Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were definite signs of something in the wind and when I saw who we were drawn with for the first rounds — Nick Price and Ray Floyd — both Nick and I were delighted . |
| 2 | Speakers of languages like Japanese , Hungarian and Spanish , which do not have weak syllables to anything like the same extent as English does , may well find such exercises of some value ( as long as they are not overdone to the point where learners feel they have to speak English as though they were reciting verse ) . |
| 3 | The cliff was sheer , dropping down to secret rocky coves below them with the sea gently lapping white sand . |
| 4 | There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector . |
| 5 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 6 | ( I suspect it 's his way of getting some vegetables down me considering the number of soft , plump leaves that end up in the bottom of my cup when the pot gets to be half full of the things . |
| 7 | Since their traditional migration routes lay in areas which came under Russian influence fairly early ( Tornsk , Kuznetsk and Tara districts ) , they established economic , political and cultural contacts with them in the seventeenth century . |
| 8 | Having taken your bags of donated books from you at the church door last year , you may like to know that despite the awful rain this week , Christian Aid Sale funds stood at around £35K by noon today , so the total should be up on that figure . |
| 9 | Tony Asmar 's lined up a couple of people in Beirut to shoot some pictures for us near the airport . |
| 10 | In case we become aware of its tricks , the Ego tries to throw us off the scent , by projecting aspects of itself onto the outside world . |
| 11 | The 29 year old world number 14 was convincingly beaten 6:2,6:4 by Sweden 's Jona Spenson ranked 30 places below him in the second round of the $1 million event . |
| 12 | Some goes to us from the junction , the rest goes to the barracks . |
| 13 | Today Great Britain 's No.1 for the Trophy , Clare Wood , a vicar 's daughter from Sussex , takes on Amy Frazier , who is 140 places above her in the rankings . |
| 14 | Today Great Britain 's No.1 for the Trophy , Clare Wood , a vicar 's daughter from Sussex , takes on Amy Frazier , who is 140 places above her in the rankings . |
| 15 | My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney . |
| 16 | He arrived a few weeks before me at the Elephant and retired just a few weeks before I left the department after the 1987 general election . |
| 17 | So unless er anyone has any direct questions for me from the meeting erm |
| 18 | We are including an extra pack of two coarse discs for you in the pack — worth £2.69 . |
| 19 | I think my dad had a few differences with them on the upbringing of his children . ’ |
| 20 | Our hero then has to cope not only with a lively two year old but also with his burgeoning infatuation for a woman quite a few rungs above him on the social ladder . |
| 21 | I want some quotes from them for the magazine story . |
| 22 | We 'll give you a room here , do some tests on you over the weekend and take you to the theatre on Tuesday . ’ |
| 23 | As the model presents different sides of itself to the wind , it is necessary to hold on various trim offsets to remain stationary ( Fig. 5.1 ) relative to the pilot . |
| 24 | I say ‘ Yes ’ a lot and show them some photos of me on the Etive . |
| 25 | Conservative Members tend to ignore the dangers for women bus users because there are so few women amongst them at the moment there are no women at all on the Government Benches . |
| 26 | A few remarks of mine in the past about the nature of my so-called ‘ disease ’ were simply rather embarrassed asides to explain away this foolish affectation . |
| 27 | Pensionable pay is basic salary/wages and pensionable emoluments in whichever of the last 3 years of reckonable service gives the highest figure . |
| 28 | Mr Bush dealt with the older children first and placed a few evacuees with them at the back . |
| 29 | Her mission was to request some drawings from him for the opening show of her London gallery , Guggenheim Jeune . |
| 30 | She was good at sewing , and managed to make some clothes for me in the thinnest material available . |