Example sentences of "the [noun] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This word universal is never the name of anything existent in nature , nor of any idea or phantasm found in the mind [ my italics ] , but always the name of some word or name ; so that when a living creature , a stone , a spirit , or any other thing , is said to be universal , it is not to be understood that any man , stone etc. , ever was or can be universal , but only that the words , living creature , stone , etc. , are universal names , that is , names common to many things ; and the conceptions answering them in the mind are the images and phantasms of several living creatures or other things . |
| 2 | The animal began to gnaw at the ropes binding her to the altar . |
| 3 | Maxim did his best to shrug inside the ropes wrapping him to the chair . |
| 4 | When the goods have been dispatched , the manufacturer sends an advice note to the retailer informing him of the date and time of dispatch . |
| 5 | We see the struggle asserting itself in the preface to his poem ‘ The Glass Dog ’ ( Flowers for Hitler ) : |
| 6 | And as if Ontario was n't pretty enough of a picture , there are the galleries showing everything from the avant-garde to Old Masters . |
| 7 | A few seconds later he was followed by Rocky 's rig , the chains linking it to the ruined gates having been released from its rear axle by Springfield . |
| 8 | An oriental Korean card game , played for points with the computer facing you as the opponent . |
| 9 | There was a moment 's hesitation , then the boy 's prints were flashed up on the screen , the computer superimposing them over the others . |
| 10 | Your eyes narrow against the claws gripping you by the scruff of the neck until you let your hook of anger go . |
| 11 | A speaker had been set in one of the trees , like some modernistic bird's-nest , and Sara noticed the long snaky trail of the cable connecting it with the hi-fi in the house . |
| 12 | The car plunged into the ocean in the Bahamas and was seen emerging off Corsica — with an ordinary sweeping brush covering up the tell tale tracks in the sand left by the cable pulling it from the sea . |
| 13 | The meadow began to mushroom with tents and huts and the street theatre erupted into an explosion of living history , the performers flinging themselves to the ground and then leaping into the air as and when the idea occurred and making funny faces all the while . |
| 14 | He chose a place between two snoring servants and laid down to sleep , oblivious to the figure watching him from the shadows . |
| 15 | We slanted across the river , the wind carrying us against the current , and coasted up the far bank . |
| 16 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 17 | Life is good … one can understand these people behind the lines resigning themselves to the war … |
| 18 | Rather than ‘ structuring tasks for collaboration ’ , it was more a process of ‘ structuring a learning environment for collaboration ’ , with each of the elements contributing something to the whole and therefore needing to be understood in relation to the whole . |
| 19 | She was very conscious of the girl following her towards the drawing-room and a sudden sense of jealousy bit like sharp teeth as Emily imagined them together , Craig , and this girl who , however poor she might be , had beauty as well as dignity . |
| 20 | Additionally , the holder clamp for the lower bearing of the main rotor drive shaft had torn away from the bracket mounting it to the airframe structure . |
| 21 | They stood holding each other , the sun warming them through the window . |
| 22 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
| 23 | Lying on a pallet in the downstairs chamber , the deceased woman laid out upstairs , the only sounds came from the cat cleaning itself by the hearth and an owl hooting raucously outside . |
| 24 | I took stock of the bees in the wisteria and the cat stretching itself under the table . |
| 25 | While all this was going on , of course , Carol was flitting about the opposite side of the shop helping herself from the shelves and tossing things into the pushchair , which with the canopy zipped up was acting as an oversize shopping trolley . |
| 26 | A spokesman said : ‘ The damage may have been caused by the surf dragging them over the rocks . |
| 27 | They were expressive eyes , she decided , at the moment reminding her of the softness of brown velvet . |
| 28 | It was so incongruous to hear the Maggot aligning himself with the forces of law that I was forced to ask the question . |
| 29 | It was n't the truth awaiting her at the château that she feared , but one much closer to home . |
| 30 | With all the rain emptying itself over the Feyenoord Stadium it was hard to put last night 's match in the context of a World Cup which is more likely to present problems of heat than waterproofing . |