Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times the cottage tried to throw me from the scuffle boards , one night she succeeded , I got a badly twisted ankle . |
| 2 | I think for every feeling , no matter how inward and personal it appears , the writer has to find something in the visible world which corresponds to it , to make it visible for the reader . |
| 3 | This is the outer layer of the tent designed to protect you from the elements , usually wind and rain , but it could also be from heat . |
| 4 | That some compositors , and not only on the committee , took a more sympathetic view of the problem is suggested by one writer to the STC , as far back as 1886 , whose attitude seems with hindsight to be the most constructive approach voiced by an Edinburgh man : that the women be treated seriously as colleagues and an attempt made to integrate them into the cultural world of the compositor from which they were decidedly excluded : A trade female society should be organised , having in connection a sick etc. fund ; a reading-room provided with illustrated and comic papers and magazines ; a library of high-class light literature chiefly and encyclopedias , dictionaries etc. : and an efficient committee to arrange for a grand picnic every summer and social gatherings in winter evenings . |
| 5 | The college failed to elect him to the Bye-Fellowship . |
| 6 | Madonna has often talked of her Ten Year Plan , a route to megastardom designed to keep her in the manner to which she has quickly become accustomed for years to come too . |
| 7 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 8 | ‘ His agent came to see us at the St Louis Lollapalooza show , and we talked about the possibility of doing something together . |
| 9 | To Pétain , for whom the future seemed to hold nothing but the obscurity of a colonel in retirement , the war and the dramatic failure of Plan XVII brought an unexpected opportunity to prove his ideas . |
| 10 | Such a figure tends to replicate itself in the relationships and practices in which children engage in later life . |
| 11 | The gale threatened to blow her into the water . |
| 12 | On the picture just conveyed , research appears to have something of the character of a commodity , largely unconnected with ‘ improvement ’ , whether improvement of society or of the individual . |
| 13 | If our dear departed were not going to speak out against the Berlin talks as seemed altogether likely suppose — I must say suppose — that some deranged mind decided to eliminate him under the guise of a Muscovite attempt on the dear Praident ? |
| 14 | Still tied together with the strands of wool we moved towards the fence intending to drape it on the wire . |
| 15 | And it 's too wide to loop the line around ; I wo n't have enough slack left to lower myself to the hole . ’ |
| 16 | The College wrote to tell me of the embarrassing reply of my referee , and my supervisor got on to Bondi and refreshed his memory . |
| 17 | As a teenager , I laughed off an incident when a nappy horse attempted to deposit me on the wrong side of the railings on a motorway bridge . |
| 18 | She had not merely been a housekeeper but her qualities of efficiency , cheerfulness and gastronomic expertise seemed to fit her for the task of looking after this unusual pair . |
| 19 | One source said : ‘ When Rose arrived in Perth , the old money prepared to accept her around the scene . |
| 20 | Heritage groups had feared it would leave the country after the Tate Gallery failed to buy it before the sale . |
| 21 | Cardigans and coats are difficult because your child has to approach them from the wrong side . |
| 22 | I 'm the female lead , the hero has to get me at the end . |
| 23 | I asked her , " Would you mind if I have a boyfriend ? " and she said " It depends " and I said " What if I said somebody wanted to take me to the pictures ? " and it was , " If a boy wants to take you to the pictures , he 's only alter one thing . |
| 24 | It heralded the end of the session , as Danny 's mood seemed to transmit itself to the others and they too became restless . |
| 25 | Their personal responsibility for decision-making seemed to elevate them above the social struggle , to make them neutral arbiters between the competing interests of nobles , townsmen , and peasants . |
| 26 | However , the museum plans to display it in the spring in the Egyptian galleries . |
| 27 | While the duped adversary prepared to defend himself against the apparently raised weapon , the student 's left hand would draw the upside-down dagger from his belt and plunge it into his rival 's stomach . |
| 28 | This will also apply where the child intends to represent himself in the proceedings and is capable of doing so . |
| 29 | Reception rang through and said there was a lady waiting to see me in the foyer . |
| 30 | Sheila , however , hung grimly on to it , whereupon the boy began to pull her along the path . |