Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three found they could speed up the development of the 601 chip by combining work already under way at IBM with Motorola chip technology , and early next year , IBM , Apple and Motorola will announce the PowerOpen Association to rally support for the chip , which has so far won the backing only of Compagnie des Machines Bull SA and Thomson-CSF SA . |
| 2 | There is a new self-confidence in unionism , since its talks representatives showed they could face down the opposition , and he is determined to build upon it . |
| 3 | The 37-year-old former England winger vowed he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract , saying : Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Anfield where they crashed 5-0 on Saturday . |
| 4 | He just said he 'd met his solicitor friend who reckoned he could find out the details of the will . |
| 5 | So I figured I 'd put up the five g's , get my name in the papers , maybe ease off the pressure a little . |
| 6 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 7 | And he decided he 'd try down the mines . |
| 8 | I thought I would bring out the affinity between Elizabethan English and classical Arabic . ’ |
| 9 | The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving . |
| 10 | I thought we could switch on the yard lights and have it outside . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then I thought we 'd set up the nice Mr Sorley and his mobile Fax van and photograph him in the act of reading other people 's mail . ’ |
| 12 | Once the therapist has extracted one thought they can find out the one behind it . |
| 13 | Straining to listen , the boy thought he could make out the soft fall of footsteps on the snuffled ground between the trees . |
| 14 | The Scapegoat had been secured by ‘ wrists ’ and ‘ ankles ’ to the inner ring and Wycliffe thought he could make out the four points where the ropes had been . |
| 15 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 16 | When he was approached to run British Aerospace the government insisted he should give up the directorship of W$G , but Pearce , displaying his usual resolve , would n't hear of it . |
| 17 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
| 18 | As he spoke I could make out the red roofs of the bungalows dotted among the green trees . |
| 19 | I said I 'd tear out the dead michaelmas daisies , but the gardener had done that . |
| 20 | I said you could pick out the ones Ma had done . |
| 21 | And I thought she might have come today cos she said she 'd bring up the money but she has n't , not yet . |
| 22 | I just wished she 'd cut out the bullshit about cheating on Dennis . |
| 23 | She wished she could turn back the clock . |
| 24 | Wished she could turn back the clock to when , only a matter of ten days ago , she 'd led a calm and orderly life back in London , in control of her business and her private life … |
| 25 | Celia wished she could take back the words . |
| 26 | So they said they would come back the next week and see what I thought . |
| 27 | His sentence was terminated when Sahara officials bailed him out and said they would pick up the tab for the room but he would have to pay for his food and drink himself . |
| 28 | Four mills hadn ‘ t the necessary equipment but a fifth , Smith Anderson & Company , said they could carry out the process . |
| 29 | Turning to the White Paper , to be published before the next party conference , he said it would set out the Conservatives ' agenda for the rest of this century . |
| 30 | The head said he would chase up the documents . |