Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They wanted a dramatic ending where I kill off the central character and they also did n't like me making fun of the audience . |
| 3 | Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word . |
| 4 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 5 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 6 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 7 | He pushed past Sharpe into the map room where he threw back the heavy wooden shutters to flood the tables with sunlight . |
| 8 | When he was at home he had begun living at the School , where he boarded up the broken windows and had the chimneys cleaned . |
| 9 | There was no roof and the rain that had fallen in the night left dark stripes where it trickled down the greasy surface of the cows ' rumps . |
| 10 | Make sure that everyone writes down the five you agree on . |
| 11 | It was with the idea of learning to judge distances that I set out the next morning . |
| 12 | It is for reasons like these that I crossed out the best part of two months each autumn to devote to the public-spending discussions . |
| 13 | The birds had told me Diggs had left a few minutes earlier , so I ran back the quick way to the house , where the lights all burned as usual . |
| 14 | No one follows , so I come out the other end and nip round the small block . |
| 15 | I felt that the design for this holiday picture should be a natural and less structured design than normal , so I laid out the pressed stems of eucalyptus which naturally fell into a fan shape and used that as the basis of my design . |
| 16 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 17 | Please use it as a reminder to ensure that you keep up the good work and the resolutions you have started . |
| 18 | To the former , I suggest you read The Rainment of Light by David Tansley and to the others that you try out the following experiment . |
| 19 | We suggest that you set out the following information in such a way that , in the air , you can select any item immediately , and without confusion . |
| 20 | ‘ I told you , ’ he said bitterly , ‘ that you bring out the worst in me . ’ |
| 21 | Then her hands began to shake so she put down the half-eaten cake , very aware that his face was full of emotion , belying the quietness of his voice . |
| 22 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
| 23 | Notice in particular that we set out the Keynesian theory more generally than we did the classical theory where we assumed no government and no foreign trade . |
| 24 | I suppose it erm did widen so , the the wider view on that is at that it is important that we carry out the possible appliance testing on a regular basis . |
| 25 | Ever the professional , he silently directed his men with hand signals , ensuring that they took up the correct positions . |
| 26 | And then of course erm would it be later that they took up the English miners ? |
| 27 | It is true that they set up the great caring institutions for the poor , the handicapped and the sick — forerunners of the welfare state . |
| 28 | But the plains , savannahs , rivers and hills , all the way from Samburu down to the Masai Steppe , proved fruitful and the Masai built up their strength through the acquisition of women and cattle so successfully that they chased out the other tribes who were obliged to cling to the mountains or secrete themselves in the forests , land useless for cattle . |
| 29 | The drive was tree-lined , so they went down the farther side , only visible now and then . |
| 30 | Although he handed over the active management of his business some time ago to his son , Bill , his keen interest in the affairs of Cessford and in the welfare of his family never flagged . |