Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And because she happens to live reasonably near a park , she walks Sandy or Sandy walks her in the park , she meets other dog walkers and they are her human contacts .
2 Maybe I should get Michael or Cheta to take me into the tower with them when they deliver meals . ’
3 The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows .
4 Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool .
5 When she was leaving , John reappeared and he and Sarah accompanied her to the corner of Magdalen Street .
6 The McCullochs turned into their cottage with a brief good-night and Cameron , James , and Allan let themselves into the tall , silent house along the road .
7 It was just coming up to three o'clock when the taxi dropped them off in the old town square and Ven guided her to the old town hall where , with barely a minute to go before the run-through of the astronomical clock , Fabia stood in rapt attention .
8 Laura passed Rex the gun and Rex bopped him on the head with it .
9 Jotan raced off into the darkness , and Alexei , Jehana and Arkhina busied themselves around the cart , inventive in the face of necessity .
10 We had dinner with Jochen and Ingrid and Jochen showed us over the school .
11 He and Donna used it during the summer , making frequent weekend trips ; Ward himself had written at least two books there .
12 These were years of growth in power and status for the skilled unions of mid-Victorian Britain , and Applegarth established himself among the leading union personalities of his day .
13 " Did n't you and David interrupt us in the study on my birthday ?
14 The position carried with it the right to a seat in the Council and Fould combined it with the office of Minister of State .
15 And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before .
16 He wrote a cheque and Josh okayed it with the bank — phoned Hnatiuk , the manager , at home . ’
17 My turn came and Lobsang coaxed me to the edge .
18 And Maggie whisked herself down the stairs , out of the house and fifty yards along the street .
19 Although the inventory establishes that Martin made oboes , bassoons , musettes and piccolos , and Borjon included them among the woodwinds made by Jean and his sons , there are no known surviving examples .
20 The one-day game in Trinidad was , according to Wisden ‘ described by many as the best one-day international played in the West Indies ’ , and England won it off the final ball .
21 And is that why you invited him and Heather to join you in the evening ?
22 The United Kingdom will continue to develop our good relations with the Soviet Union and its republics , and to encourage their integration into the world economy ; and will work to help Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania re-establish themselves in the international community .
23 It was smaller than a man 's thumb nail and Nicholson held it between the thumb and finger of his right hand with surprising delicacy .
24 Then he saw Carrie turn and look at Mick and Mick take her by the shoulders and look down into her face .
25 Mostyn and Cheadle humped themselves up the stairs , and crashed into the Silver Shuriken , guns discharging .
26 ‘ It was a tremendous performance and Knight kept them in the game .
27 We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating .
28 Rich and Syb met me at the station .
29 ‘ Ask your mother and Gwen to join us in the garden , will you Andrew ? ’
30 [ PAMELA and BELVILLE dress themselves for the Masquerade ; PAMELA as a Puritan girl and BELVILLE as a Spanish nobleman .
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