Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Joseph saw it as the beginning of his retreat into loneliness and isolation . |
| 2 | ‘ That old Plumpton has them in the baths — an hour , private-like , once a week . ’ |
| 3 | basically so am I , I 've got to write a news in the next few days so I 'll see in early February tell him about the ideas , I 've also been in touch with another lobbying firm , I say been in touch but it 's quite easy because |
| 4 | However , the Bishop of London refused Hossmer a licence and the following November issued one for the incumbent of the English Church . |
| 5 | A fast trip through central London whisked them past the main tourist attractions and out to the suburbs to the International Training College where they were to stay . |
| 6 | Poor Andy knew nothing about the fact that his bride was planning to sport shorts for the most important vows of her life . |
| 7 | And I 'm pretty sure Natasha knew nothing about the kidnap . |
| 8 | Irish Tom detached himself from the group of workmen and swaggered , grinning , along the corridor . |
| 9 | The Malcolms said very little although that daft Janet mumbled something to the effect that the meeting , held prior to Grunte 's ‘ treat ’ , was in bad taste . |
| 10 | October saw the ‘ classroom ’ move along the road ( or the M4 ) to Swindon for John Lye and Richard Long of Nationwide Anglia to educate us on the mysteries of behavioural scoring on current accounts . |
| 11 | As recession-hit Britain steadied itself in the seventies , the Gedge family made a drastic move . |
| 12 | It 's a simple strategy ; score a goal at one end and hope Big Tommy saves you at the other end . |
| 13 | Sarah went on to ask Gedge to dedicate ‘ Shatner ’ to her while risque Katy invited him to the Plaza after the concert ! |
| 14 | But young Morton found it among the dead cases , all the same . ’ |
| 15 | Once attacked , even gentle Stan defended himself with the utmost terrier vigour , although afterwards he would shake and look very upset , while Ollie paraded , as confident as ever . |
| 16 | However , once Leopold relinquished his role of chaperone and travelling companion and the adolescent Wolfgang found himself off the parental leash , he promptly set about indulging all his hitherto repressed impulses , just like any other high-spirited teenager . |