Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only recompe the only resource anyone has is to go to the courts , for the courts to decide what the law is at that present moment . |
| 2 | They really do stand a better chance being left there to their own devices for the parents to feed them the right diet than being picked up and brought here . |
| 3 | Below it flows the Dorn , known to the Saxons as the Milk , from the cloudiness of its water after rain : and one still sees it as the Saxons saw it a thousand years ago , as I saw it a few minutes ago in the thin rain drifting down from the Cotswolds . |
| 4 | The men times the hours gives you the man hours . |
| 5 | Those who fought through the months to make it a much leaner , quicker body exercising true peer group pressure will be a touch disappointed . |
| 6 | Those who fought through the months to make it a much leaner , quicker body exercising true peer group pressure will be a touch disappointed . |
| 7 | The ‘ we know best ’ philosophy of the professions informs their every activity . |
| 8 | The positioning of the controls leaves me a bit cold . |
| 9 | separate reports of the views of each of the groups to give them the opportunity for further comment ; |
| 10 | A couple of airmen had come out of the trenches to see what the shooting was about . |
| 11 | ‘ If you change your mind about your convalescence , you 've only got to get one of the nurses to give me a ring . ’ |
| 12 | Some of the nurses found it a nice little earner on top of their poor weekly pay . |
| 13 | The golden touch : Australian lock John Eales — whose domination of the line-outs earned him the Man of the Series award — steals a march on Doddie Weir as Willie Ofahengaue lends him a helping hand … |
| 14 | It was an admirable venture and most of the Girls found it an exciting place to stay . |
| 15 | This legislation is given legal effect upon subjects by virtue of judicial decision , and it is the function of the courts to say what the application of the words used to particular cases or individuals is to be . |
| 16 | Otherwise , two detailed reports of the mid-1950s allow us a glimpse of more usual branch activity . |
| 17 | And although none of the critics called him a genius for playing in them , none argued about the extent of his talent either . |
| 18 | And many villagers who 've grown up with the noise of the jets say its the end of an era . |
| 19 | It was doubtful whether his preaching saved many souls , but enough of the navvies gave him a polite hearing to satisfy his missionary urges . |
| 20 | 5 Can find the area and perimeter of a rectangular shape ( whole units only ) The test results for items exemplifying this criterion showed that the presentation of the figures influenced what the pupils did . |
| 21 | At the end of each section there is a summary of the main events of each of the legs showing us the different problems of all 23 entries . |
| 22 | Moscow was also offended by the refusal of the Anglo-Americans to give her a share in controlling the German industrial heartland , the Ruhr , which lay in the British zone . |
| 23 | Tolonen was getting to his feet , one of the guards giving him a hand . |
| 24 | It was therefore resolved at the 1991 A.G.M. ( after considerable debate ) that the Branch should be formally disestablished , some of the dissenters believing it a politically unfortunate time to take this action . |
| 25 | None of the kids know who the hell she is , which pisses her off no end , but she does n't visit much . ’ |
| 26 | David Owen 's late endorsement of the Tories makes him the strongest contender for the Hong Kong post , but do not write off Maude just yet . |
| 27 | The conduct of the foresters made them a by-word for oppression and extortion . |
| 28 | One of the attendants offered him a cup : he did not drink from this but threw out the contents and ran off with it . |
| 29 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 30 | ‘ I trust you 'll have no objections if I use whatever influence I have with the airlines to get you the first available seat ? ’ |