Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics complained that instead of just handing him the challenge , Spain 's arts ministry ought to have held an international competition for the best scheme . |
| 2 | The shock , after so many years of never knowing who the man was , woke her , but with such a sense of loss at this interrupted coitus she could n't sleep again for mourning it . |
| 3 | I 've just had a phone call in I 've just erm had a phone call from a conference company and she and part of her research the woman in came on one of my courses to just see what the background and what we were doing . |
| 4 | Each has a short opening paragraph ( ostensibly written by the editor ) which enables the reader to quickly grasp what the article is about . |
| 5 | Famous physicists talk about God without really knowing what the word means . |
| 6 | This at once gave me the idea for the experimental design I wanted . |
| 7 | I suppose this set of instructions at least offers you the liberty of constructing your own timetable . |
| 8 | After all , the last time such a state of affairs had existed , it had at least given her the bonus of being taken out to dinner by him . |
| 9 | But institutions could compensate for their loss of income by taking a more active role to ensure better performance from the management , which would at least give them the chance of a greater capital gain , so that their total return is unaffected . |
| 10 | The approach of the district judge at this stage of the proceedings is clearly crucial , although , whatever approach may be adopted in practice towards the parties , the review does at least give them the opportunity to meet and survey the relative strength of their cases . |
| 11 | If that is the case , you will find that reproducing this Four Seasons design will at least give you the chance to use four different colour themes and to create four little pictures within one frame . |
| 12 | Is n't it usual to at least give someone the benefit of a hearing before passing judgement , Dr Grant ? ’ |
| 13 | Will he at least allow them the cost of paying childminders ? |
| 14 | The other four INI files are usually not worth playing around with , but it 's useful to at least know what the control : |
| 15 | This at least gives him the freedom to go out for air and to do errands such as visiting local shops or going to the hairdresser . |