Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They have treated it as a cheap option , giving workers a minimum training and offering them the minimum resources and telling them to get on with it — basically because that 's good enough for the poor . |
| 32 | The energiser that interpenetrates the physical world and shows us the higher aspects of reality … ’ |
| 33 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 34 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 35 | This position put its schools in the forefront and made it the leading school of Europe from the 1140s , until Paris began to take the lead in theology and philosophy ( but never in law ) in the 1180s . |
| 36 | Continued involvement of TL scientists through the different seasons of excavation has enabled them to collect samples and bury capsules to measure the associated gamma radiation dose rate , burying a capsule one summer and retrieving it the next . |
| 37 | Refuel the plane and send us the other brother , and we will send you the other passengers . |
| 38 | But how do we know that it is vocationally advantageous to study history or to put it the other way round , that to study history is not vocationally disadvantageous ? |
| 39 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 40 | So let's really all commit ourselves to the national raffle and make it the biggest and most successful raffle Save The Children has ever had . |
| 41 | The German army itself was in theory a composite force of Prussian , Saxon , Bavarian and Württemberger troops ; this diversity meant little more than differences of name and uniform , for the Prussian staff controlled the whole apparatus as a unified system and made it the best army in the world . |
| 42 | All you or your workmen have to do is supply a concrete base and clad the outside walls in brick or stone and give it the finishing touches . |
| 43 | I shall detain them with my Mariner 's ancient , emaciated claw and give them the full works . |
| 44 | A panel of experts decided Kate 's winning menu made the best use of French cheese and awarded her the top prize a Concorde flight to Paris for a supersonic celebration . |
| 45 | She resented his tone but told him the real news , Pascoe 's resignation . |
| 46 | Its texture adds fashion appeal and makes it the perfect partner for a summer suit . |
| 47 | Morton crossed to the cupboard and gave her the brown-paper parcel . |
| 48 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 49 | After they have gone to the ball , Cinderella , with a giggle , picks up her broom and gives it the same lesson , using it as a partner . |
| 50 | Properly installed — and full instructions accompany the Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm — a smoke detector will warn you of smouldering in the earliest stages of a fire and give you the vital few minutes that really could make the difference between death and survival . |
| 51 | It is neither possible nor desirable to fix any language at one point in time and keep it the same ever afterwards . |
| 52 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 53 | As we were turning to follow his directions , he drew up his cuff and showed us the blue tattooed cross that all Copts have on the inside of their wrists . |