Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She 'd just slipped into it over the years . |
| 32 | In the highly oxygenated water below a weir swim the little fish not known for nothing as the ‘ miller 's thumb ’ : the flattened head of the fish was often compared with the thumb of the miller , worn it was said from testing the flour . |
| 33 | If you have any of the conditions listed , your doctor may have already spoken to you about the importance of healthy eating , and a healthy lifestyle . |
| 34 | So we 've not spoken to anybody on the sort of like the traffic erm counting side of things there ? |
| 35 | There 's one other area that 's just sprung to me about the trainee and their actual ability . |
| 36 | It is to be observed that in the Bognor Regis case Browne J. did not consider whether his decision had any effect on the right to freedom of expression , doubtless because the point was not taken before him by the defendant , who appeared in person . |
| 37 | It is not allowed for anyone in the chain to let go of hands in order to catch someone . |
| 38 | This sense is not contradicted by anything in The Form . |
| 39 | She had not condoled with him on the death of Jonas . |
| 40 | In other words , the potentialities of the medium were not explored to anything like the same extent' ( 1968 , p. 4 ) . |
| 41 | He was a great lad now , though still slight and not above average height for eleven years , but he had not changed towards her in the least and his adoration of Pilade was touching . |
| 42 | I did n't know what stall , type of stall she had I just read about it in the paper |
| 43 | ‘ The money we lifted was hardly intended for them in the first place , was it ? ’ |
| 44 | Buildings insurance is essential and therefore usually arranged for you by the Society . |
| 45 | Neither Mr. Lawrence of W. H. Hopkins & Co. , not anyone else from that firm had ever communicated with her regarding the sale of the property to the Hammonds . |
| 46 | Her family had always referred to her as the ‘ egghead ’ . |
| 47 | FALKLANDS war hero Simon Weston is to tackle an 800-mile journey in America on a £2,000 cycle specially designed for him by the Lotus car company . |
| 48 | ‘ Gloves , cane and collar astonish these artists in shirt-sleeves — they have always looked on them as the insignia of feeble-mindedness … still , it 's great to be in the thick of the dog-fights of great art . ’ |
| 49 | The particulars must also be confirmed by or on behalf of the clearing member , and again this is usually done for him by the exchange 's electronic system . |
| 50 | The thought had hardly occurred to me before the diver , with a weird-sounding cry , left the water in a noisy take-off , and flew seawards in alarm . |
| 51 | It seemed to have happened in a rush , just recently ; Ruth still thought of her as the upright , vigorous Gran of her childhood . |
| 52 | He shifted under her , sliding her away so that she was still bound to him by the steel bands of his arms , but was now lying by his side . |
| 53 | Have you ever spoken to her about the problem ? ’ |
| 54 | Keld , like Thwaite , is a sleepy little place and will be forever remembered by me as the milkless village . |
| 55 | Indigenous groups gained three seats in the Senate — two specially allotted to them under the new constitution and one elected . |
| 56 | Everything of importance has always happened to me in the autumn , every new departure has always presented itself within a dying context . |
| 57 | 32 ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , where in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act , either — ( a ) the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant ; or ( b ) any fact relevant to the plaintiff 's right of action has been deliberately concealed from him by the defendant ; or ( c ) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake ; the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud , concealment or mistake ( as the case may be ) or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it … |
| 58 | Ms Starnes , who had once worked for him in the news department of WSGN Radio in Birmingham , Alabama , agreed at once that he should cover pending events in Libya for Mutual Radio and promised to get the necessary credentials to him within 48 hours . |
| 59 | The hard eyes still bored into him from the gloom of the hall , but the expression of hostility began a slow metamorphosis into one of malevolent interest . |
| 60 | Roy Fredericks 's second century helped him pass 500 runs for the series , although Richards and Greenidge still finished above him in the aggregates and averages . |