Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days , life was simple in schools in the sense that if pupils did n't do what they were supposed to do you thrashed them , or made them stand in the corner , or expelled them . |
| 2 | ‘ Not to play at soldiers with your men , or let them play in the band in the park on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 3 | By day we 'll offer to show you around the island or let you laze by the pool — the choice is yours . |
| 4 | Do we have the constituencies as were before the additional six seats or do we continue with the constituencies with the additional seats . |
| 5 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 6 | Do these words refer to the actual expense incurred by the school in providing the benefit or do they refer to the hypothetical expense incurred by the school arrived at by the formula of dividing the total cost of running the school by the number of pupils attending it or to put it more shortly do they refer to the additional or the average cost of the provision of the benefit . |
| 7 | Now do you tell me the story you had from Lady Usk , or do I go to the old witch myself ? ’ |
| 8 | Yes that 's what I was gon na ask you do you arrive early morning or do you move in the Sunday night . |
| 9 | Or do you believe in the act of Going to Church ? |
| 10 | You see this thing did you buy this separately or did it come in the Walkman ? |
| 11 | Did you go to the sort of school where it was made easy to go into science , or did you go to the sort of school where nice girls did the arts or something quite different ? |
| 12 | ‘ Or does she object to the coloured races in general ? ’ |
| 13 | Is it when a person needs help to lift a glass to his or her lips , or does it depend on the degree of dehydration ? |
| 14 | Does the amp respond or does it buckle under the strain ? |
| 15 | Or does it start on the approach side of the roundabout ? |
| 16 | Does the spider begin in the centre and move outwards down the spiral , or does it begin at the outside and work inwards ? |
| 17 | Or does he concur with the view of the Minister for Housing and Planning that the homeless are merely the people whom one steps over on the way out of the opera ? |
| 18 | As she muttered to herself about interfering Australians who could n't mind their own business she did n't hear Leo come back , or see him loom over the fence . |
| 19 | The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet . |
| 20 | ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 21 | Perhaps it was these journeys that made him realise to the full how many of the world 's species were on the brink of extinction . |
| 22 | As for Forrester , Whelan , Bowman etc I got the impression that it was more desparation that made him turn to the younger players , granted their performances were top notch but I think the injury situation had more to do with it than Wilko 's judgement , after all where are they now ? ? ? |
| 23 | Downstairs the Disco provided a large crowd with the sounds that made them get on the floor and bring a whole new ball game to the w world of the Barn Dance . |
| 24 | The pale blue tights , moulded over bulging thighs , of the male trapeze artists , that made you think about the flattened bulge between their legs . |
| 25 | It was the kind of sound that made you think of the noise lambs probably make when they can smell the mint being brought in from the garden . |
| 26 | Indeed , my research on images of the gene in popular culture is revealing trends that make me wonder about the results of public participation . |
| 27 | Then Bjorn Again say ‘ thanks ’ in accents that make them sound like the chef out of The Muppet Show , and an Australian voice tells us to hurry up and spend our money on tickets for their next gig in Manchester , which , due to overwhelming demand , is happening next week . |
| 28 | Not poems that make you feel on the edge of space but poems that make you feel you contain space inside yourself . |
| 29 | And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching . |
| 30 | I 'm sure a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that helped me cope with the daily pressures of newspaper life . ’ |