Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [pers pn] [be] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say when are you going to stop it , and I say , when am I going to stop it , when am I — it was the second night they were in the bar together after their week of absence I remember . |
| 2 | Although , as we have seen , they emerged in the latter half of the fifteenth century it was under the Tudors that they reached a peak of development . |
| 3 | Collins was in his fifth final , having appeared twice each for Cardiff and Newport , and for the fourth time he was on the winning side . |
| 4 | I think that the hon. Gentleman knows that in the first instance it is for the mineral planning authority to decide whether to revoke the planning consent for extractions and whether such action is warranted . |
| 5 | By the end of the first lap he was in the lead group , following Klementiev , Bohacs and Zereske with Bartunek already in the process of being dropped and no-one else in sight . |
| 6 | The first week I was at the school , I attempted to climb a tree , and was reproved by a horrified prefect . |
| 7 | By the end of that first tour he was on the cover of Rolling Stone . |
| 8 | We ca n't remember any , but the first time we were on the cover was one of the high points of our short and illustrious career ( pass the sickbag please , stewardess ) |
| 9 | When was the first time you were in the dark , locked in and taken over by someone else ? |
| 10 | Now , while as if bestowing some order of merit she fastened the beads round my neck , her face wore a motherly expression and for the first time I was with the Aunt Louise of my childhood . |
| 11 | I knew whenever I saw her , first time I was in the shop that I recognized her from somewhere . |
| 12 | First time it was to the did he say whether Gavin got off alright ? |
| 13 | Ca n't tell you how long a journey it was back in the fog from Liverpool that day , and then when we were relegated back again to the third division it was on the last match of the season against Charlton , and the heavens opened and a big thunder storm and it just flooded the pitch and the referee just called the match off and they had to play it again the following Friday and Charlton ran out two-one winners and Walsall finished with nine fit men and still that 's the football I suppose . |
| 14 | As this meeting is in camera it is allowable at this stage to point out that certain elements in this family , being of — er — immigrant origin , ah , have a totally different conception of the role of a daughter in a family and of parental rights , and while doing all they could to respect the traditions of minority ethnic groups , and in particular the rather dominant role of the father in such societies , in the last resort it was with the protection of a minor that the Council was concerned according to the law of this country . |
| 15 | The next moment I was on the floor and one was kicking me and the other was hitting me in the face . |
| 16 | Like , one minute we 're there , next minute we 're in the hospital . |
| 17 | Anyway the next day they were on the er if machine is not clean when I come in then I should not run as I did not run this morning for four hours as I might as well come in on Saturday morning and clean them myself So she in . |
| 18 | right I 'll , last week I was in the surgery one day to help Sue and she had |
| 19 | Next thing we were in the woods and away . |
| 20 | Head full of academic knowledge but nothing else — and before anybody could bat an eyelid , he applied to sit an exam in London , and the next thing he was in the Metropolitan Police . |
| 21 | One moment he was shouting at the boys in the dorm to keep quiet , the next thing he was in the bathroom retching , then out on the landing , heaving and crying out . |
| 22 | Last year we were at the bottom ; we can forget about that . |
| 23 | well my birthdays on the twenty sixth twenty seven , last year I was on the twenty six , I was twenty six |
| 24 | By the end of the 18th century it was in the hands of John Sutton . |
| 25 | Next time we 're in the office |
| 26 | The next time you are along the river and you spot a shoal of chub , or an individual fish , see how close you can get before they , or it , take fright . |
| 27 | Next time you are in the countryside , spend 15 minutes in the dark , or , better still , half an hour . |
| 28 | Remember the next time you 're on the fells it 's up to us — only we can prevent the hills from vanishing , so watch where you 're putting your feet . |
| 29 | So if you look at the next time you 're in the loo |
| 30 | If it helps the hon. Gentleman , I shall try to wear my tie upside down the next time I am at the Dispatch Box . |