Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 And I was sorry to miss you at the Keppels 's thrash ; I hope that you are recovered ?
2 He 's as likely to feed you to the Gharrgoyles . ’
3 I asked him why this change of heart and he said that it was because Harold Wilson had seen fit to put her in the Lords .
4 The tight-lipped reply : ‘ We 're supposed to protect you from the IRA , not the voters . ’
5 It was good to see you at the DoE Green College Sustainability Seminar the other day .
6 ‘ We sell it as a novelty and make people sign a declaration saying they understand it is illegal to use it on the UK phone system .
7 there is an opportunity of being able to screen it from the Farnsfield direction .
8 The male did not bother her at all after spawning , so I was able to leave her in the Mbuna colony until she was ‘ near term ’ — and all the fry were this time normal — all 120+ of them .
9 But they were unable to make it to the Lincolnshire course and leading northern jockey Peter Niven stepped in for the ride .
10 It remains essential to remind ourselves of the UK 's imperial and industrial past , in understanding its ports , industrial concentrations and London .
11 Their opponents , lacking the shrewd tactical direction and sense of purpose that Chapman provided , were slow to arm themselves against the Cobblers ' swift , sudden onslaughts .
12 It would be difficult to prove anything from the VW — it got pretty crumpled going down the hill .
13 Also , it was no longer possible to take it into the Sadler 's Wells repertory , as had been intended .
14 There certainly was an audience , and they paid $16.3 million to see it in the USA alone .
15 And Lyle believes he is ready to impose himself in the Majors .
16 She immediately fell into conversation with Jack as they waited to board the mini-bus that stood in the centre of the courtyard , ready to transport them to the Parc de Prafance with its famous forest of bamboo .
17 ‘ The Railway Bill is prepared and we are ready to introduce it into the Commons , ’ he said .
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