Example sentences of "the [noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | An oriental Korean card game , played for points with the computer facing you as the opponent . |
| 7 | There was a moment 's hesitation , then the boy 's prints were flashed up on the screen , the computer superimposing them over the others . |
| 8 | Your eyes narrow against the claws gripping you by the scruff of the neck until you let your hook of anger go . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He chose a place between two snoring servants and laid down to sleep , oblivious to the figure watching him from the shadows . |
| 12 | We slanted across the river , the wind carrying us against the current , and coasted up the far bank . |
| 13 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They stood holding each other , the sun warming them through the window . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A spokesman said : ‘ The damage may have been caused by the surf dragging them over the rocks . |
| 19 | They were expressive eyes , she decided , at the moment reminding her of the softness of brown velvet . |
| 20 | It was n't the truth awaiting her at the château that she feared , but one much closer to home . |
| 21 | She remembered screaming , remembered one of the storm-troopers punching her in the face to stop her . |
| 22 | It was also reported that a new chapter in Andrew Morton 's controversial biography of the Princess would include details of a letter from the Duke warning her of the damage she was causing the Royal Family . |
| 23 | There was nothing wrong in that , except that Eleanor had little idea about the conditions awaiting her on the construction site in Alaska . |
| 24 | The result is that the club only hits the top half of the ball sending it through the green illustration below ) . |
| 25 | What you have seen today may well be the best lesson you will ever learn of the difficulties facing us in the outside world . |
| 26 | They produce press releases and they send it off and they feel terribly bitter and twisted and unhappy because nobody takes any notice of it , but they do n't realize that what they 've actually produced makes no sense at all to the person receiving it on the other end . |
| 27 | It has been said that regard must be had to the nature of the contract broken , the position of the parties to the contract , the grounds for the breach , the means employed to procure it , the relation of the person procuring it to the person who breaks the contract , and the object of the person procuring the breach . |
| 28 | We were well aware of the problems facing us in the future , and the pressing need was for more and more information about the operations of the big smuggling syndicates . |
| 29 | He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’ |
| 30 | The detectives who were not detectives after all stepped forward to meet him , one of them shaking hands , the other slapping him on the back . |