Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visitors might have replied almost immediately when Mark Stepney rounded the defence but put his shot wide . |
| 2 | Her eyes were clear of tears ; she looked from a great height down into the park and saw its order and its beauty so determinedly brought forth . |
| 3 | The difference between a direct hot water cylinder and an indirect one is that the latter has a heat exchanger , often in the form of a coiled pipe , which takes the hot water from the boiler and passes its heat to the domestic hot water in the cylinder , the two never mixing . |
| 4 | Workers can refuse to accept the change and withdraw their labour . |
| 5 | At sunset , I climb back to the waterfall and wash my hair in the cold , clear water — a mundane chore elevated into sublime pleasure . |
| 6 | However , the UCTA is so intimately connected with the process of negotiation and drafting in the areas covered by the next four chapters that , as a preliminary to detailed analysis of the precedents , it was felt essential to lay out the principles contained in the UCTA and discuss their application in the light of the case law that has evolved in the 15 years or so since the UCTA came into effect . |
| 7 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 8 | I storm across the board and topple his bishop or something , then turn round and find he 's closed the back door . |
| 9 | Are these not the same Glentoran fans whose continual barracking got our manager Ronnie McFall the sack and look what success Ronnie has had from he came to Shamrock Park . |
| 10 | She kicked out in imitation of martial arts movies , putting her hip behind the blow and landing her foot sideways into the hooligan 's stomach . |
| 11 | Its owners move themselves about by protruding it from the shell and rippling its undersurface . |
| 12 | Unafraid , he plucked the heart and made his exit . |
| 13 | Or else we go in the afternoon and truss your pvc . |
| 14 | Why do n't you just steal the briefcase and take your time ? ’ |
| 15 | Gilly takes the money and plans her departure … . |
| 16 | Melissa asked , but before anyone could give a coherent answer Monsieur Gauthier managed to impose some sort of order on the chaos and shooed his family , like so many cackling hens , towards the private quarters at the rear of the hotel . |
| 17 | As we walked around the town I witnessed several incidents as girls who had been known to have collaborated with the German forces were seized by members of the Resistance and had their hair chopped off , to the jeers and cat-calls of those standing around . |
| 18 | We would descend to the basement and make our way through a maze of waist-high partitioning . |
| 19 | As he rose from the settle and put his glass down none too gently on the table , she said , ‘ Aye . |
| 20 | Now a special paddock has been built at the Australian government 's Ginnindera Experimental Station , surrounded by piping which collects air from the field and analyses its gas content . |
| 21 | Down in Australia Brian Johnston cast a knowing eye round the field and told his audience of millions that Neil Harvey was standing with his legs apart , waiting for a tickle . |
| 22 | reserve the seller 's title to the goods themselves ( i.e. until either the buyer has paid or else the goods are sold by the buyer or lose their identity in the buyer 's manufacturing or other process ) , and |
| 23 | He said this quite casually , then stepped down from the pulpit and made his way to the centre of the altar once more . |
| 24 | Swallowing the stiffness in her throat , she folded the towel neatly on to the rail and combed her hair . |
| 25 | If you let the past dictate the present and prejudice your quality of life , then you may be the loser . |
| 26 | History is the accumulated experience of mankind ; it shapes our understanding of the present and governs our response to current problems . |
| 27 | Our house is only a flat , it 's not very long , and from the time it took my sister to leave me , go to the kitchen and tell my mum and bring her back , the baby was in my arms . |
| 28 | She was still shaking her head from side to side and laughing softly when she shooed him from the kitchen and returned her attention to her magazine . |
| 29 | That piece of toast you grab in the morning while trying to tidy the kitchen and brush your hair at the same time . |
| 30 | He went back down to the kitchen and assembled his information on the table . |