Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Eleanor Darcy can manage a private room in a prison , perhaps she manages one in the local pub as well ? |
| 2 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 3 | The reader may interpret the " flock " metaphorically , but by doing so he distances himself from the character . |
| 4 | If they do so he grabs them by the neck and hauls them back to the fold . |
| 5 | So he puts it on the table and tries to squash it into shape , and by the time he 's got his mouth full of that he ca n't make a sound . |
| 6 | Tony finds several packets of banana custard that is hot and sweet ; it tastes bloody awful and neither Tony nor I like it , none the less he fights me for the last helping . |
| 7 | Freddie is spot-on when he says only lawyers get rich from couples who bicker over who gets what from the divorce . |
| 8 | but it 's like you see , he gives them spellings and he puts perhaps three or four wrong in twenty and they 're supposed to come home and check 'em , meanwhile he leaves them on the board for a whole week , which I think I 've told you before |
| 9 | It 's all good-humoured teasing and winding up , and for my part I 've long since ceased to care whether or not anyone regards me as the worst climber in the world or some sort of antediluvian relic with no rights to any opinion on ‘ rock climbing as it is done these days . ’ |
| 10 | Just what gets them in the mood I 'm not sure , but I have seen them indulge in this activity in all but the wettest or snowiest conditions . |
| 11 | I 'll bet she thinks that directly she lets me into the A.R.R.U. I 'll do a Charlie Peters ! |
| 12 | Quickly he immerses us in the euphoria of the Israelites and the terror and bravado of their enemies . |
| 13 | Erm and then of course there would be a I do n't know what the rates of interest are or the payback period but the erm of course the longer the payback period the more it costs you in the end so . |
| 14 | The Economist described the situation vividly : ‘ Whenever one hears somebody on the French radio vituperating against ‘ adventurers ’ one can be sure that M. Cohn-Bendit or some other leftist student is the target . |
| 15 | Now nothing remains whatsoever of the old fittings , features or proportions ; in their place is a vast , open-plan space with bright white walls , bistro furniture and cheery chintz . |
| 16 | Now she hears nothing but the sounds of her own house . |
| 17 | Now she hears nothing but the sounds of her own house . |
| 18 | Now she wears nothing but the same thing , and always . |
| 19 | Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past . |
| 20 | Er , but councillor other remark about the labour party moving towards the conservatives is of course a very fair one , but then surely nothing surprises us at the moment about the labour party . |
| 21 | Well he does it through the skin by sweating . |
| 22 | Well he takes them to the post office |
| 23 | One of the characteristics of judicial review is that the supervising court does not substitute its decision for that of the public authority ; rather it leaves it to the body to make good its illegal behaviour by making a fresh decision which complies with the requirements of the law . |
| 24 | But that realisation should not be a disappointment : rather it liberates us from the job of creating masterpieces , and gives us a much more achievable task . |
| 25 | Then she injects them into the nostrils of an unfortunate sheep where they quickly start feeding on the membranes lining their host 's sinuses . |
| 26 | And I do n't go out that much , but then she wears them to the garage , to work ! |
| 27 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 28 | This God can and does break into human life , and sometimes he does it through the violent , the unexpected , the alien . |
| 29 | He has a few years on me — maybe ten — and sometimes he treats me like the son he never had . |
| 30 | ‘ You think you buy into somewhere crime can not reach and then it hits you with the worst kind . ’ |