Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only got to do it to the end of today so , I do n't think I 'm going to use twenty do you ? |
| 2 | Low-level ozone , so called to distinguish it from the naturally forming ozone in the stratosphere which accounts for about 90 per cent of the ozone in the atmosphere , is created by the action of sunlight on oxides of nitrogen and reactive hydrocarbons ( volatile organic compounds ) emitted by vehicles and industry . |
| 3 | For pupils of high ability , too much of the curriculum was often taken up with preparation for exams , and too little done to stretch them in the earlier years . |
| 4 | Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side . |
| 5 | The amateur radio enthusiast is quoted as saying he considered destroying the tape but eventually decided to hand it to The Sun . |
| 6 | He never was — which was just as well since fate brought him a series of posts whose functions were not calculated to endear him to the public or the party . |
| 7 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 8 | However , this is not intended to condemn us to the conclusion that changes in society are the chance results of unrelated factors . |
| 9 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 10 | The bats just decided to smash me around the island , and for every bag of boundaries they hit they then made a mistake . |
| 11 | To save his neck and protect his family was perhaps not the noblest of motives for coming forward as a witness , but if the DEA had not sought to frame him under the misapprehension that he was feeding information to Pan Am and the media , and if the DIA had not lacked the will to protect him behind the scenes , the idea of coming forward would never have crossed his mind at all — indeed , he might never even have known that he had a contribution to make to the Lockerbie investigation . |
| 12 | The Sheffield Star , in a piece not destined to endear him to the average Brightside voter , wrote of his ‘ ministerial pin stripes and patrician smooth accent . ’ |
| 13 | He 'd not offered to help her with the Christmas preparations and she had n't felt like asking him . |
| 14 | To this day it is nearly impossible to find a Canadian movie screened ; in any of our cities , or investment capital which would allow a cutting edge industry to develop in Saskatchewan rather than Idaho , or a cultural figure who has not had to make it in the US ( Bryan Adams ) or the UK ( Conrad Black ) before the person is taken seriously at home . |
| 15 | They can find their way into waterways by a number of routes — mainly via those sewage systems which are not equipped to remove them in the treatment process . |
| 16 | ‘ Just called to see you about the musicians for the party , ’ he said . |
| 17 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
| 18 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
| 19 | And indeed , four people had just arrived to join them at the table . |
| 20 | It was because she 'd just started to sell them at the shop . |
| 21 | He did not answer her immediately , just continued to watch her across the table , his blue eyes suddenly as cold as ice . |
| 22 | and then he 's , he 's fucking started marching us around the parade square and and we ca n't see a fucking thing inside there , and he said er come out a minute , so I 've blinking gone out and I 've noticed were about fifty yards from the beach |
| 23 | The next thing to remember is that fish are live animals and you are not allowed to take them in the cabin of the aircraft . |
| 24 | Well you 're dad 's not allowed to put them in the van and bring them home either ? |
| 25 | Leaburn 's header looked a goal , but Veysey just managed to put it onto the post . |
| 26 | Anne agreed , disappointed that he had not suggested meeting her outside the factory where her friends could see him , but happy to meet him anywhere . |
| 27 | Midland Car Loans have been specially developed to put you on the road as quickly and simply as possible . |
| 28 | On the other hand apologists for such policies rarely if ever sought to justify them on the grounds that they would reduce the real wage rate à la Malinvaud . |
| 29 | Smallfry always threatened to lock him in the toolshed with Rosie if ever he dared tell her secrets to anyone else . |
| 30 | I 'll tell you this , I 've always had to like him on the job . |