Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sailing along quite the thing and we were right down I du n no how far , if we were right in the middle of them or just on the edge of them , but we were not far from them . |
| 2 | She told me that just across the road there lived what she described as a mantenuta , a kept woman , whose lover visited her every day : she could be seen waiting for him behind the semi-closed shutters . |
| 3 | The second came when Bennett and Carter both went for the ball , which bounced off the pair of them and again into the net . |
| 4 | The latter — that is , those living with spouses and with younger people — are most likely to obtain support from those living with them and little from the state . |
| 5 | With fewer defence contracts around , American aircraft manufacturers such as Rockwell and McDonnell Douglas have been pressing Boeing to redirect subcontracting work towards them and away from the Japanese . |
| 6 | The serjeant rubbed his chin and looked at them and then at the friar , sucking in air noisily through his blackened teeth . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've read most of them and am of the opinion they do the author a disservice . |
| 8 | Okay , what I 'm going to do now is I 'm going to split you in , into groups , I want to split you into two groups , we could have up to you , and the dividing line will be you and then at the back there . |
| 9 | The result will be disappointing , not only for you but also for the bride who has been looking forward to keeping her flowers for ever . |
| 10 | Others were more conveniently sited for them but inconveniently for the Company , as a condition of selling land for the railway . |
| 11 | Several times he stopped and listened , thinking that there had been a movement just behind him or just to the side of him , or that something had padded after him on stealthy feet and was standing watching him . |
| 12 | The only person there was Gran , and she was asleep , but it would be better to be with her than downstairs in the kitchen , alone . |
| 13 | I did n't know him and only at the end did he wish to know me . ’ |
| 14 | She thought it was the squirrel again , but then realised it was something moving jerkily in the hollow of a decayed tree below her and close to the beech . |
| 15 | NEWRY — Errol Lutton won his first international caps in Poland , and it is not only a boost to him but also to the club as they bid to match the big boys . |
| 16 | There is no doubt that Le Bas was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere which surrounded the young Prince , arising not only from the superfluity of femininity which guided him but also from the child 's isolation from the world . |
| 17 | ‘ We must live our earthly lives in obedience to Him but also in the service of the great possibilities He gives us . |
| 18 | ‘ I squared up to him but only on the spur of the moment . |
| 19 | of his duties as clerk of the scales and we 'll have a notice put next to him as well about the procedure |
| 20 | Centre-forward Tom White was Manager Bert Head 's primary target at Pittodrie , but he brought John McCormick back with him as well from the Granite City for a mere £1,500 — and it was the craggy defender who became such a staunch and resolute pillar of Palace rearguards and helped guide the club through to 1st Division security . |
| 21 | He 'd said to himself as he walked away with it that all along the act had been a load of rubbish . |
| 22 | It was on the same wall as the door , to the left of it and just beside the telephone . |
| 23 | Finally , having scrubbed and soaked the Curiowood , this can be placed just off-centre to break up the open area left , with Fountain plants around it and elsewhere in the foreground . |
| 24 | We separated , and as soon as I got into a side street , I went down it and there at the bottom was Cuttle 's Bakehouse . |
| 25 | Yesterday 's meat and vegetables had been high — soft and sweet with badness — he had made himself swallow it and then in the night the shite had poured out of him until he was too weak to stand . |
| 26 | earn a little extra income shall I put it and far from the majority of traditional methods they are to do it legally and set up little typewriting agencies etcetera and if you keep your eye on the notice boards you 'll see various . |
| 27 | She did n't want to say it but then in the end |
| 28 | that you 'd done that because I started it as well on the computer |
| 29 | Its massive spreading branches seemed to be enfolding and embracing the tiny building , and perhaps hiding it as well from the rest of the world . |
| 30 | Davide took a third orange , and the sharp vegetable knife his mother had been using , and cut into the rind , sliding his eyes sideways to get the attention of the children , of his little brother Franco , of Caterina , and his cousins before the heat pushed them as well over the edge into sleep . |