Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slid across the bed , making room for Johnny to sit beside her on the mattress . |
| 2 | The latter readily agreed , inviting Corbett to walk with him in the silent , shadowy cloisters , taking advantage of the first soft breezes of early summer . |
| 3 | And she did , leaving a very bewildered Ellie to look round her at the well-equipped kitchen and the gently steaming kettle . |
| 4 | As well as coaching many of Britain 's leading international crews , Spracklen is a key member of the Oxford University team , and he will be returning from Canada in March to look after them for the last fortnight before the Boat Race . |
| 5 | As he mentioned the bird , he turned his back on Lesley-Jane to look at it in the glass case . |
| 6 | At least she had her uncle Somerset to watch over her on the journey , and the countess of Salisbury to be a mother to her until she was handed over at Cologne to Louis . |
| 7 | When the cart was ready , he called Gabriel to sit beside him on the driver 's bench . |
| 8 | Anne claimed Joe to talk to him about the books she had read and all that had happened to her since he went away , and Terry and Stephen wanted to talk to him about football and their latest craze , greyhound racing . |
| 9 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 10 | Look , if you do n't mind , I 'll ask Detective Sergeant Burgess to go with you to the mortuary . |
| 11 | Later , during tea , Lord Henry invited Basil and Dorian to go with him to the theatre that night . |
| 12 | She made Terry try it on , take it off , changed something else , and finally , at gone midnight , she had done all that she could do , and only then did she allow Terry to look at herself in the mirror . |
| 13 | They would come over from Belfast to stay with us in the summers sometimes ; my father used to get on well with Harmsworth , and because I looked after Esmerelda they could have a nice relaxing holiday here . |
| 14 | In what seems a somewhat specious argument , she urges Leo to bathe with her in the fire so that their mortal sins may be purged : but although the fire at first seems to do her no harm as she shows him the way into it , the self-seeking nature of her love becomes evident as her ageless beauty is destroyed : |