Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That goes for everyone on the mainland as well . |
| 2 | That 's all that matters to me at the moment . ’ |
| 3 | All this counts for nothing in the world of rugby and it will be his ability to scrum and compete with the best that will make or break this South African legend . |
| 4 | If one accepts such a theory , then it gives a reason to all that happens to us during the course of our lives . |
| 5 | Which of these three numbers is the most appropriate depends upon which of the following three statements we think is nearest the truth : |
| 6 | She got out as soon as she could , and found work in the weaving sheds — " she was a good weaver ; six looms under her by the time she was sixteen " — marry , produce nine children , eight of whom emigrated to the cotton mills of Massachusetts before the First World War , managed , " never went before the Guardians " .1 It was much , much later that I learned from One Hand Tied Behind Us that four was the usual number of looms for a Lancashire weaver ; Burnley weavers were not well organised , and my great-grandmother had six not because she was a good weaver but because she was exploited . " |
| 7 | That sounds to me like the sort of liberal view which many of John 's contemporaries would have expressed at that age , under the influence of reformers like A. S. Neill — a comparison that occurred to me before I discovered that he had been meant to attend Neill 's school . |
| 8 | The smash hit from the soundtrack of The Bodyguard was written by Dolly , who had Number One hits with it in the States in 1974 and 1982 . |