Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | find out , he says , alright then , so he took her up the room , and all you could hear was |
| 2 | It is important because if you do buy something from a shop and realize there 's something wrong with it , if you take it back the first thing the shop would say to you is can I see your receipt ? |
| 3 | In fact if you add it up the moon can go round the earth thirteen times in a year . |
| 4 | I said I 'll leave mine out for the bloody bin men before I take it down the tippy . |
| 5 | I 'd like my pink carpet up this year , cos after we had it down the electricity come and it 's a bit bobbly this part , once you 've got your |
| 6 | ‘ Well , reasonably so , I suppose , but after the meal , not after he gave me back the hat . |
| 7 | Yeah , well when I got it out the car but , just wash that down |
| 8 | ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’ |
| 9 | It was fairly loose and when I pulled it out the shells started dropping into the hole . |
| 10 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 11 | A cow once kicked me nearly to the other end of the byre and as I picked myself up the farmer said unemotionally , " Aye , she 's allus had a habit o' that . " |
| 12 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
| 13 | When she brought it down the hospital she said here you are nan er mum she said , nan she said it 's a present for you she said , so we did laugh . |
| 14 | ‘ How long will you be staying with us ? ’ he queried when she handed him back the completed card . |
| 15 | If you 're a C D O at Trent and you know you 're gon na go out on patrol as a special that night , there 's no doubt Trevor will let you take a radio home with you , as long as you bring it back the next day . |
| 16 | As she set it down the T'ang stood and , reaching across , put his hand over hers , preventing her from lifting the kettle . |
| 17 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 18 | and when we got it back the flipping thing wo n't play at all |
| 19 | When they pulled her out the vase had n't a crack in it , and then the air-raid warden stumbled … ’ |
| 20 | I swallowed this , and even as they walked me down the garden path and into the field where the half-built aviary was situated , I still had no idea what was going on . |
| 21 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 22 | That was a good bit when he fucked her up the arse . |
| 23 | He kidnaps her in the hope that she will accept and return his affections and when he ties her up the sexual and emotional metaphors of the title abound . |
| 24 | Where 's the bedroom ? ’ he demanded roughly as he carried her up the wide curving staircase . |
| 25 | Groom ( if much more than ten years older than bride ) can look a bit of a Lothario as he escorts her down the aisle . |
| 26 | Raimondo 's words of gratitude faded as he hurried her out the showroom door to the street . |
| 27 | Tucking a clean pale blue T-shirt into his shorts , he did n't even glance in her direction , but called over his shoulder as he hoisted himself up the ladder , ‘ I 'll expect a mug of tea in five minutes . ’ |