Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Has my father paid the ransom ? ’ |
| 2 | It also applies where the buyer exercises his right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated because of a breach of condition . |
| 3 | A persistent critic of profligate government , he now has his chance to trim the deficit . |
| 4 | ‘ Or has your self-absorption swept the reason you came here from your mind ? ’ |
| 5 | erm no I would n't agree with that , put it has your wife received the letter from us ? |
| 6 | The command you can see starts or switches to Word for Windows ( the USEEXIST makes the button switch to Word if it 's already open , and the IMAX sizes its window to leave the Power Launcher toolbar clear at the top of the screen , and icons clear at the bottom ) . |
| 7 | SunSoft , who only reckons Taligent and Microsoft as competitors , thinks its wherewithal to develop the operating system long-term is persuasive . |
| 8 | Although Geoffrey 's mother is a school Governor she says her son wrote the letter without any prompting from her . |
| 9 | But dance has long been a popular option at Haughton where teacher Jenny Ruston says its hard to find the time to meet all the demand from boys and girls . |
| 10 | For its part , Compaq Computer Corp says its decision to abandon the MIPS platform is based on considerable market research and interrogation of its major Fortune 1000 and FT 500 customer base . |
| 11 | Baillie Gifford says its plan to restructure the trust 's portfolio to change the emphasis to Hong Kong , Singapore , Malaysia and Thailand , approved at the August extraordinary general meeting , is almost complete . |
| 12 | Nick Wirth says its like dribbling the ball around the goalmouth … they 've got to put it in the net … he 's confident but not over confident … they will do their best |
| 13 | Suite Software says its product insulates the developer from disparities in hardware , operating systems and networks through its SuiteDome Architecture Encapsulation Layer . |
| 14 | She uses her silk to line the walls and also to bind particles of soil together into a circular lid three-quarters of an inch across . |
| 15 | Having gained weight so rapidly , the abandoned pup then begins to lose it as it uses its blubber to develop the organs of its body . |
| 16 | Indeed if there is any validity in the argument that the narrow background and insularity of judges renders them unfitted to make decisions with significant broad social consequences , there is some merit in a system which limits their ability to change the law and reserves such questions for full consideration by a democratically elected legislature . |
| 17 | Tony Butler says his force needs the support of courts and other agencies if it 's to stamp out the problem . |
| 18 | Wapnick is tall and long-limbed , and he uses his reach to cut the ball off early in flight and to dig it out of the corners . |
| 19 | 2 Maintaining his hold on the attacker , the defender uses his block to pull the attacker onto a rising knee to the stomach . |
| 20 | If he does , he loses his right to reject the goods but still has a right to damages , section 11(4) . |
| 21 | ‘ It allows your enemy to set the terms of the debate . |
| 22 | The acolyte Rizla clears his throat to deliver the lecture . |
| 23 | Blackfriars , as we still call it , may be a monument to Edward 's friendship with the Dominicans ; but it also marks his determination to avoid the fate of his grandfather , King John , who had been finally driven to agree to the Magna Carta by finding the gates of the City shut against him . |
| 24 | Shortly afterwards , during a bombing raid on Germany , his plane is damaged , he orders his crew to abandon the aircraft- and he crashes suicidally into cliffs , his confidence having been smashed . |
| 25 | H. L. A. Hart , who has recently added his voice in support of this kind of analysis , provides the following explanation : ‘ The commander characteristically intends his hearer to take the commander 's will instead of his own as a guide to action and so to take it in place of any deliberation or reasoning of his own : the expression of the commander 's will … is intended to preclude or cut off any independent deliberation by the hearer of the merits pro and con of doing the act . ’ |
| 26 | Throw-in by into the penalty area , heads it away , jumps again but too late , blows his whistle does the referee Keith and the applause tells you that they 're happy at , they should be , it 's one goal each . |
| 27 | Here 's to a browse through the winter knits , and the hope that global warming takes its time reaching the UK . |
| 28 | Later today , North West MPs from Merseyside , Cheshire , Lancashire and Manchester are meeting to demand that the Government keeps its promise to maintain the pits earmarked for closure . |
| 29 | At 10am the lieutenant sounds his bugle to call the archers together . |
| 30 | THE LIEUTENANT SOUNDS HIS BUGLE TO ASSEMBLE THE ARCHERS WHO ARE TO SHOOT FOR THE ‘ ANCIENT SILVER ARROW ’ ( Page 65 ) |