Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | . Do you know that card you bought him the duck ? |
| 2 | In this hope I name it the Mar Pacifico . ’ |
| 3 | When they reached the old farmhouse she handed him the fare , absent-mindedly giving him a tip that was at least treble the size she would normally have made , barely aware of his delighted grin as she made her way towards the kitchen |
| 4 | In response to this request he gave them the Lord 's Prayer , in which we pray first of all for God Himself , that all may know him and revere Him , that his mile may be extended over all , and that his will , so right and good and loving , may be done on earth , as it is by angels , prophets and saints in heaven . |
| 5 | She felt his arms tighten around her in a comforting hug and just for a few seconds she allowed herself the luxury of sinking against him , feeling the strength and the warmth of his body next to her skin . |
| 6 | and this year they brought me the wireless and cassette |
| 7 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 8 | Obviously erm in in receiving those additional figures I accept what the in senior inspector says about not er opening up the need side of the debate but clearly is I think the er Mr from Harrogate is saying it does it does cast a question mark on the supply dimension of the debate in terms of additional and commitments coming into the the figures to meet the Greater York housing requirement . |
| 9 | It strikes me if we were to use these cards I forget what the wording is on Patterns , but er if we , dear supermarket manager , we would like you |
| 10 | Late that night I ask myself the age-old question . |
| 11 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 12 | In response to the unasked question she handed them the last cans . |
| 13 | key number they call it the number er |
| 14 | You , you know that paper I showed you the , the reason that we 're making these recordings , it says so er words , so the normal words go on the state about and so they 'll know , they 'll know what the language was , why , in the nineteen nineties |
| 15 | and after about ten minutes I thought what the devil is she doing in there ! |
| 16 | In the Nursing Times it tells you the |
| 17 | When defining a dynamic variable you describe what the variable can look like in the Type section . |
| 18 | ‘ Those papers I gave you the other evening — ’ |
| 19 | Beautiful Swaledale I love thee the best , |
| 20 | When I first heard the first noise I thought what the bloody hell 's that and I turned the sound down . |
| 21 | Yes , all that rhythm , one day you have it the next you do n't , and er Lawrence has certainly got it today , you can tell by just looking at a bowler running in , if he 's easy and relaxed , Lawrence I suppose never really looks relaxed when he 's belting into bowl , but he 's clicked he 's , he 's right at the crease . |
| 22 | For one thing it gives me the opportunity to write to you , and also I must have time to draw breath and come to terms with this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me . |
| 23 | That was the first time I discovered what the word ‘ reputation ’ meant . |
| 24 | The Second Quartet , composed in 1951 , is a far more concise work in a much freer tonal idiom , mostly avoiding the elaborate texture which marks the earlier quartet : perhaps for that reason I find it the more memorable of the two . |
| 25 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 26 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 27 | ‘ Yet at the same time I imagined what the celebrations would be like at Molineux . |
| 28 | paid but if you had a complete attendance they gave you the money back for your self which was quite er a good thing in these days when a a tanner was a tanner . |
| 29 | The other day I sent you the invitation to the MRA Assembly here in June . |
| 30 | They remind themselves that it is all linked , one body of water , one mass of 329 million cubic miles of brine , and with unaffected simplicity they call it the World Ocean . |