Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 2 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 3 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 4 | Even as the guards are ushering them into the corridor , the carriage rolls into an immense echoing workshop . |
| 5 | Those educationalists who deny children these opportunities are confining them to the ghetto , to a restricted discourse which will close to them access not only to the professions but also to leadership in national politics . |
| 6 | Property shares will get a shot-in-the-arm should one of their over-geared number announce that its bankers are backing it into the New Year , rather than pulling the plug . |
| 7 | Their parents were sending them to the Wimbledon Islamic Day Independent Boys ' School because they wanted them to grow up English . |
| 8 | Oh , I 've no doubt that somewhere down the line these things are are built it , but what I 'm saying is that the majority of dealers these days are including it within the package and saying look this vehicle comes with it completely because there is such erm a demand for this erm type of insurance . |
| 9 | Amid the disillusionment felt by some , that the minority of farmers are spoiling it for the rest in not keeping the environment clean , one manufacturer at least , hopes not dampened by the weather , felt there was room for optimism . |
| 10 | In the extracts from cases and other materials which follow , where the term ‘ sovereignty ’ is used , the judges or writers are using it in the sense of supremacy . |
| 11 | It was frightening to walk through the Barkhor , where Chinese soldiers with machineguns were watching us from the roofs . |
| 12 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |
| 13 | Many anglers are hailing it as the most significant advance in fishing tackle during the past 20 years and Dave Chilton , the man who has popularised its use , believes that the line , made from the world 's strongest man-made fibre ( Lancia uses it to strengthen the internal bodywork of its cars ) , may revolutionise all branches of the sport . |
| 14 | She turned her back on him , praying that he would not touch her , her throat so tight now with tears that it seemed to be closing , her chest feeling as if frantic hands were hammering it from the inside , bursting it — in several raw , sore places — wide open . |
| 15 | Why is it that some general secretaries of certain unions are pushing us down the path of severing our links ? |
| 16 | He pulled out a burnet leaf and ate it slowly , concealing his fear as best he could ; for all his instincts were warning him of the dangers in the unknown country beyond the warren . |
| 17 | Perhaps this surrender to the invading power of God 's Spirit , this willingness for him to take us and break us and use us , IS one of the prime lessons which the charismatic movement throughout the churches is teaching us at the present time . |