Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Di wrote to her after the ceremony thanking her for all the work she had done for fellow cancer sufferers and for raising £40,000 towards the centre . |
| 2 | Her hands were in his dark hair , her mouth kissing him with all the love and desire she had suppressed for so long . |
| 3 | Just when you 're looking forward to pushing the boat out and having a spending spree , your sensible side reminds you of all the practical and prudent things you should be doing with any extra money you have . |
| 4 | That small part of the Doctor 's character that allowed for scepticism reminded him of all the times such naivety had landed him in trouble before . |
| 5 | This magnificent , and still valuable , work earned him in 1920 the Lyell medal of the Geological Society of London ( of which he was a senior fellow and later vice-president ) and an honorary doctorate ( 1919 ) from the University of Wales . |
| 6 | Folates are found in wholegrain cereals , fruit and vegetables , so as long as her diet included plenty of these the risk of spina bifida was low . |
| 7 | For Page has deliberately divided his dancers into the traditional hierarchy of principles , soloists and corps , and in so doing reminds us of all the great courts of 19th century ballets . |
| 8 | You know all the psychiatrists will tell you that comedy is a kind of biological mechanism to save us from all the things we fear most , death being one of the , you know , the most is just a spit away you see . |
| 9 | God bless Mummy , Daddy , all our family , those throughout the world ; Keep all Evil from our home , And by the great mercy defend us From all the perils and dangers of this night , amen |
| 10 | The boy was presumably present when his mother stood before a Frankish assembly " declaring her willingness to purge herself on all the charges levelled against her " — and no accuser appeared . |
| 11 | We will call inferences of this type bridging inferences in order to distinguish them from all the possible inferences which could be drawn from a particular sentence . |
| 12 | Whatever the best is , the Profitboss communicates it to all the people in his organization , using keyline statements to get the message of " the best " across in simple terms . |
| 13 | I got my just desserts from Dad , which made my Mom cry more than me , but all in all I was given enough love and affection to cushion me against all the hardships that were to come . |