Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billy refused to allow this to affect his performances in the Palace goal and he never played better than in his last two League games for us at the end of the 1931–32 season . |
| 2 | This has its advantages for the mother . |
| 3 | While this has its origins in the manipulation of plant and animal species that began c. 10 kyr BP ( section 3.3 ) it has been confined to plant and animal breeding programmes . |
| 4 | Englishwomen , some pushing their pushchairs along the winding muddy roads , other older ones fanning their faces with trembling hands and still wearing their coloured woolly hats . |
| 5 | According to the Algerian press this showed their reservations about the League 's functioning and political position . |
| 6 | She lifted her face to the sun , half closing her eyes against the silver dazzle that bounced across the water , breathing deeply on the tangle-scented air . |
| 7 | Adjusting her position and half closing her eyes against the sun , she too stared out over the garden , waiting for him to get to the point . |
| 8 | I trust this answered your queries on the increase in the annual subscription and your members ' satisfaction , that they still consider it good value for money . |
| 9 | Finally comes settlement , but do n't count on this to pay your accounts at the end of the month . |
| 10 | Some bare their souls on their feet and some bare their souls in the bars . |
| 11 | This leaves their challengers with the uphill task of performing early to a half empty venue , or , in the case of SENSER , consigned to the early morning graveyard shift , by which time most of the audience has ( literally ) crashed out . |
| 12 | In 1856 he needed Britain too much to thwart her desires over the Black Sea Clauses of the Treaty and so he accepted them , hoping that it would still be possible eventually to bring about an entente with Russia . |
| 13 | The Security Council debate had been preceded by a series of statements by and an exchange of letters between de Klerk and Mandela in which each stated their terms for the resumption of constitutional talks . |
| 14 | It 's that got your feet on the dog , it 's stinking ! |
| 15 | These lay their eggs in the nests of other birds , which then act as unwitting foster parents . |
| 16 | The first of these has its roots in the pupil-centred view of education . |
| 17 | She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm |
| 18 | So much evidence , relatively speaking , survives to illustrate Offa 's dealings with the men of Kent and to a lesser extent with the South Saxons and so little to illuminate his relations with the Anglian groups of eastern England that the order of importance of these areas to Offa can easily be inverted . |
| 19 | If you have a literary bent , there is a lot that will appeal to you here ; Wordsworth , Ruskin and Beatrix Potter all made their homes in the vicinity and today these ‘ shrines ’ are open to the public . |
| 20 | I had to repeat things again and again , hoping that something would sink in , but I was rewarded for my efforts with the satisfaction of knowing that they all passed their examinations at the end of the year . |
| 21 | We all like to think that we can tell the truth , but we all bend our answers to the ears of the particular listener . |
| 22 | Many directed their comments at the Indemnity as well at the Compensation Fund . |
| 23 | Small wonder perhaps that many buried their heads in the sand and refused even to think about the event until the last possible moment . |
| 24 | Mrs talked about four , we 've actually agreed that there should be more homes on the list than four er for prospective refurbishment and Mr has stood up and protested that he did not produce the figures , but Professor still says you will produce figures for this and you will produce figures for that , none of us do that we all get our figures from the same place but we all get inconsistent figures . |
| 25 | If you can not avoid public roads , you should first of all discuss your plans with the police and then inform them of what you are doing . |
| 26 | While they all took their places along the tables , Tamar 's thoughts went back to similar evenings at Aumery Park Farm . |
| 27 | Sun Microsystems Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp all grew their shares over the same period . |
| 28 | Sun , Hewlett and IBM all grew their shares over the same period . |
| 29 | Penetration , focus , timing and mental confidence all play their parts in the achievement of a successful break . |
| 30 | ‘ Did not many raise their voices against the proposal and for Your Grace ? ’ |