Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | So I pulled on my clothes and hurried to the palace . |
| 32 | I prepared to collect the rest of my medicines and make for the hospital , when the policeman said to me , ‘ Excuse me , sir . |
| 33 | In each case , however , corporate Japan 's response was a positive one , with companies restructuring their operations and emerging from the difficulties in a stronger position than before . |
| 34 | Owen bellowed orders , and the bushes threshed as the Welsh circled their enemies and took to the thickest of the woodland on their way to the river valley . |
| 35 | She finished her notes and looked at the list of suspects . |
| 36 | ( manager ) has particular responsibilities for handling the financial affairs of the HCIMA , and its investments and acting upon the decisions of Council as they affect the finances of the HCIMA . |
| 37 | Aunt Sarah 's rug needle dropped from her fingers and clattered on the stone floor . |
| 38 | She pinned them bravely to the shoulder of her dress , touched the blooms lightly with her fingers and said to the room at large , |
| 39 | Guido dropped her cases and strode across the tiled floor . |
| 40 | Indeed , the fusion between economic and political goals , the fact that workers often did not draw a sharp line between protest against their employers and protest against the government , boded ill for liberal hopes of channelling worker discontent into peaceful , non-political waters . |
| 41 | Only her determination not to betray weakness in front of fitzAlan had enabled her to grit her teeth and step into the seemingly bottomless pit . |
| 42 | She now had a cigarette between her teeth and squinted against the smoke . |
| 43 | In the end , Honor gritted her teeth and tapped on the door . |
| 44 | Thus by the mid-thirties the boundaries of the WEA 's sector of provision were becoming somewhat ragged margins as the other two better-funded and organised providers developed their policies and encroached into the territory of earlier voluntary endeavour . |
| 45 | At independence , the new governments had looked around for ways of publicizing their activities and seized upon the means to do so . |
| 46 | She moved away a little , patting her petticoats and looking at the dog . |
| 47 | She watched , listened , learned and assessed , speaking only when spoken to in general — whilst all the while making her plans and looking to the future … |
| 48 | They were forced to turn back , part with their briefcases and leave by the main exit , enduring a search and the humiliation of the crowd . |
| 49 | A section of the road was shut for a week and motorists were warned to clean their cars and to dispose of the rags in plastic bags . |
| 50 | Most people stretch their legs and go into the stations . |
| 51 | Different ruses were used to encourage Africans to leave their homes and work on the new colonial projects . |
| 52 | Placing the night-light against the wall she sat down on the top stair , humping the eiderdown high over her shoulders and gazing into the darkness . |
| 53 | She threw her shawl around her shoulders and hurried from the house . |
| 54 | Iris picked up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom . |
| 55 | Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom , her mind retracing the events of the night . |
| 56 | By their words and conduct in the shop , including their production of the goods and signing of the receipts , they were expressly or impliedly incriminating themselves . |
| 57 | They loosen their ties and slouch against the wall with hands in pockets in manufactured nonchalance . |
| 58 | The deputies were to keep their privileges and pay until the end of their five-year term of office , in 1994 . |
| 59 | The carers then place one shoulder under the patient 's shoulder nearest to them ; they clasp their other hand to each other 's wrist under the patient 's thighs , balance on their free arms , and lever the patient upwards or downwards in the bed by bending their knees and leaning towards the direction of the movement . |
| 60 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |