Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thanks of everyone in the company are due to them for really pulling out the stops when it was needed ’ . |
| 2 | Then run the point of a thin knife around the edge of the moulds to loosen the cases and enable you to carefully turn out the chocolate shapes onto a cool , clean surface . |
| 3 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 4 | ‘ They will be very popular people — perhaps even more in demand than the producer — and should be able to sign short term contracts that allow them to continually search out the people willing to pay them most money . ’ |
| 5 | Both Simon Draper and Ken Berry had been vehement in their opposition to Branson even contemplating rehiring Wilson , and advised him to now tear up the contract and be done with it . |
| 6 | When Edward Shevardnadze resigned as foreign minister , he at once set up the first privately financed think-tank in the Soviet Union , the Foreign Policy Association . |