Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | primitive people regarded themselves as the only humans . |
| 2 | The very prospect of her life being picked over like some succulent titbit chilled her to the bone . |
| 3 | The rather flat results of the autumn sales of nineteenth-century paintings in New York indicated that the market remains somewhat thin , although , as usual , good pictures , attractively priced , nearly always sell , if not for the frequently high estimates given them by the auction houses . |
| 4 | Some commentators regarded him as the leader of a conservative faction which had opposed the economic reformist policies of CPV general secretary Nguyen Van Linh . |
| 5 | His sad tones prepared them for the news as he announced that German troops had not withdrawn from Poland and consequently Britain was now at war with Germany . |
| 6 | No such fears limited them in the 1880s and 1890s . |
| 7 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
| 8 | The Macedonian royal house was deeply involved with Persia : Gygaia , the sister of Alexander I , was given in marriage to a Persian called Boubares , and they lived off the revenues of a Phrygian city given them by the Persian king ( Hdt. viii . |
| 9 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
| 10 | The element of time-saving is seen as significant by many employers , and one respondent identified it as the main motive for taking a recruiting problem to a search consultant in the first place . |
| 11 | The cool threat chilled her to the bone . |
| 12 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
| 13 | Deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight . |
| 14 | Historically there seems to be no doubt that the English Common Law required nothing for the celebration of a marriage beyond the declared agreement of the parties , which might take the form either of a declaration of present intention , or of a promise to marry followed by actual union . |
| 15 | Darkened windows separated them from the chauffeur . |
| 16 | The blue eyes regarded her across the stretch of mahogany desk . |
| 17 | Thirty yards separated them from the catamaran . |
| 18 | A young man placed himself between the shafts of the trap and prepared to pull his passengers round the village , but not before the publican had been fined a barrel of beer for speaking at the same time as the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ . |
| 19 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 20 | All shale and weeds and winds that picked up speed as they swooped in off the ocean , this strip of barren land prepared you for the final desolation of the Crumbles . |