Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's only a matter of time now before they find some forensic evidence linking him to the scene of the crime . ’ |
| 32 | Well that 's thursday behind us and there 's now only one day separating us from the weekend . |
| 33 | Back then , I naturally never thought I would be one day joining them as the support act . |
| 34 | What can be asserted is that the benefits are too marginal to warrant the attention the subject has aroused — and the undertaking too complex to be able to withstand the political controversy surrounding it in the West . |
| 35 | It effectively charges it because if you 've got six thousand allowances and you withdraw that amount putting it against the total income it means that you 're actually paying tax on those by deduction . |
| 36 | Cross the road into a green lane following it to the Ffwddog road . |
| 37 | I ca n't see any horse beating him in the Kentucky Derby . |
| 38 | Rebecca West , representing the polite world of letters at this proletarian scene of retribution , was being told by an elderly man how he had come back from viewing his grandchildren 's bodies at the public mortuary and heard the voice of the condemned criminal mocking him over the radio . |
| 39 | They do n't have any evidence linking him to the murder but you can be sure they 'll be watching his every move . |
| 40 | And you 're also summoned that on that same occasion you not having given your name and address to any person requiring it at the time , you failed to report the accident at a police station , or to a constable as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case within twenty four hours of it happening again , that 's an offence under section twenty five of the road traffic act to that effect do you plead guilty or not guilty ? |
| 41 | When those who believe in war refuse to do their duty , that is , when they refuse to fight for some reason or other , Gandhi feels it to be his moral duty to enlighten them as to their responsibilities as soldiers , while at the same time presenting them with the alternative path of ahi sā . |
| 42 | But the aim now is not necessarily to liberate sexuality ( the sexual drive ) , but to eroticize the social while at the same time releasing it from the grip of sexuality especially as manifested in the ideology of sexual difference . |
| 43 | The Tisseran itself is now in the Bate Collection ( illus.4 ) : its painted and gilded case reminding us of the harpsichord the princess is playing in The music party . |
| 44 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 45 | Did n't you ever think it might be a shabby move lifting it off the album — a lot of people have mentioned this to me . |
| 46 | Meanwhile , Rudge dismissed recent speculation linking him with the managerial vacancy at Bristol Rovers by insisting : ‘ It 's all paper talk . ’ |
| 47 | His eyes scanned her bare fingers and returned to her face , their icy glitter freezing her to the floor . |
| 48 | An alternative might be the new technology bringing us to the leisure society with machines doing all the productive work and people freed to follow their own leisure pursuits . |
| 49 | Now suppose that the electron 's mass is increased 207 times ( so that it is like a muon ) while it remains subject to the same attractive force holding it around the proton . |
| 50 | Then , there was a mile of deep treacherous water separating him from the Forest of Dean . |
| 51 | In contemporary Britain it seems almost impossible to go a single day without hearing , from some quarter or another , a senior policeman hectoring us on the deteriorated condition of public morals , while assuming the right to deliver homespun history lessons in which the past is lovingly remembered as a time of harmony . |
| 52 | But , standing in her bathroom , with her looking at him with those lovely blue eyes , her whole soul looking him in the face , her integrity undeniable , he knew the truth . |
| 53 | The first I knew about it was a massive gaoler dragging me from the Common side up to the turnkey 's lodge . |