Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Team Toyota Europe want them to go to the Safari and they ca n't put off a decision much longer . |
| 2 | Corbett thought it was mere drunken bravado when one of them lunged across the table and uproar ensued as food , cups and flagons of wine and ale were sent sprawling . |
| 3 | In a very real sense , of course , the biographies of the Muftis in the following chapters illustrate the development of the hierarchy , but it seems not without point to concentrate attention on this particular aspect by placing side by side the biographies of two scholars , one of whom lived in the period before the hierarchy had become developed to any very great degree — before , perhaps , it is even possible to speak of a hierarchy-he other in a period when the development was fairly well advanced , though not complete . |
| 4 | Inside , maids in black took coats for tickets , and told everyone to go through the lounge as Mrs Coley was receiving in the pool area . |
| 5 | They talked nonsense until there was sufficient calm in the stalls and circle to allow them to continue with the lines as written in the script . |
| 6 | The fact that my slimmers felt so much healthier encouraged them to continue on the diet while they were losing weight and it became clear that they had no intention of falling back in to their old habits . |
| 7 | They were both trying to persuade me to continue with the radiotherapy and drugs . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But both Graham and I knew it was impractical for me to continue in the job and remain as manager of Exeter . ’ |
| 9 | And I 've nothing to report on the buses or trains . |
| 10 | This caused them to sink into the ground until the crossbar was only two inches above the grass . |
| 11 | So a Court would consist of three Magistrates , one of whom sits in the centre and acts as Chairman |
| 12 | Accepting that " if the Slovaks want to live in an independent state , they have the right to do so " , he said nevertheless that he saw " no indication " that a majority of Slovaks wanted to secede , and he urged them to remain within the federation and not to succumb to " nationalist narrowmindedness " . |
| 13 | ‘ Unless , of course , you 'd prefer me to report to the Reichsführer that we lost this man because of your stupidity . ’ |
| 14 | The idea came from the experience of pulling hair out of the bathtub ; ‘ this made me think about the things that are worthless , that we want to get rid of , the embarrassing hidden things like body hair , and the things we value and cultivate — in our culture , for instance , the head of hair is usually the first thing people register when they look at someone , a great deal of energy and money is , therefore , expended on hairdressing and styling . |
| 15 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 16 | She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways . |
| 17 | If then they still do not help , bring all your people and let them stay in the office until it is done . |
| 18 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
| 19 | Okay , suppose Come Up And See Me goes in the charts and they ring you up and say , ‘ Steve , how do you fancy going on Top Of The Pops ? ’ |
| 20 | They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’ |
| 21 | He advised me to go to the Academy and work with Professor Dachauer . |
| 22 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 23 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 24 | He wanted me to go round the block and park the car about fifty metres short of the hotel . |
| 25 | I 'd say oh yes , you know but , still could n't get me to go in the Guild and er , it was so strange that the , I ca n't remember , I think I 've been in the Guild about twenty-five years so you 'll have to do your own little sum . |
| 26 | Indeed , it was his example that led me to see beneath the brilliance and beauty of Paris , where the plight of its dispossessed is mirrored in the experience of the very people — artists and intellectuals — who are responsible for its reputation . |
| 27 | He waves me to sit in the chair and I do , yawning . |
| 28 | They were completely intimidated — but even under that very strict regime there was nothing to compare with the suggestion that if two or more people refused to get up from the dining table they might be liable to a 10-year prison sentence . |
| 29 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 30 | Contact the local press and encourage them to write about the band and advertise or review your gigs . |