Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 2 | I admire them for being so up front about their religious activity because it puts them right in the front line against anti-Semitism . ’ |
| 3 | I could see this condition coming upon me relentlessly from the first moment Dana cast his eyes upon me : he was another who knew how to use the power of the evil eye , almost casually , to enchant total strangers . |
| 4 | I think both he and Weatherall are outstanding prospects , but need an ‘ old head ’ to bring them on over the next couple of years ( pity about O'Leary ) . |
| 5 | I think it opens up the child 's awareness to what 's available and what 's coming erm moves them on into the next century really . |
| 6 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 7 | It 's dragged a few graceful oddities away from comparing navel fluff in their garages and shoved them on to the European circuit . |
| 8 | He pulled off his work jeans and threw them on to the little pile in the corner . |
| 9 | In every generation , REPRODUCTION takes the genes that are supplied to it by the previous generation , and hands them on to the next generation but with minor random errors — mutations . |
| 10 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 11 | Instead of getting rid of the programmes , they should sack the bosses who put them on in the first place . |
| 12 | Dressing apraxia refers to difficulty in putting on clothes ; the patient may manipulate them haphazardly , unable to relate them spatially to his own body , or he may be unable to put them on in the correct sequence . |
| 13 | It would be best to grow them on in the smaller tank as they are likely to be attacked , if not eaten , by the larger fish . |
| 14 | You did n't turn them on until the second part . |
| 15 | The French troops in Saudi Arabia moved up to Hafar al-Batin , some 100 km from the Kuwaiti border , placing them effectively in the front line . |
| 16 | He reached beneath the saddle and dipped his fingers in the shelf of scented unguents , then began to smear them delicately about the tiny hole , pushing inward , the unguents working their magic spell , making the muscles relax . |
| 17 | As of the end of June 1991 at least six of these statutes were undergoing the process of appeal which would almost certainly bring them eventually to the Supreme Court , where any of them could serve as the occasion for the reversal of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling , Roe v. Wade . |
| 18 | Just as they were about to give up hope of finding their way a huge while wolf appeared , which instead of attacking them began to guide them skilfully through the dark wood . |
| 19 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 20 | He did say to me right in the very beginning basically it 's answering the telephone . |
| 21 | They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me . |
| 22 | Which brings me on to the major bookshop sellers , led by two strong titles : |
| 23 | yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group |
| 24 | He had always seen them somewhere in the medical field as well as on a rugby pitch . |
| 25 | He sent them all over the Islamic world to kill his enemies . ’ |
| 26 | Another chapter today would see me nicely into the second half of my story , and this evening I would talk to Crispin and get things sorted out with him . |
| 27 | The cultural value of all these activities was thought to be negligible but at least some useful qualities were being inculcated and above all their commercial basis bound them in to the mainstream organization and values of middle-class society . |
| 28 | Finish off the sides by turning them in to the wrong side on the creaselines , with the interlining . |
| 29 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |
| 30 | We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory . |