Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | that , that bloke has got , she said if that was me I 'd write to the Chief Constable about it |
| 2 | I arrived late at night so I had nowhere to go , but I met a greenkeeper who told me I could sleep in the greenkeeper 's hut on the course . |
| 3 | Give it to me , Lori , or so help me I will go to the police and let you stew in your own juice . ’ |
| 4 | As Fielding led me back to our table I made a powerfully worded verbal pass at a salacious waitress , who appeared to be all for it but then came down with some deep sorrow in the kitchen , and when I burst through the double-doors to console her two men in sweat-grey T-shirts assured me there was nothing I could do for the poor child . |
| 5 | Lying about my family 's social status came easily enough , but there was nothing I could do about the more visible signs of poverty . |
| 6 | ‘ There was nothing I could do about the accident . |
| 7 | Nothing I can add to the statement I 've already — ’ |
| 8 | While still in London I would wake in the night to find the bed devoid of Nigel , whom I would find in the kitchen , drinking tea and pacing the floor . |
| 9 | Next there is a group of colleagues whom I shall describe as the ‘ patriots ’ , who through love of country and a proper belief in its democratic institutions do not accept that the time has come to deny our nationality . |
| 10 | The Aborigines who were with me , and of whom I must speak in the highest praise , for the readiness with which they rendered me their assistance , affirmed , upon learning the nature of my pursuits , that they had come to meet me . ’ |
| 11 | I was so concerned that I also really did n't trust other people or stupid books to explain to me whereas usually , in most things I do , if I do n't understand them I 'll go to the library and get books and read about it and find out . |
| 12 | I never buy it of fortnightly so I I 'll go to the shop and I 'll say , Right , probably seven tins of beans , seven tins of peas , er you know a few tins a few beans er tins of spaghetti and things like that you know , bits and bobs , but I 'll still get a joint for me Sundays . |
| 13 | I I I 'd say with the , with the revamped exam you 're not likely , you 're not likely to get a question like that . |
| 14 | I I will talk about the fund as I found it in my capacity as a very recent chairman . |
| 15 | Years gone by in one town I you could tell from the drainage whether it was a colliery or a pottery . |
| 16 | Requests are often received from Doctors , Hospitals , Social Workers , or from a friend or neighbour who knows of someone who may benefit from the service . |
| 17 | Zak came up to me with Donna and offered me a lift back to the city in their bus , and at that exact moment I saw not Bill Baudelaire himself but someone who might go among the owners , where Tommy could n't . |
| 18 | my Lord , my Lord er unless I 've miss understood your Lordship it fits in the sense that if you think that unreasonably or even unfairly disclude someone from the market , you 're are excluding someone who would compete in the market , you 're taking someone out who may of had an impact on the market , may of brought prices down , offer better terms and conditions |
| 19 | Someone who could get at the soup , too . |
| 20 | We 've been looking for someone who can cope with the 24-hours-a-day rock ‘ n ’ roll lifestyle . |
| 21 | ‘ Employers look for someone who will slot into the office culture , ’ says Shirley Coates , managing director of Bridford Career Management . |
| 22 | ‘ The characters are like someone you would meet in the street , although they tend to be a bit more romantic . |
| 23 | And then he looked around to find someone he could send to the omda . |
| 24 | Similarly , ‘ thank you ’ requires a response from them which can range from the cheerful to the stony silence . |
| 25 | Central News Video I Activity Book 1 Central News Video II Activity Book 2 which I shall deliver to the Press in accordance with the letter agreement . |
| 26 | The problem is not length as such but the infrequency and brevity of meetings at which the scientific work is conducted , a point to which I shall return towards the end of this paper . |
| 27 | This is a point to which I shall return in the concluding chapter . |
| 28 | There are four in particular that have significant educational implications : ( 1 ) the emphasis on individualisation , ( 2 ) the encouragement of the ‘ exercise ’ disposition or mode of behaviour , ( 3 ) the widening of activities to be embraced by drama , and ( 4 ) the importance of intuition , which I shall discuss under the section heading ‘ Dorothy Heathcote ’ . |
| 29 | The survivors are shown in Figure 5.2 ( along with certain isotopes of H , C and N to which I shall turn in the next section ) . |
| 30 | But the answer to these fundamental questions must follow a review of the law as understood at present , which I would express in the following propositions . |