Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They move immediately to the pragmatic therapeutic approach and try to find what action restores the child to normal . |
| 2 | ‘ And you truly do need my help to locate the ephemeral Svend — not to mention your sister . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I do enjoy my job serving the customers because of the way some of them ask sheepishly for a jokey item , ’ says Jenny . |
| 4 | The patient 's first experiences of standing up , in the early stages after his stroke or head injury , aim to help his body regain the tonus needed to hold itself up against gravity ( pp.9 , 115 ) . |
| 5 | And as students of the star signs will verify , the cuspate divisions help explain his ability to carve the characters he plays into different personality fragments to give them added depth . |
| 6 | Cos we 've broken our egg cups the other day , do you remember ? |
| 7 | Or they can be over-generous in an embarrassing way : I 've seen my wife offered the choice of a better cut of meat in a butcher 's shop , when there are little old ladies queueing up . |
| 8 | I 've admired his ability to get the best out of players and if I go into management , which is my aim , I 'll take a lot of Dave with me . ’ |
| 9 | I keep burning , I bet I did n't , I thought , pardon me , positive mm I popped round , I went in yesterday I 'm going to say something and then he 's going on about well I 've sold me car to pay the mortgage and |
| 10 | SOUTH AFRICA have withdrawn their bid to stage the next cricket World Cup , said Ali Bacher , managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa today . |
| 11 | Deliberately low-key , they have let their music do the talking for over years . |
| 12 | Do I appreciate that I have to lead my group to see the story as symbol ? |
| 13 | Once you have made your guess place the template directly over the spot where you have guessed . |
| 14 | Once you have made your guess place the template with the centre of the hole directly over the point you have guessed . |
| 15 | Once you have made your guess place the missile template directly over the spot you have guessed . |
| 16 | Very small last minute adjustments to spacing may become necessary , but if you have tailored your item to fit the plan then you are reasonably safe . |
| 17 | DARLINGTON councillors have re-affirmed their decision to ask the Government for a re-examination of the town 's status as an intermediate development area . |
| 18 | These proprietors retain the potential to exercise political power : indeed , they have used their ownership to chart the political direction of their newspapers , but they have stopped well short of using their newspapers to make demands of the political system in the manner of the press barons of the 1930s . |
| 19 | Yet , given their potential influence , few outstanding sportsmen have used their position to challenge the notion of the legitimacy of sport as a way out and a method of social mobility , and few have pointed out that blacks ' continued domination of sport is more a reflection of limitations in other areas of a society permeated with racism than of blacks ' talent . |
| 20 | I would like to think it 's because we have shown our ability to spend the money well in previous years . ’ |
| 21 | When you have reached your decision let the chosen candidate know in writing . |
| 22 | The University will accept direct transfer to its bank account , provided that you have asked your bank to initiate the transfer before 15 September . |
| 23 | The University will accept direct transfer to its bank account , provided that you have asked your bank to initiate the transfer before 15 September . |
| 24 | The Government have declared their intention to computerise the national collection of criminal records currently held at the national identification bureau . |
| 25 | Dave Carlson , head of information systems at Kmart since 1982 , thinks that retailers have taken their time confronting the managerial implications of this . |
| 26 | For the purposes of this paragraph we have conducted our analysis using the OPCS " 5 KOS occupational grouping system rather than the Warwick Institute of Employment 's WOC system . |
| 27 | The other alleged threat to democracy has been a threat to local democracy , as LEAs have lost their power to control the secular curriculum in their schools . |
| 28 | If we get sufficiently close , the experience can be memorable , but for high drama we need to summon our courage to enter the cluster . |