Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb base] the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet when I step off the bus at the Coronet cinema I get the same lurch as when I first left home . |
2 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
3 | ‘ And then of course you need the same set-up in Europe . |
4 | This combination of specimens could be recognized either by grouping them into a single genus or into a tribe , and on present evidence I favour the latter alternative and suggest the Afropithecini as a suitable name . |
5 | saying at this mediterranean diet that the more fruit and veg you eat the less chance you 've got of heart disease and cancer |
6 | However , utterances of ( 38 ) -(40) and the like can in fact convey a great deal : ( 38 ) War is war ( 39 ) Either John will come or he wo n't ( 40 ) If he does it , he does it Note that these , by virtue of their logical forms ( respectively : x ( W(x) — W(x) ) ; p V p ; p — p ) are necessarily true ; ergo they share the same truth conditions , and the differences we feel to lie between them , as well as their communicative import , must be almost entirely due to their pragmatic implications . |
7 | My Search reveals that the property is within a conservation area and this means that if there are any trees growing on the property they have the same protection as trees the subject of a Tree Preservation Order . |
8 | In many great collections , you can tell that all the items are related , by the way they share the same style of presentation . |