Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God sent the Spirit of Jesus to his followers in order to equip them to carry on the mission of his Son in the world . |
| 2 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 3 | But there have been people so sunk in self-blame they 've taken on the guilt of their firm 's collapse — which really does have to be nonsense . |
| 4 | He had learned one vital piece of information where Riddle went on the night of his disappearance — and he had no wish to persecute these youngsters , who seemed to have acted with good intentions . |
| 5 | Mother carried on the tradition in our house and she was a talented musician . |
| 6 | He handed her her jacket , which had been hanging on the back of her chair . |
| 7 | The accompanying letter said how much they enjoyed the tour of Springfields and said Eric could pass on the sticker to his son . |
| 8 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 9 | Also one of the new pope 's first actions , taken on the day after his consecration , was to extract an oath of obedience from the prefect of Rome . |
| 10 | As early as 1879 , the union secretary was reporting in consternation : " so highly are they prized that one master who employs 20 girls vauntingly said that with his girls and the … foreman , he could carry on the work of his establishment , dispensing with journeymen ! " |
| 11 | The architect was Andrea Spezza ; the two men who carried on the work after his death , Vicenzo Boccaccio and Nicolo Sebregondi , followed his designs . |
| 12 | With a piercing stab of remorse at yet another misconstruction , Merrill recalled the painting she had thought belonged to Luke , which hung on the wall outside his room . |
| 13 | It is a poor leader who does not know his opposite numbers , and while I do not go to the extent of General Montgomery in the desert with a picture of my primary competitors hanging on the wall of my office , I know them all , and have a healthy respect for them . |
| 14 | One of the keys to his very particular philosophy hangs on the wall of his office at Scottish Life . |
| 15 | This meeting with Temple was so important to him that the photograph of the group hung on the wall of his room when he died . |
| 16 | Equally , he had a peasant cross , made of embroidered material , hanging on the wall of his bedroom there ; he had bought that in Bulawayo when there with a visiting company in 1953 . |
| 17 | Rather : thin muslin sheets of brown and red were being pulled past his eyes , patterned like the blankets woven by the women , patterned like the rug that hung on the wall in his daughter 's room . |
| 18 | Does subsidiarity mean that the Member States should be permitted to decide whether that decision is an individual matter or one for the national state to take on the basis of its view of where the best interests of |
| 19 | Hassan Hamdan , aged seven , was shot in the head by a sniper when he switched on the light at his bedroom in Mossaitbeh , a poor residential district controlled by Amal . |
| 20 | The frown was back between his eyes as I put on the light in my room . |
| 21 | They had three sons and six daughters ; the eldest son , John Wesley Hackworth ( 1820–1891 ) carried on the business after his father 's death , 7 July 1850 , at his home in Shildon , county Durham . |
| 22 | There was nothing left now , but to grow old , but to grow old and take on the burden of her mother growing even older . |
| 23 | An employee might believe that his promotion prospects hung on the extent of his activity in pushing for trade union recognition or safety provision . |
| 24 | Each morning he first switched on the power for his terminal . |
| 25 | The rocker switch on the side of my head clicked … work off , weekend on … stress off , mellow on … and sea air crackled static through my stale brain . |
| 26 | Clare was let off the residential weekend which is a normal part of the selection process and was taken on the strength of her interview and written application . |
| 27 | From then on the strength of our negotiating position is likely to deteriorate . |
| 28 | It dragged down the timbre of his voice to a gruff murmur . |
| 29 | The Doctor looked up and put on his spectacles which immediately slid down the perspiration on his nose . |
| 30 | Having secured seats on the saloon deck we went to look about us , and saw another large flock of sheep being driven down the quay towards our steamer . |