Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Western Europe legislators have ceded sweeping powers to make detailed regulations to central government executives , allowing them in effect to write up the law ‘ as they go along ’ in a discretionary way . |
| 2 | But he was well liked , and his colleagues , rather than see him lose his job , would roll the old man into a hollow , covering him with heather to keep out the damp , and leave him sleeping soundly until the end of the day . |
| 3 | The gang abducted the eighteen year old daughter , and forced her at gunpoint to open up the bank in Bloxham where she worked . |
| 4 | After a break , the play had more life with it as City stepped up the pressure and encamping their opponent 's half for long periods . |
| 5 | When the dashing Cigognes arrived they pounced with glee on the dispersed German planes flying up and down in the ‘ barrage ’ , tearing through it with impunity to shoot up the Drachen balloons , the vital eyes of the German artillery . |
| 6 | The objection need not represent the judge 's real opinion ; he makes it in order to see how the student counsel responds . |
| 7 | It is my contention that ‘ time ’ is now under the control of such an individual , who manipulates it in order to do down the working man . |
| 8 | They 'd done it in Gaelic to cover up the vulgarity . |
| 9 | We can not be far from the day of the conversation robot that will relieve us of obligation to greet politely the occasional recognisable human that strays across our path . |
| 10 | Each of us in turn read aloud the splendid sentence ‘ The Board of Governors have pleasure in offering your son , Richard Simon Michael Ellis , the following School Scholarship . ’ |