Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kingsley Barrett , the Methodist , whom Ramsey had chosen for the faculty at Durham , wrote of his belief that a special providence must watch over the Church of England to give them at least some good bishops in spite of the deplorable method of their appointment . |
| 2 | Among the former was the yeoman of the chamber Nicholas Leventhorpe of Bramham ( Yorks. ) who acted as go-between for the exiled king and Henry Percy , whom Edward had restored to the earldom of Northumberland in 1470 . |
| 3 | Among the former was the yeoman of the chamber Nicholas Leventhorpe of Bramham ( Yorks. ) who acted as go-between for the exiled king and Henry Percy , whom Edward had restored to the earldom of Northumberland in 1470 . |
| 4 | He said the police were talking to everyone Angie had seen in the two weeks before she … well … vanished , and so far had come up with nothing . |
| 5 | The fact is that Schubert 's Symphonies are appallingly badly served at present , with the exception of the ‘ Unfinished ’ and ‘ Great ’ , although there too my heart tends to sink at the memory of even some of the established ‘ best buys ’ . |
| 6 | Normally I would have sounded like a tongue-tied half-wit , but that evening my response appeared to hint at the inexpressible depths and nuances of my infinitely complex relationship with the city , together with a gentle rebuke to a question which was either fatuous or unanswerable . |
| 7 | My enthusiasm had waned by the time the tea arrived . |
| 8 | ‘ The van I used to use to transport my bikes has come to the end of its day , and Bill Doig has very kindly offered me the use of the station van if it is not required for company duties . ’ |
| 9 | The location was unusual : the consulting room of a medical specialist where I was to learn the cause of the unacceptably high level of pain from which my sister has suffered for the past five years . |
| 10 | As I pulled through 15 feet of brittle biscuit flakes to get at a wickedly inaccessible peg , my sack kept jamming in the bottle-walled groove . |
| 11 | Since 1950 my influences have come from the Flemish Primitives , Frances de la Tour and Stanley Spencer . |
| 12 | My doubts have grown during the years I have been thinking about and then writing this book , but for the moment I will concede that for many scholars and teachers a clarion-call to defend ‘ literature as literature ’ would prove rousing and timely . |
| 13 | My books had fallen on the ground . |
| 14 | So I nodded and smiled and agreed , while part of my mind began to toy with the question of whether Balbazian steel was as impregnable as its well-advertised reputation insisted . |
| 15 | In another letter to a Scottish admirer , she said ‘ I can only say that this bubble of my mind has risen on the mighty stream of a Divine purpose ’ . |
| 16 | My designs aim to appeal to the style-conscious young , whereas yours are strictly for retired country ladies . ’ |
| 17 | Either that , or my eyes had adjusted to the gloom . |
| 18 | The mist was now so dense it was more like a sea fog , the humidity very high and the sweat dripping from my forehead as I leaned forward , my eyes straining to see through the murk . |
| 19 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
| 20 | Over the last year or two my playing has deteriorated to the extent that I am now virtually a one-fingered guitarist ! |
| 21 | My parents had moved to the outskirts of Glasgow and I joined the local pipe band and met Duncan McIntyre . |
| 22 | Warming to his theme , Herbert , who keeps a bad-tempered parrot called Red Cross in his garden , continues : ‘ I remember my parents going to stay with the Duchess of Portland . |
| 23 | By this time , Share My Lettuce had moved to the West End and the Comedy Theatre . |
| 24 | Our eyes met and all the while we were sitting down discussing what we had to do and how we were going to go about it over the four days of the course , my gaze kept returning to the sour-faced buzzard . |
| 25 | I confirm that my officials have written to the chief executive of the SDA to strengthen that point . |
| 26 | Also , it could give my guests time to go off the whole idea . |
| 27 | My head , arms and legs felt buried under tons of sand and my torso felt strapped to the mattress . |
| 28 | With regard to the first lies my group has come to the conclusion that there is a way in which the employment development budget can be augmented to specifically reserve at least the part of the current posish provision provided by the cooperative development erm we stand by our opinion that there are ways in which that service can be more efficiently administered that this is a sensible way forward . |
| 29 | Finally , since all too many non-payers were simply ’ wo n't payers ’ , sponging on the rest , I hope that we will provide all the powers necessary to ensure that never again are my constituents expected to pay for the law breakers . |
| 30 | My feelings have changed over the years as the system acquired first more memory and then bigger and faster processors . |