Example sentences of "the words the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were the words the Devil whispered softly into Little Billy 's ear on that sunny summer afternoon . |
| 2 | My fingers ca n't spell out the words the way I want them to . |
| 3 | The column to the left records information about the intended words in the utterance , the words the speaker thought he was saying . |
| 4 | He heard the words the Curator was saying but he made no reply . |
| 5 | The words THE HANGMAN S ARMS showed up just long enough to be read . |
| 6 | AT 3.30pm yesterday a hushed House of Commons listened as Prime Minister said the words the nation hoped it would never hear : ‘ With regret , The Prince and Princess of Wales have decided to separate . ’ |
| 7 | As I sat there I recalled the words the Doctor had just spoken to me and the tears came back . |
| 8 | Choose three or four and pick the ones that most need correcting , that is , the words the pupil ought to be able to spell at this stage ( see What goes wrong ? , page 6 ) . |
| 9 | When he went to work that evening Tod left the letters by the front step , encased in a white shoebox on which someone — presumably Irene — had scrawled the words The Hell With You . |
| 10 | She regretted the words the moment they were out . |
| 11 | He uses this as an argument for departing from the consequences of the words the testator has used . |
| 12 | What it said sounded very much like the words the woman had just used . |
| 13 | Or , to look at it from the child 's point of view , the words the adult uses will be interpreted in the light of the forms of social understanding which have already been forged non-verbally . |
| 14 | As he said the words the Coroner stared at Newman , who stared back . |
| 15 | What techniques will distil from the words the essence of what the author is trying to say ? |