in the end the swan will fly straight over the big deep lake and the Gruncher , now travelling at terrific speed , will follow right behind . |
| 32 | Factors which are deemed by managers to have a bearing on the integration of the demented include : i the proportion of the total who are dementing ii the physical layout of the home iii the level of skill among staff iv the attitudes of other residents v the attitudes of staff . |
| 33 | I was a little unsettled by the fury of the blizzard , and hugged the top of the ridge all the way along , but avoided taking in the top due west of Cairn Gorm in case I was blown off my feet . |
| 34 | Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold . |
| 35 | From the gateway of the quarry Grimma had a good view of the road all the way to the airport . |
| 36 | But we , I mean we were walking by the side of the road all the way up Greenlands Drive . |
| 37 | Unless you have women 's bodies floating down this part of the river all the time . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ At the end of the day all the market traders are being put out of their place to accommodate what will be a glorified Radio Cleveland presentation . ’ |
| 39 | By continually signalling attentiveness and responsiveness to the signals of the other — it is infuriating to talk to someone who stares out of the window all the time . |
| 40 | There is no central vanishing point ; indeed in many of the houses all the canons of traditional perspective are completely broken . |
| 41 | After parting from his jockey Macer Gifford at the very first fence he had continued with the rest of the field all the way round , clearing every obstacle and keeping with the herd . |
| 42 | The majority of the people in this town is lovely people , the council and the police are first class and they give us a fair crack of the whip all the way . |
| 43 | The majority of the people in this town is lovely people , the council and the police are first class and they give us a fair crack of the whip all the way . |
| 44 | Maybe Rocco 's just hitting to the centre of the greens all the time . |
| 45 | They played around it for a while , keeping the rhythm of the music all the time , postponing the pleasure of contact . |
| 46 | But learn to use " he or she " or , more elegantly , " they , them or theirs ' , as appropriate rather than the male form of the pronoun all the time . |
| 47 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 48 | Burrow systems can be very complicated and some rabbits may never be cornered since they are able to move round and round the burrow systems — staying ahead of the ferret all the time and without the slightest inclination or pressure to leave the burrow . |
| 49 | The anthem : ‘ Blessed by Thou , Lord God of Israel ’ was sung by Thomas Street Church choir and the sermon was preached by Mr Guard who chose as his text the fourth verse of the twenty-seventh Psalm : ‘ One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after , that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in His temple . ’ |
| 50 | and then suddenly from the other end there 's this like , cos we , it 's like a big room , it 's the other end of the room all the dealers there , and er anyway and er and suddenly I hear , and then someone 's like saying talking , they 're all , somebody 's like mi microphone and starts talking to them about er what 's happening in the market , things like that blah blah blah blah blah , and this means blah blah blah blah so watch out for blah blah blah and I thought it 's like living in a different world , it 's amazing . |
| 51 | It started by visiting every school in a ten-mile corridor of the line all the way from London to Edinburgh . |
| 52 | You ca n't be actually following the whole of the action all the time , cos you have to make sure you 're not burning a hole in the shirt . |
| 53 | Ir January 1985 , it became obvious that with the loss of the librarian ii the South Library , it was necessary to investigate the automation of the loans system , this being the only way in which any form of lending service could be maintained in the lower school . |
| 54 | You do n't really need to , but it 's , there usually is n't time to cover it , cos you 've got other things , but it gives you a much better feel for it if you , if you see the other side of the picture all the time . |
| 55 | A good art lesson must stretch the mind and imagination of the children all the time , just as it must stretch your minds and imagination . |
| 56 | When the chicks are reared , some go down the west coast of the Americas all the way to Patagonia . |
| 57 | Perhaps they had been on the other side of the ditch all the time and were hidden by it now . |
| 58 | And I think for too long , we 've listened to the libertarians who want to think of the rights of the criminal all the time , and er , and do n't worry too much about the victim . |
| 59 | At the theoretical breaking strain of the material all the bonds are stretched to their maximum and the strain energy is roughly equal to the chemical energy , as we ought to expect . |
| 60 | I sat on the edge of the area all the morning until a solution was found . |