Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you need to bring an umbrella , a street guide or anything other than a briefcase or handbag leave it in the reception area during the interview . |
| 2 | Stars of stage , screen & radio welcome you to the ‘ World of Entertainment ’ . |
| 3 | Being in a noble house , they discussed inheritance of land by means of ‘ entails ’ , the settling of land upon members of a family in a predetermined order to prevent any one owner or inheritor bequeathing it outside the family . |
| 4 | The displays demonstrate the reality , provide live plants to look at , and assure us that nothing larger than an unfortunate lizard or rat makes it into the green traps . |
| 5 | We had no friends or family to accompany us to the church . |
| 6 | Then , on one wonderful day , it became the key to that magic box where infinity welcomed her to the crystal harmony of the spheres . |
| 7 | The Norwich City and Scotland striker , a figure of such unmitigated misfortune that money deserted him at the height of what ought to have been a highly lucrative and rewarding career . |
| 8 | Neither rejection , protest nor availability prepares us for the demands which celibacy is making on us nowadays . |
| 9 | Although history dates it to the Golden Age of Magna Graecia , some of the region 's most glorious monuments date from the time of Byzantium and Norman rule . |
| 10 | Last year the Republic refused to extradite Mr Ryan to Britain to face terrorism charges , including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions , on the grounds that allegations in the Press and Parliament linking him with the IRA meant he would not receive a fair trial in Britain . |
| 11 | And Miss gives it to the student in n it ? |
| 12 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 13 | Give credit card details , say ‘ please debit my card accordingly ’ , state whether you want it posted or if youll collect it on the day , and finally give your voice number for them to call ‘ if there are any problems ’ . |
| 14 | Give credit card details , say ‘ please debit my card accordingly ’ , state whether you want it posted or if youll collect it on the day , and finally give your voice number for them to call ‘ if there are any problems ’ . |
| 15 | Yeah , having some dinner , well we did n't have any did we , cos mummy took you to the pictures with nanny |
| 16 | On the other hand , the buyer will wish to have the comfort of the guarantee , and , in addition , whatever rights law and statute grant him in the particular circumstances of the case . |
| 17 | Ant : You do n't like school discos " cos your mum turned up at the last one at nine o'clock to take you home , and Fungus announced it over the mike . |
| 18 | She often used to say she could n't believe how some people behaved , and the promiscuity and drinking shook her to the core . |
| 19 | Screens of holly and ivy sheltered her from the deepening winter , but now the forest became a black and frozen place . |
| 20 | It seemed that all the intelligence had gone to Constance , leaving her brothers with only wariness and guile to see them through the vicissitudes of life , although , Scarlet had to admit , they could be surprisingly kind . |
| 21 | A coal fell out of the fire , making them both start , and Breeze replaced it with the exaggerated care with which we perform these trivial tasks , when our thoughts are far away . |
| 22 | French and Ukrainian , mathematics and chemistry bored him to the point of insanity ; only in music and English could he hope to get decent marks . |
| 23 | Milan was one of the first composers to give specific direction on how to perform a piece of music ( 1536 ) and King follows them in the most natural- sounding way . |
| 24 | The seas smashed into his back , wind and water clubbed him off the seat on to the cockpit sole . |
| 25 | When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand . |
| 26 | He learned the truth about the cuttings , closing his eyes when he thought of her sitting in the attic , her long day done , painstakingly writing for O'Connor the articles whose brilliance and feeling told him of the intellect which lay behind her beautiful face and emphasised again what he had thrown away . |
| 27 | When Ford replaced the upright ( and well loved ) Cortina with the rounded ( and alien ) Sierra , it was forced to spend a fortune on advertising and promotion to establish it in the market . |
| 28 | The walls come alive with foaming beer and music surrounds them as the audience journeys upward in a can of Guinness . |
| 29 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 30 | And that there were tourists is shown by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice , published finally in 1813 but mainly written in 1796 : in it Elizabeth Bennet is invited by her aunt and uncle to accompany them to the Lakes , and exclaims : ‘ My dear , dear aunt , what delight ! |