Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all my heart I hope for the failure of that first book — no , volume , of mine , from beginning to end not trash , but heartless pretence . |
| 2 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 3 | Most of my work I do in the evenings when he 's in bed , ’ Ashley explained . |
| 4 | When I quit my job it felt like the end of term , it felt like Saturday morning , it felt great , it felt illegal . |
| 5 | With that remark I took my leave and made my way through the orchard and onto the road leading to Brigade H.Q That evening as I lay in my trench I thought about the events of the first seven days in Normandy . |
| 6 | Those of his generation ( to my shock I wake to the realisation of senior membership ) who call themselves writers practise all the genres and will write anything for money — even , like Auden , for a brace of cheap cigars . ’ |
| 7 | As soon as I got into my flat I looked at the Supersight club with great care . |
| 8 | But when Siegfried drove away , the activity stopped abruptly and as I was leaving with my pockets stuffed with the equipment for my round I glanced into the sitting room and saw the young man stretched in his favourite chair . |
| 9 | As I sipped the remainder of my beer I reflected on the years that had past , the paddling trips we had done together and all the good times . |
| 10 | ‘ For much of my life I lived in the Hacienda de Nieve surrounded by savage formality . |
| 11 | Yes , my schooling I went to the School in nineteen seventeen in the middle of the First World War . |
| 12 | From the comfort of my armchair I reach across the table and pick up the gun . |
| 13 | But while I lay in my bed I thought about the accident . |
| 14 | Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out . |
| 15 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 16 | This narrow interpretation may be ingenious but in my judgment it flies in the face of the ordinary meaning of the language and of the purpose of the statute . |
| 17 | But most of my time I spent in the many and varied mosques , and each day I went back to Hagia Sophia , sometimes remaining for hours . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , just before I set up my workshop I sent off the application form to the appropriate office , ’ Ashley explained , ‘ but there was no acknowledgement . |
| 19 | Despising herself for her weakness she reached for the telephone , dialling Nick 's number . |
| 20 | Pausing only to change her dress and smooth her hair she went into the Casa Guidi , laboriously climbed the stairs and arriving in the drawing room in some distress through lack of breath , was hastily urged to sit down and put up her feet and take a dish of tea . |
| 21 | To cover her confusion she enquired after the latest entertaining village gossip from Lucy , who was prone to whiling away hours at the ante-natal clinic in deep conversation with fellow village wives . |
| 22 | In her mind she went over the transformation . |
| 23 | The girls , as in her mind she thought of the Misses Cardings , had trimmed it with a deep tone of lime-green velvet ribbon and in the heart of the bow at the side they had placed two tiny red silk rosebuds . |
| 24 | With their eyes erect and fear in their speed they run for the safety of the waves . |
| 25 | In the privacy of her bedroom she grimaced in the direction of the voice and made her way downstairs , taking her time , not caring if he went grey in the process of waiting for her . |
| 26 | As Aggie pulled the arms from around her waist she glanced to the side , for Ben was no longer in the room . |
| 27 | Lord Justice Neill said an examination of the Royal Charter under which the Jockey Club was set up and of the powers conferred on it suggested that in some aspects of its work it operated in the public domain . |
| 28 | Then as she started to unbutton her blouse she moved around the bed and sat down , turning her head to one side to read the titles of the books in the mellow light from the table lamp . |
| 29 | The day after her accident we went to the swimming baths so she could have a shower . |
| 30 | Prior to her retirement she acted as the Society 's Liaison Officer for the Sports Council for the last 20 years . |