Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only got to do it to the end of today so , I do n't think I 'm going to use twenty do you ? |
| 2 | Low-level ozone , so called to distinguish it from the naturally forming ozone in the stratosphere which accounts for about 90 per cent of the ozone in the atmosphere , is created by the action of sunlight on oxides of nitrogen and reactive hydrocarbons ( volatile organic compounds ) emitted by vehicles and industry . |
| 3 | For pupils of high ability , too much of the curriculum was often taken up with preparation for exams , and too little done to stretch them in the earlier years . |
| 4 | Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side . |
| 5 | The amateur radio enthusiast is quoted as saying he considered destroying the tape but eventually decided to hand it to The Sun . |
| 6 | The bats just decided to smash me around the island , and for every bag of boundaries they hit they then made a mistake . |
| 7 | ‘ Just called to see you about the musicians for the party , ’ he said . |
| 8 | And indeed , four people had just arrived to join them at the table . |
| 9 | It was because she 'd just started to sell them at the shop . |
| 10 | He did not answer her immediately , just continued to watch her across the table , his blue eyes suddenly as cold as ice . |
| 11 | and then he 's , he 's fucking started marching us around the parade square and and we ca n't see a fucking thing inside there , and he said er come out a minute , so I 've blinking gone out and I 've noticed were about fifty yards from the beach |
| 12 | Leaburn 's header looked a goal , but Veysey just managed to put it onto the post . |
| 13 | Midland Car Loans have been specially developed to put you on the road as quickly and simply as possible . |
| 14 | On the other hand apologists for such policies rarely if ever sought to justify them on the grounds that they would reduce the real wage rate à la Malinvaud . |
| 15 | Smallfry always threatened to lock him in the toolshed with Rosie if ever he dared tell her secrets to anyone else . |
| 16 | I 'll tell you this , I 've always had to like him on the job . |
| 17 | It seems likely , moreover , that the police deliberately avoided mixing it in the more perilous districts . |
| 18 | If we confine attention to the 8 samples on which at least 15 individual determinations were made , the R range narrows to 0.35–0.95% , confirming that some of these rocks were formerly sufficiently deeply buried to put them into the oil-generating window . |
| 19 | Nothing Ruth had ever imagined prepared her for the magnificence of that day 's scene on the Mersey , though she saw most of it through a mist of tears . |
| 20 | Far from moderating his condemnation of Mansell 's start-line performance in Estoril the previous week , the world champion stuck to his allegation that Mansell had deliberately tried to push him off the track . |
| 21 | Has anybody ever suggested plugging you into the National Grid ? ’ |
| 22 | There is equally little doubt that at this period , when the idea of tearing out ancient roots was still strange and terrifying to most people , some kind of cataclysmic force was still required to drive them into the unknown . |
| 23 | Dick had probably intended to toss it into the quarry , but it had fallen short and the weight of the handles had kept it from slipping over . |
| 24 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 25 | The Nord-Pas-de-Calais strategy is clearly designed to pull it in the former camp and has a number of existing advantages to draw upon including a good geographical position and relatively low land prices , wages and corporate taxation rates . |
| 26 | A daunting background for the growing boy even though his parents wisely sought to cushion him from the realities . |
| 27 | Other stalling techniques are also deployed to detain them in the station on such days ( prolonging station business , extended conversations in parts of the station where they are less visible to management , carrying messages , and so on ) . |
| 28 | Many owls have such a perfect sense of hearing that they can locate and catch small creatures in the pitch dark , landing upon them with the claws correctly aligned to grasp them along the spine . |
| 29 | She had n't really expected to see him at the funeral , though she had looked forward to the possibility with unseemly excitement considering the solemnity of the occasion . |
| 30 | What influence I had with S.B. was now used to persuade him of the wisdom of this course . |