Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Elf war fleet led by Tyrion defeats the Norse in a huge sea battle and drives them away from the coast of Ulthuan . |
| 2 | In the hit movie Withnall and I , the two visit Riggindale and it drives them almost to the brink of distraction . |
| 3 | The child finds the same letters on the eight cubes and places them correctly in the tray underneath the card . |
| 4 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 5 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
| 6 | THE HONEST old hired hand who has seen it all looks you unwaveringly in the eye . |
| 7 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
| 8 | He unfolds it there as the antithesis between sin and grace . |
| 9 | The little girl holds the caterpillar , plies it carefully from the twig to which it had moulded itself . |
| 10 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
| 11 | For example , Mr X gives property to Mr Z who holds it absolutely for the infant unmarried son of Mr X. That is a transfer of an asset and a settlement for the purposes of ss663 and 664 ( although the Revenue may not apply ss663 where the income is not paid to the infant ) . |
| 12 | Eliot 's ‘ word , / Swaddled ’ , with its suggestion of Christ 's ‘ swaddling clothes ’ ( Luke 2 : 12 ) places us firmly within the area of fertility and birth , but Christ in ‘ Gerontion ’ comes not as baby but as frightening beast , associated , like totemic animals , with fertility . |
| 13 | Love is a strange force like gravity that holds us together in the transcendent and will suffer no parting . |
| 14 | The larger Diocesan pilgrimage joins us later in the week . |
| 15 | She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa . |
| 16 | He grabs me amicably by the shoulder , pinches me firmly , and explains that since the Chinese left no new equipment has been purchased . |
| 17 | He brandishes it wildly in the air , telling everyone they are safe now . |
| 18 | What happens if , as you move in close to grab his arm , he suddenly kicks you hard in the groin , and then stabs you as you double over in agony ? |
| 19 | She kisses me softly on the forehead and wraps me in her arms so securely I 'm reminded of my mother . |
| 20 | But no doubt we can return to these matters if the honourable gentleman raises them further in the course of the debate . |
| 21 | She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’ |
| 22 | The hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) talked about subsidies , and that leads me straight to the idea which has sometimes been muttered during the debate — that the mines should not have a subsidy . |
| 23 | She skips and twists among them , sniffing their hind-quarters , until at last she finds the two she seeks , her own young , and leads them away to the shade of a bush and there lets them suckle . |
| 24 | As soon as the chicks are mobile , she leads them away from the nest and down to the shore . |
| 25 | It steals between us in such a way that whether or not he sees me only as the outline Woman , I see him through it only as the crude outline Man . |
| 26 | That leads you right onto the south fields . |
| 27 | Though there appears to be no evidence to support Husameddin " s assertion that Molla Fenari actually went in company with Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey , the fact that the former dedicated his commentary on the to the latter and praises him fulsomely in the preface suggests a close connection between the two and is a further indication that it was during Karamanoglu Mehmed Bey 's rule ( 1402–19 , 1421–3 ) that Molla Fenari 's sojourn in Karaman occurred . |
| 28 | One Saturday evening she takes Howard by the arm and leads him away from the crowd round the pool and the bar , out of everyone 's earshot . |
| 29 | This leads us directly onto the argument based on the manifesto . |
| 30 | This view is pervasive amongst ordinary members of the RUC and leads us directly to the issue of how Northern Ireland 's divisions affect policemen and women , which the following chapters begin to address . |