Example sentences of "[pers pn] [subord] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local folklore has it that in prehistoric times men drove wild cattle to their deaths over Combe Scar and ate them where they fell at the foot of the crag ( cattle bones are reputed to have been found there ) . |
| 2 | Notice that it is customary to indicate the parameters best varied to achieve balance by drawing an arrow through them where they appear in the double balance equations , as done here . |
| 3 | The Men came for me where I huddled in the marram grass and they took me back to the low cage . |
| 4 | They ate less and less , never venturing outside the villa , the physical aspect of their relationship consuming them both as Damian began to take her beyond her new-found sensuality , smashing barriers as he went , teaching her everything about her body and his until she thrilled to the power of knowing how to touch and kiss him to make him breathless with ecstasy , whispering incoherent , urgent words of encouragement to her until they both fell into their usual sleep of pleasurable exhaustion , completely united by the passion that raged just as highly between them now as it ever had from the very beginning . |
| 5 | I have to I h I when I get to the office , I 'll h I 'll h I 'll have a look a bit closer . |
| 6 | I must admit when I when I came in the door there the first thing I noticed was the peat smell . |
| 7 | Cos I er , I when I went to the door in our and Bunny and er , it was n't it was an elder gentleman says , ah ! |
| 8 | He drew her against him , linking her arm in his as they walked along the track . |
| 9 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 10 | It had seemed to him that her eyes looked right into his as he stood in the darkened hall , staring into the room . |
| 11 | So do we phone them once we get to the hotel or do they contact us ? |
| 12 | I 'm not that bad but Stuart can beat me if he gets in the cooking mood , . |
| 13 | ‘ No , Joe Steer was with me until we got to the corner of Bal Lane , then he cut through to the terraces . ’ |
| 14 | Nothing happened to me until I got off the Moon . |
| 15 | It would be a dim prospect for them if we returned to the policies of the Labour party . |
| 16 | If you start with small frogs , make sure the fish are too small to eat them if they fall into the water . |
| 17 | As far as most Sussex people were concerned , it was probably a struggle which only affected them if they got in the way of one of the opposing forces . |
| 18 | It is usual to have a closing pleasantry , but you should only use them if they add to the letter in a positive manner : Please let me know if I can be of further assistance . |
| 19 | ‘ She wo n't get away from me like she did from the ‘ palookas ’ who tried to sit on her shoulder in the world championships . ’ |
| 20 | I would birch them like they do on the Isle of Man , and not give them time off for good behaviour . |
| 21 | Well I , I would n't mind watching that , yes I , no I would n't I 'd think it 's silly , told you once I saw at the I could n't , this does n't want to stay up this double sided tape . |
| 22 | and saying , what do you think cos of all the qualified ones at least she cos she worked on the elderly side . |
| 23 | ‘ Dr Vaughan , would it disturb you if I listened to the transistor this afternoon ? ’ |
| 24 | And heaven help you if you fell in the . |
| 25 | He also had to watch out for the bears that pounced on you if you stepped on the lines in the pavement , and the killer bats that hung upside down in the shadows under the roof of the railway arch , and the rats that came out of the cracks in the brickwork and infected you with their deadly diseases simply by breathing out into the same air that you breathed in . |
| 26 | During both readings tap the rhythm , and also have somebody to listen to you and tell you if you switch to the wrong rhythm . |
| 27 | It 's a real place , in many ways , if you if you walk round the small terraced houses , certainly in the area that I represent in Southsea , it looks a bit like a northern city . |
| 28 | You may have nodded off in the bus on your way to a dusty ruin where street-traders pestered you until you retired to the coach in a huff , but in print you will have enjoyed the delights of a ‘ bustling street market ’ , selling ‘ delightful local crafts ’ in the shadow of ‘ one of the forgotten wonders of the world ’ . |
| 29 | These are binding on you while you work for the ES and after you leave the organisation , both at work and in your own time . |
| 30 | Since you since you came into the flats have you have you been working at all or have have you been erm |