Example sentences of "[adv] the [adj] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |
| 2 | When the shutters had been opened wider to let in the bright midday light she helped Luce to the bathroom . |
| 3 | This is surely not only the earliest marble statue we possess but one of the first made . |
| 4 | It 's easily the best Fermanagh side I 've played on . |
| 5 | Not just the one stirrup cup I saw her take . |
| 6 | ‘ Not the helpless drug addict you once believed me to be ? ’ |
| 7 | Many large bags ( not the small plastic things they gave us to put change in ) of old 5ps have been returned by banks for disposal . |
| 8 | I left her because I discovered she was not the pure country girl I thought . |
| 9 | Mr Heseltine , its chief architect , was one of the first to dump it , especially when he fought the proposal of Consortium Development to build a town whose name was as instant an invention as its community would have been : Stone Bassett , like Consortium 's Tillingham Hall before it , was turned down by Mr Ridley , who was not the permissive planning minister he was often thought to be . |
| 10 | Employers agreed to pay on December 1st nearly the full wage hike they promised to give on April 1st . |
| 11 | He bought groceries to last him the week , then popped next door to the frame shop to pick up the stainless steel frame he 'd ordered for a James Barker black and white print he 'd obtained in an auction some weeks before . |
| 12 | Lisa Buckingham writes : Chemical companies have finally secured insurance to help them pay the costs of cleaning up the long term damage they do to the environment . |
| 13 | Halfway up the little tarmac driveway I trip a sensor . |
| 14 | They win by being great breaking away , passing and moving quickly , they dominate by retrieving the ball quickly not like Leeds when we won the championship through what was probably the best midfield combination I 'm ever likely to worship again . |
| 15 | It was good to see such a large attendance — probably the biggest church meeting we have had — and to have such a clear majority vote in favour of the project . |
| 16 | All the internal doors were open and she could make out the tumbled travel bags she had left half-packed and which now spilled their contents across the room . |
| 17 | Satisfied with the merest hint of make-up she had used on her heart-shaped face , she emptied out the small jewellery sachet she always took with her on her travels . |
| 18 | The lunchtime ceremony was introduced by Chris Green , InterCity 's managing director , who recalled the backing that The Scotsman had given the railways in their early days , and pointed out the multi-million pound contribution they make today to Anglo-Scottish business . |
| 19 | Now the next part intrigues me . |
| 20 | Further on , the road crosses open moorland to arrive at Grudie Bridge , which is not now the delightful picnic spot it used to be , the old stone bridge having been replaced and many of the noble pines sacrificed to road widening ; nothing , however , can diminish the majesty of Slioch directly across the water . |
| 21 | As for the Sympatex liner , these are by far the driest leather boots I 've ever worn . |
| 22 | Even the fine portrait bust they had made of her did no justice to her living beauty . |
| 23 | It remains for us to ask how the popular Hitler image we have examined contributed towards the growing strength of the regime and towards making possible this war , which , from what we have seen , most Germans — though prepared to fight if necessary — had been only too anxious to avoid . |
| 24 | It was almost the first news story she had taken over the newsroom headphones and she knew the absolute importance of accuracy . |
| 25 | Well , it is summertime and if you have trouble getting time on the courts here in town and tripping to the Hamptons presents a problem why not simply go to Terry Dintenfass where the witty William King he of the loopy lanky aluminoids has set up a gallery-wide installation called ‘ Tennis : The Monument ’ ? |
| 26 | It was n't like one of those stuffy clubs where the only card game you 're allowed to play is bridge , and it 's threepence a hundred . |
| 27 | Bobby McAlpine , chairman of Alfred McAlpine , says grimly : ‘ This is infinitely the worst construction recession I have come across in 42 years in the industry . ’ |
| 28 | Essentially the best tennis game I have played on any computer , the graphics and characterisation are in a class of their own . |