Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've had no trouble with deliveries because my husband brings the stuff in at five o'clock in the morning . |
| 2 | But Bob Champion 's immediate duties after his victory included the obligatory press conference , and his words there sum up why the 1981 Grand National has gone down in history not only as one of the most emotional races ever run , but as perhaps the most inspirational : |
| 3 | The buyer 's right to treat the contract as repudiated arises in the same circumstances as his right to reject the goods , i. e. if the seller commits a breach of condition or a breach of warranty which deprives the buyer of substantially the whole benefit of the contract ( see paragraph 7–04 , above ) . |
| 4 | If you blow dry hair , concentrate on these Crucial Zones when your hair reaches the Conversion Point . |
| 5 | In the nine years since your majesty ascended the throne of Annam in 1916 , your kingdom has continued to enjoy the unselfish and benevolent protection of France and it is our sincere hope that this mutually rewarding state of affairs will continue far into the distant future to the benefit of both our peoples . |
| 6 | Five years after his illness began the patient complained of progressive visual impairment . |
| 7 | Thus he was a supernumerary stoker on a tramp steamer ( how Thesiger hated appearing before the ambassador in Constantinople in his flannels when His Excellency cabled the boat with an invitation ) . |
| 8 | Richard Fish , 24 , told from his hospital bed last night how he fractured his spine in three places when his bid to equal the world canoe free-fall record for a second time went ‘ horribly wrong . ’ |
| 9 | Within a minute of coming on , substitute Tony O'Donovan put Didcot right back in to the game and then Paul Spittle was so unlucky not to level the scores as his shot hit the post . |
| 10 | For this exercise you bend the elbows until your chin touches the floor , then shoot them out straight so that your upper body flies up and your hands leave the floor . |
| 11 | Taken prisoner with his brother-in-law at the fall of Sherborne Castle ( 1645 ) , he spent nearly three years in the Tower with Wortley and other leading Cavaliers until his father paid the maximum delinquency fine of £10,000 . |