Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb base] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep close watch on the stitches , it is worth working a little slower to make sure that all the stitches have knitted and should you find that an occasional loop stays over the needle after knitting the row , set the main carriage for EMPTY and move it across the knitting to knit any unworked loop . |
| 2 | Once the momentum of marketing is established the ideas and actions become almost self-generating and weave themselves through the normal contacts and business of the day . |
| 3 | Six was brought up in the family business but declining trade prompted him to retire early and devote himself to the wide range of interests typical of an eighteenth-century intellectual , although there is no evidence that he ever received any formal training . |
| 4 | Phone Rich and ask him about the sound ! |
| 5 | It is essential that all Teachers fill in the enclosed form with regard to information for the Annual Report as soon as possible and return it to the Office or to at the latest by the end of January . |
| 6 | We shall come back as quickly as possible and take you to the Hall . |
| 7 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 8 | ‘ So , ’ Nathan pulled the towel from his shoulder and tossed it aside , ‘ after you 've tidied the galley , wipe the oilskins dry and hang them in the locker . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope John will work exceptionally hard and get himself on the bench for the QPR game . |
| 10 | The magazine Fair Lady carries an advertisement in which a white woman addresses the reader : ‘ I discuss family planning with my domestic and take her to the nearest clinic . |
| 11 | ‘ You remember : they wear pants and take us out to dinner if we 're very lucky and kick us in the teeth every chance they get . ’ |
| 12 | for the first crossover you take three stitches from the left and cross them with the three centre stitches . |
| 13 | ( You can easily check that you have square and row one at the bottom left , by clicking on the pencil icon with the left mouse button and taking the cross pointer into the first bottom left square . |
| 14 | Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground . |
| 15 | All you need to do is fill in the registration card that comes with your software or peripheral and pop it in the post box . |
| 16 | As the New Right has denounced and undermined a communitarian form of society , so ‘ The numbers of people for whom such communitarian visions are good and mean something at the level of their everyday experiences are declining , attenuating their moral force . ’ |
| 17 | Erm we have the graduates who we 're training up and they 're not very good and drop us in the mire sometimes . |
| 18 | He took out a key and let himself into the building . |
| 19 | O H O H is is a single negative but keep it inside the bracket that 's it and do n't forget the two applies to everything inside there so |
| 20 | Then we can return to the problem of persuading the giant to leave us alone and ask who in the drama has those qualities ? |
| 21 | I 'm trying to make it more beautiful and transform it into the language of clothes . |
| 22 | I 'll cut him up small and fry him for the kids ' breakfast . |
| 23 | Practise the above and familiarise yourself with the co-ordination required for turns in each direction before trying to fly proper circuits . |
| 24 | The problem is that soap washes out the natural skin oils which keep our skin supple and protect it from the ravages of the outside world . |
| 25 | ‘ I have work to attend to , Master Corbett The inn-keeper 's body has been coffined and has now to be churched before the villagers become too drunk and dump him in the pond . ’ |
| 26 | This water originates at the Antarctic Divergence , a narrow zone close to the continent where diverging westerly and easterly winds pull subsurface waters upward and spread them across the ocean surface . |
| 27 | Secondly , the provision of subways and footbridges should be avoided where possible , for they are often ignored by pedestrians who would rather dodge through the cars than climb to bridge level or expose themselves to the unpleasant and sometimes dangerous environment of a subway . |
| 28 | Clean the gunge that is probably beneath these brushes , rub everything clean and return them in the right order . |
| 29 | When it 's as warm as it is tonight , you 'll be able to leave the hatch open and imagine yourselves in the heart of Venice . " |
| 30 | Floaters , though , they fling their portals wide and usher you into the hall , crying ‘ Ah-ha — just the man I wanted to see ! ’ |