Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have two wives to keep , the one you are living with here , who is really your mistress , and I believe rather expensive , particularly as she already has a daughter , and your wife proper who will not divorce you and is living in the Argentine with your two children , a boy and a girl . |
| 2 | The British commander who has to bring his team through the desert in Ice Cold in Alex ( 1958 ) seems hysterical and incompetent by comparison with the Dutch South African who accompanies them but is working for the Germans ; and the message of Ealing 's Dunkirk ( 1958 ) is summarized in one character 's closing statement , ‘ Somebody 's made a muck of it but I do n't think it 's the army . ’ |
| 3 | The unfortunate guy is Charles Dance , as a randy doctor who beds her and is whisked from the bed by the monster and chomped into little pieces . |
| 4 | Now 20 , Brooklyn-born Lisa B — she would use ‘ Barbuscia ’ , but says no one can pronounce it — has three successful years of modelling behind her and is venturing into the world of music . |
| 5 | A Golders Green police spokesman said : ‘ He seemed to be obsessed with her and is known to the police as a pest who has been to court . ’ |
| 6 | Evidence comes into his hand of nefarious dealings by Mrs Clennam , and he tries to blackmail her but is killed in the sudden collapse of her house . |
| 7 | In recent years it has been generally held that the backwash down the beach contributes to the breaking of the next wave , becomes involved in it and is returned with the swash , so that there is no continuous undertow transferring water out beyond the breaker zone . |
| 8 | Technology means that the former is open to us and is organised by the latter . |