Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This complete , the body was further wrapped in fine velvet , a sheet of linen having first been placed between it and the cerecloth to stop staining of the finer fabric , and tied with silk cord . |
| 2 | The well-tested welfare organisation swung into gear , as the Welfare Officer once again climbed into her car to go and speak to the wife and assure her that temporary accommodation had been arranged for her and the family , and that the move from one house to another would be made as smooth as possible . |
| 3 | Mabbott 's reputation as a Leveller , which rests solely on the association which has been made between him and the radical newsbook , the Moderate , has been called into question . |
| 4 | Threats had been made to her and the children and in the end she had been driven over the edge . |
| 5 | Where the debtor accepts an offer made to him , a special notification of the right to cancel must be given to him and the debtor can cancel at any time up to five days from receipt of that notification ( s68(a) ) . |
| 6 | In a crash , you could not hold on to your baby , or she might be crushed between you and the dashboard or seat . |
| 7 | Will he warn the British people of the damage that could be done to them and the danger to their way of life and democracy ? |
| 8 | Something lowered over him like glass , something seemed to be positioned between him and the world . |
| 9 | She was willing to be used by him and the outrageous request received the obedient , ‘ Let it be to me according to your word ’ ( Luke 1.38 ) . |
| 10 | If a manual tabular ledger is maintained ( see Chapter 5 ) the names of the guest will be entered on it and the guest 's folio ( bill ) will be started . |
| 11 | Would these be shared between you and the operator , in the sense that they will be paying a keener price — from the operator 's point of view — then they would otherwise have for a shorter contract ? |
| 12 | A guard was to be put on it and the vicar arranged to ring the church bells if it was attacked . |
| 13 | I 'm talking about me and the cold . |
| 14 | What makes it more meaningful is that any such authority , whether given in the articles or by a resolution , must state the maximum number of securities which can be issued under it and the date at which the authority will expire . |
| 15 | The costs of this are the interest that must be paid on it and the opportunity cost of being unable to undertake some other activity because of lack of funds . |
| 16 | She had marched indignantly out when the proposal had been put to her and the matter had remained unresolved ever since . |
| 17 | However , the finished product is really expendable , once the lesson has been learned from it and the teacher 's comment understood . |
| 18 | It appeared difficult for the dollar to be devalued since the exchange values of all other currencies were tied to it and the dollar itself was tied to gold . |
| 19 | All the ward visitors were staring at me and the other nurses looked over in disbelief . |
| 20 | Their three elder girls were standing beside her and the baby , and Fantina was darting around them . |
| 21 | Its vision for society is that of a reconstituted pre-industrial kind of community in which everyone knows who they are , what is expected of them and the kind of values by which they are to live . |
| 22 | One reason may be they way the information is presented to them and the way the offer is made . |
| 23 | A kind of ring fence is drawn around them and the onus lies on the government to show whether , why and to what extent this ought to be breached . |
| 24 | A daughter knows the dark , night side of her mother , because of the special link that is forged between them and the way that the mother 's nature may be reflected in the daughter 's . |
| 25 | The frequency changes as the train passes and the high note is when the train is coming towards us and the low one when the train is going away , and you get the same effect with light except that instead of being high and low it 's blue shifted if the object is coming towards us and red if it 's going away . |
| 26 | after the fucking dog 's puking round me and the fucking |
| 27 | In The School of charity , Evelyn Underhill draws a parallel between the changes that take place when the Holy Spirit is working in us and the effect of yeast on dough . |
| 28 | If a neutral event has occurred within a certain time of an already important event , if it was of a certain category and if another of the same category had not been interposed between it and the important event , then that event itself acquires significance for the animal . |
| 29 | She saw the water at a higher level than it had been when Henrietta had been lowered into it and the mouths of the two pipes were almost submerged . |
| 30 | The lens of the machine was weaving above me and the clatter of new and used plates was endless . |