Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Where I call the cut , and he 's going the cut what cut that 's the canal I says up the cut between the two the two buildings she said no that 's the alley
2 She understands fully the permanence of the bonds which link men and women to the stars , to Venus , to Jupiter , the Black Moon , the Dragon , her understanding is her passion etc , etc . ’
3 She scoops up the rest of the cakes , shoves them into some recess within her tatters , rushes out of the cubicle and disappears into the crowd .
4 The Second Fairy brings Grace and dances slightly faster in such a way that she shows off the lines of her body as it faces forwards and then backwards ( the traditional gesture ) .
5 Having been left by her husband in his urge for voyages abroad , Erendis retreats to the centre of Númenor , away from the sea , where she hears only the bleating of sheep .
6 In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe .
7 Immediately after doing so , before her new skin has had a chance to harden , she is particularly vulnerable , so before the event , she ties down the door from the inside with ropes of silk .
8 She sets out the details of how she feels the patient should be handled , so that the carers and everyone else involved will all help him to move in the same way .
9 I refer to figures published by the Minister on 12 November , in which she sets out the number of prisoners currently held in police cells .
10 She sums up the situation by saying that the reconstituted family is never the same as the biological family .
11 Anyway , we and of course we gets up the line at the and then I got a touch of some sunstroke .
12 At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution .
13 It turns out the inventor by then had come to the conclusion that ‘ I really ought to go off and look at something else now . ’
14 And Thucydides describes no sharper conflict than that between the aggressive Spartan Sthenelaidas ( i.86 ) and the more cautious King Archidamus ; for the supposedly more ‘ open ’ society of Athens he records only the views of Pericles and an anonymous delegation which does not contradict him .
15 In one letter to Susanna Highmore , he turns down the offer of a sonnet to be prefixed to Leapor 's second volume :
16 One of the central features of the company is that it separates out the functions of ownership and management .
17 doctrine of original sin under the guise of a genetically determined bio-grammar of cultural values , by colleagues who would clearly like to think of themselves as hard-boiled scientific rationalists , both amusing and disconcerting ; but it points up the difficulties of the problem !
18 The programme does not apportion blame , or claim a conclusive link , but it points up the lack of long-term monitoring on people working with the chemicals , and suggests warning labels on the products do not always make clear what type of protective clothing is suitable .
19 It points up the importance of admissions , and suggests that the assessment of a course may ‘ wash back ’ on its content and aims .
20 It represents both the washing from the stain and defilement of sin and also death to the old way of living and the beginning of a new resurrection life .
21 But erm the forty six is an artificial figure , it represents neither the capacity of the city nor the calculated needs , so I would not wish to er have this figure of forty six in our York plan because it does n't actually relate to either .
22 When this is the case , a trap is to mistake such an event for the completion of the entire change effort ; instead , it represents only the beginning of the change-management process .
23 ‘ At least he understands more the significance of cooperation , ’ the source said .
24 He ladles out the contents of the pot while I am wondering if the laibon thinks it was a handy way to get rid of a rival .
25 It builds up the foundations of the grammar system and essential vocabulary , as appropriate to the learner 's needs at this level .
26 An onshore wind will also be difficult since it builds up the waves into difficult chop which can break on the beach with mast-breaking force .
27 He emphasises how the uniformity of this architecture contrasts with the marked regionalisation seen in artefacts and views this as evidence for the native origin of the tradition .
28 Like a detective displaying the only clues in a case in which he has become personally involved , he holds out the croci with a shrug of quiet resolve .
29 And as he tells the story of one Irish politician who was emblematic of the past — Fianna Fáil TD Sean Doherty — he strips away the layers of fiction and delusion underpinning both Doherty and his critics to touch the pulse of an Ireland distorted by the rhetoric of the newsroom and debating chamber .
30 It needs neither the approbation of ace tuner Alpina nor the motivation of an M-power badge to crack 140mph — 141–3mph on the Millbrook bowl is around 10mph faster than the old 325i could manage — or sprint from rest to 60mph in a sizzling 7.3secs .
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