Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Church and state , religion , law , prejudice , custom , tradition , greed , lust , hatred , injustice , selfishness , ignorance , and arrogance have all conspired against her under the sexual rule of the human male . |
| 2 | I 've only heard of it at the fashion college . |
| 3 | There is a general expectation that people will not remember detailed facts correctly if they are only exposed to them in the spoken mode , especially if they are required to remember them over an extended period of time . |
| 4 | The Butcher remained a vivid memory because , apart from my ordeal , I was constantly remanded of him by the dangerous wobbling of my pipe at the edge of that needless gap in my mouth . |
| 5 | Had he not , through the magnetic influence he was able to exert even over those of his own race , personally seen to it at the Peace Conference that these Arabs were not sent unrewarded away ? |
| 6 | Yes , I suppose he is but I mean those two those pictures we bought were hundred and twenty and I mean they 're they 're only done by somebody in the village . |
| 7 | It is notable too that this liberal interpretation is proposed by the jurist , and merely adopted from him by the emperor . |
| 8 | Hayling was also in charge of media initiatives , so Lowe naturally turned to him with the newspaper they had so often discussed as comrades in Big Flame . |
| 9 | On the flickering screen just to the right , light suddenly reflected from something in the black hole of the cell-like room . |
| 10 | The booming surf far below called to her like the beat of a jungle drum . |
| 11 | Frigidity has only been better exemplified to me by the first psychotic woman I ever saw , who complained that her vagina contained a block of ice . |
| 12 | The final cost of the garden was $5 million , almost entirely financed by herself through the sale of those deceptively decorated polyester sculptures , perfume and furniture . |
| 13 | And so , to the dhobis astonishment and terror , the Collector had suddenly materialized beside him at the water-trough . |
| 14 | For him it held a special appeal ; the one day of the week he could break bread with his family and not have to feel that they were only loaned to him for the while — his son Joshua had no business to go to , his grandson Jacob no college lectures . |
| 15 | The explosion of joy that had suddenly burst through her at the thought of seeing him , at the thought of being with him , for a moment had overcome her senses . |
| 16 | In addition to the attendance or financial loss allowance , a member may also claim travelling and subsistence allowances necessarily incurred by him for the purpose of performing an approved duty . |
| 17 | Information is only appended to them in the form of agreement comments during their various states . |
| 18 | Mayer was never fond of Goldwyn and one day became so enraged with him in the showers of the Hillcrest Country Club that he knocked Goldwyn into the towel cabinet . |
| 19 | The Captain did n't even know his name since the fight had happened in another part of the city and he had only read about it in the papers . |
| 20 | True , the word star could be loosely applied to him on the basis that he had ‘ starred ’ in more than a dozen films . |
| 21 | The ones , most people ca n't do anything with those , they 're just paralysed by them in the States , and then we have project management forms . |
| 22 | If for any reason the balance is not received by us by the due date , we reserve the right to cancel bookings covered by the Confirmation and account and levy a cancellation charge as though there has been a cancellation in accordance with paragraph 4 . |
| 23 | He had already heard of us on the river grapevine , about our journey upriver with Muhammad and Milhaez and Romany . |
| 24 | Once territories have been established by young fans , occupants are physically confined within them for the entire duration of the match . |
| 25 | Not only have the people never voted for the Prime Minister at the ballot box : they have consistently and persistently voted against him at the ballot box . |
| 26 | I was saying , oh yeah erm Shrimpy like , we , me and Scott were playing snooker and I , I came in to see if like , either of you , anyone else wanted to play doubles and like , Swimp , Shrimpy was just sat by himself in the middle of the floor , cross-legged just sat there like a little pixie or something ! |
| 27 | While unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have been on the increase , they have not accelerated at anything like the rate in the usually prosperous south-east of England . |
| 28 | He has also insisted that we will not keep troops on the ground when the war is over , and that a solution must be found by the local governments and not imposed on them by the US and/or Britain . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman should ask Neath borough council why , when money has been available , it has not applied for anything in the past two years . |
| 30 | Generally speaking , we know all too little about the teacher 's perspective on pedagogy ; we make generalizations which are not based on anything in the way of reliable information . |