Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he would place them on one of the old time boards which was er board about nine inches by nine inches and then hand that through the pigeon hole to the cashier and in front of him that cashier would laboriously count that money and agree the total there and then . |
| 2 | The men who lived at the graphite pits in 1898 — 9 were the same persons who would be likely to get up in the middle of the night to help take stolen cattle five kilometres to the next relay team , thereby earning a little money and easing the tedium of village life . |
| 3 | If a polycyclic river is surveyed and results in a section comparable with that shown in Fig. 9.5 , it is possible to extend the segments of the river downstream either by continuing the curve ‘ freehand ’ or by finding a mathematical expression to fit each segment and extrapolating the curve on that basis . |
| 4 | Clock that it 's a left-hand drive , and therefore perhaps give a little bit more consideration to that driver and anticipate the fact that he might come out . |
| 5 | I would expect it to ‘ understand ’ the laws governing traditional notation practices , be able to automatically count the beats in each measure and transpose the score into any key . |
| 6 | I resent the inference in your questions that one of us visited that apothecary and secured the poison to carry the murder out . ’ |
| 7 | There were muslin curtains and brocade curtains , gilt cages with parroquets and love-birds , two squealing cockatoos , each out-squealing and out-chattering the other ; a clock singing tunes on a console-table , and another booming the hours like Great Tom , on the mantelpiece . |
| 8 | I thank my hon. Friend for that reply and understand the Government 's appreciation of the need for mature women in the labour market . |
| 9 | She said she had never realised what went on before as she went round and inhabited each seat and became the person . |
| 10 | For just £15 you can give them a set of springs that take just an hour or two to fit under each key and make the keyboard so much bouncier . |
| 11 | Tell George to pick up that car and get the hell out . ’ |
| 12 | If you feel yourself tensing up , then spare a few moments to release that tension and see the difference it can make . |
| 13 | So they left their strong position , and in four great divisions under Douglas himself , Ross , Moray and the Steward , rode down to cross that marsh and to assault the hill . |
| 14 | Two very smart policemen , in caps and polished buttons , stood in the middle of the main road , stopping each car and questioning the driver . |
| 15 | Women wedded to men 's systems , arguing for resources and significance , have little alternative but to accept the context as given and learn as effectively as possible , to pitch in with the rest . |
| 16 | Keys produced by the Field Studies Council under their AIDGAP scheme are also of this kind and have the advantage of being tested before they are published . |
| 17 | I understand the Gulf Trust 's anxiety , but I think they have not really focused on this case or heard the reasonableness of advanced payments . ’ |
| 18 | It is only necessary now simply to reiterate this pitfall and say the professional must be aware of it from the outset of contact with parents . |
| 19 | An important question for those with this Marxist perspective relates to the circumstances in which capital can maintain this ideology and prevent the raising of consciousness of labour as to its own class position . |
| 20 | Do please inform the office if you have taken this course and passed the examination . |
| 21 | The bill reversed this decision and returned the burden of proof concerning a business necessity to the employer . |
| 22 | The Court of Exchequer Chamber unanimously reversed this decision and held the defendant liable , and the House of Lords affirmed their decision . |
| 23 | It was further agreed to ask the UN Security Council to endorse this decision and to make the application of sanctions mandatory for all UN member states . |
| 24 | However , the Court of Appeal ( which judges on both points of law and points of fact ) reversed this decision and dismissed the claim , considering that the hiring of the seven men was justified by the needs of the bank . |
| 25 | Groups S and D performed identically during the test ; using an aversive reinforcer eliminates context-specificity in this preparation and allows the result of Lovibond et al . |
| 26 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 27 | I did think about emptying the pond this spring and coating the concrete with a rubber paint , but what about the plants . |
| 28 | They could n't get in and find the dead woman until they got another key or broke the door down . |
| 29 | A guy in a bell-bottomed jumpsuit flew by me at some speed and struck the sidewalk . |
| 30 | It has been suggested that a minister for science and technology is needed to take charge of this programme and argue the case for science and technology . |