Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means , mother , that Craig is trying to put the blame on me for the thieving he 's done . ’ |
| 2 | And life 's too short to miss out on the chance of it for the wrong kinds of reasons . ’ |
| 3 | So we did the double over someone for the first time since beating Sheff United in the championship winning game . |
| 4 | He wondered if his outlook would change , or if this was going to be the pattern of it for the future . |
| 5 | If they had worked on me enough , I 'd have blown the whistle on myself for the Lindbergh kidnapping , the bombing of Pearl Harbor , the Cleveland Torso slayings , betraying West Point to the British , fixing the 1919 World Series and souring all the milk in Salem , Massachusetts . |
| 6 | ‘ WHIT 'S yer name hen ? ’ the drunk and dishevelled man on the train asked the woman opposite him for the fourth time in a very loud voice . |
| 7 | ( No. 2 ) , the facts of which have already been summarised , and in which it was held that the restrictions imposed on the bringing of a direct civil action for breach of a statute could not be outflanked by framing the claim as one for the tort of unlawful interference with trade . |
| 8 | Take them to the hospital with you for the doctor to examine . |
| 9 | The Japanese are now taking over the manufacture of the machines as you can imagine , and so that 's the end of it for the , the |
| 10 | ‘ I think you should know , though , ’ she added with a perverse sense of enjoyment , ‘ that I do n't want to romp in the hay with you for the rest of my holiday here . |
| 11 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 12 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |
| 13 | He had recently moved out to a house in the suburbs , and he sublet the house to us for the remaining three months on his lease . |