Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life . |
| 2 | Does not my hon. Friend consider it surprising that the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) , who always wants to lecture us about the rule of law although we certainly need no lectures about it from him , comes to the House with , I think , two cases where crookedness was involved ? |
| 3 | As we saw earlier , the extreme emotions of the horse are quite clear as they involve the whole horse ; but the same emotions in a more moderate form , or of lesser intensity , like apprehension or annoyance , will reveal themselves differently in different horses ; and the horse owner really has to learn them from the movement , gestures , and noises that the horse makes , and the context in which they are made . |
| 4 | Instead of wooing the only people who should really matter — the fans — soccer often seems to leave them at the bottom of their list of priorities . |
| 5 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
| 6 | WPC Ackland is hot on his trail — but for some reason never manages to catch him in the act . |