Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When tenants take on a lease they may make extensive alterations to the premises in order to make them better suited to the type of catering enterprise they intend to undertake . |
| 2 | Jane could not bear to give up for , although she knew nothing so harrowing as the run-up to a match or a medal , she knew nothing to compare with the excitement which lay on the other side of the 1st tee : " However tight a match , I never believed that anyone was going to beat me . |
| 3 | He returned to find the Cross of St George still flapping from the walls of Famagusta and nothing obviously changed except the weather , which would , of course , put out the slow-matches and the fire-missiles and make it increasingly unlikely that the tower of Famagusta was going to prove combustible . |
| 4 | Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility . |
| 5 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
| 6 | I rarely drink in the week , and I 've never acquired a taste for wine . |
| 7 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 8 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 9 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
| 10 | ‘ Up until then my longest run in the side was one game ! |
| 11 | They drive me to distraction : at first I refuse to fight back , on the grounds that life is sacred and it is not their fault that they are mosquitos , but I eventually join in the swatting that punctuates the quiet every so often . |
| 12 | I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger . |
| 13 | When I eventually got off the bus back in Maseru I nearly collapsed , such was my weakness . |
| 14 | When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’ |
| 15 | For a little while I was afraid I was going to land in the middle of a town , but I mercifully drifted to the edge of this . |
| 16 | Having a friend who lives on the Blackwater in an old Thames sailing barge , complete with sails and engine , I rather object to the notion that barges must be passively powerless . |
| 17 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 18 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 19 | Yeah , well I manually combine at the moment the range names . |
| 20 | ‘ I better start at the beginning for lack of anywhere else , ’ Marek continued . |
| 21 | Oh , I better move out the way , I might get squashed . |
| 22 | On this occasion I personally moved from The Bun Shop to a pub I believe was called The Volunteer run by a well-known and aged bare-knuckle fighter from London 's East End called Joe Mullins . |
| 23 | The tent seemed eerily dark , so I gingerly drawled towards the door and unzipped it slightly . |
| 24 | This was perhaps the most directly inflationary aspect of Pitt 's financial management , and the bridging of the gap between income and expenditure was not helped by his stubbornly sticking to the idea of the Sinking Fund . |
| 25 | Just the other day , rushing choking from the gift grotto in a famous store , I inadvertently stumbled into the perfume hall and a battalion of women promoting the fragrance of the moment . |
| 26 | In deference to you , Mr. Speaker , perhaps I had better not respond to the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I entirely agree with the spirit of his comments . |
| 27 | I entirely agree with the training credit principle which puts buying power in the hands of the people who seek training . |
| 28 | I entirely agree with the importance that my hon. Friend attaches to manufacturing . |
| 29 | Steve falls silent after offering this last piece of information , and I foolishly plunge into the trap . |
| 30 | What he did not tell me — and I only learnt during the course of the journey — was that we were adding about a thousand miles to our route . |