Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
| 2 | The police had found somebody who had seen me on my island at the time of the murder , and so the judge let me go free . |
| 3 | So the distance makes something look rather fainter , and similarly if you have something like a particular kind of start that you can identify by some property — which we 'll perhaps talk about in a moment — if you can identify it and you know how bright it is , then the fainter ones are further away and you can estimate the distance by how faint they are . |
| 4 | Only the porters saw him come in , and they wo n't talk ! |
| 5 | I prodded with my pole , but somehow the current made it cling , and I found I could n't shake Casey away . |
| 6 | It was a standard opening — the kind of play that made no real difference to the final outcome — yet somehow the boy made it seem a challenge . |
| 7 | ‘ I know , I know , it 's early days , as you said — but you 're just not the type to let him go this far if you had any serious doubts . ’ |
| 8 | You 're not the type to let yourself get carried away like that , are you ? — Forget I said it , will you ? |
| 9 | The trouble is that the public backs the law but not the means to make it work . |
| 10 | I like the idea of the pipe going up the er up the inside d' ya know what I mean ? |
| 11 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |
| 12 | He took from it a ten-shilling note which he placed on the tea-chest , smoothing out the folds to make it lie flat . |
| 13 | Now the sun made everything sparkle and ( come on , admit it ) the place did have its attractions . |
| 14 | Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed . |
| 15 | Look famous famous founders , pioneers Africa for east or west I think it 'd be there today the muses do you know what that says ? |
| 16 | Well the advisors do nothing do they ? |
| 17 | Jesus , even the words made him shiver . |
| 18 | In any case the old man was n't the sort to let you take a close look at anything that did n't directly concern you . ’ |
| 19 | Only how the devil to make him believe that ? |
| 20 | I mean , how the devil did we let things get this way ? ’ |
| 21 | And how the thunder do you know she was murdered ? |
| 22 | ‘ How the sod do you do that ? ’ |
| 23 | Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities . |
| 24 | ‘ How the fock do you think I know ? |
| 25 | ‘ How the fock do you think I feel ? |
| 26 | How the hell does he expect me to keep a straight pen ? |
| 27 | How the hell does she come to be involved ? |
| 28 | How the hell do they go out every night there ! |
| 29 | ‘ Then how the hell do we get out of this ? ’ |
| 30 | Now , for net exporting , for a net exporter , so our production exceeds our own consumption , how the hell do we er , how the hell do we get rid of it ? |