Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She notes that a more detailed look at the results above shows that boys are more likely to obtain three A level passes than girls , even though the gap between them has narrowed over the years . |
| 2 | SINCE the first police forces were founded 150 years ago , everything about them has changed except the way they are organised . |
| 3 | Thus , sometimes a seller will find himself still in possession of goods after the ownership in them has passed to the buyer . |
| 4 | And we si and we sing it upstairs and she goes wandering up the stairs and we hide in the airing cupboard ! |
| 5 | Anyway , they walked orf all sheepish when she started ravin' at 'em , an' then she goes marchin' in the yard would yer believe ter see ole Galloway. 'E was n't there by all accounts but 'is son Frank was . |
| 6 | She hates going in the shop . |
| 7 | If she wants to go down the road making life more unpleasant then then we got down that road as well and she 'll be the loser |
| 8 | If she wants to go on the mailing list , just cut that bit off and fill that in and post it on to us . |
| 9 | she wants to go to the toilet . |
| 10 | Harriet plucks me by the sleeve and whispers , ‘ Mummy , what will Tracey 's Gran do now she 's dead , if she wants to go to the loo ? ’ |
| 11 | She has just under £1 billion to spend and when she wants to go to the zoo she can chose between the two Christina and her husband Thierry bought for her . |
| 12 | Well well Bryony says she wants to go in the buggy . |
| 13 | Ring Sally now then , cos she wants to put in the bath with her . |
| 14 | " She wants to move to the country . |
| 15 | Well , because we have a very flexible course , a modular course which is made up of units , it 's , it 's possible to almost fit anybody into our course , so in fact she 's met one of our specialists and the analysis had been done of what she 's done before , what she wants to do in the future to try and match up the whole thing ; only she knows exactly what she 's doing . |
| 16 | He wants sex , she wants to look around the place and make condescending remarks . |
| 17 | If she wants to work for the organization I 'm sure we 'll find something suitable for her . " |
| 18 | Another key job , Features Editor — or Assistant Editor ( Features ) in NoS -speak — had been filled by Polly Pattullo , who had served more years than she cares to remember on the Observer colour supplement before wilting under its increasing consumer bias . |
| 19 | Following the welcome change in Kenya 's constitution towards a multi-party democracy , and in view of the unhappy news from Kenya yesterday of the repression of demonstrations in Nairobi , will the Minister not only advise that country on the international standards of multi-party democracy , which she has ennunciated from the Dispatch Box before , but suggest that , in order to disarm such demonstrations , it is time that the Government start a dialogue with the Opposition on both the timing and ground rules for an election ? |
| 20 | She has written to the Attorney General protesting that the courts have been too lenient on Dr Courtney and she has tabled a Parliamentary Question to Sir Nicholas designed to force a judicial review of the sentence . |
| 21 | She has written on the relationship between jewellery and clothes in Jewellery ( 1984 ) and her most recent publication Ancestral Jewels ( André Deutsch , 1989 ) records historical pieces which are still in private hands . |
| 22 | Then she sees Trotter 's purse lying open with the money she has cashed from the county welfare . |
| 23 | If she has ventured beyond the car it can mean only one thing — it 's stopped raining ! |
| 24 | Unless she sees a local advertisement , she will have little knowledge of job opportunity and if she has moved into the district from elsewhere , she may have difficulty in assessing the employment prospects . |
| 25 | ‘ She has lived with the shame and humiliation all these years . |
| 26 | Assuming she has lived in the house for her whole period of ownership and has never nominated elsewhere as main residence there is no question of a CGT liability when she sells . |
| 27 | For example , when she has to listen to the legends of the Catholic saints , which are read at ‘ la lecture pieuse ’ in the school where she teaches English , Lucy is sickened by ‘ tales that were nightmares of oppression , privation and agony ’ ; in a silent act of revulsion she breaks off the points of her scissors as she listens . |
| 28 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 29 | The type of household in which the elderly person lives may , in its turn , be a function of the stage he or she has reached in the life course rather than of age per se . |
| 30 | Ms Robinson 's first placement during teacher training was at Aclet Close School in Bishop Auckland and besides Teesdale , she has taught in the nursery class at Firthmoor , Darlington , and has run playgroups at Staindrop and Gainford . |