Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they first met for real the fierce , cold , autocratic , heroically self-made man 's beady eye and cockily addressed him as ‘ Washy ’ to his face , well , petrification set in , sometimes terminal . |
| 2 | With Britain getting closer to Iran and with the US constantly improving its rapport with Syria , we felt that now we were all together , we could be released without having to wait for all the governments to restore relations . |
| 3 | ‘ Large numbers of entries were received for all the competitions , which ran over the two days and were thrown open to the past members of the Club , as well as members of the Ladies and Artisans sections . |
| 4 | I got through half the book . |
| 5 | You feel punished for all the sins you never committed ; you 're supplicated and invaded . |
| 6 | ‘ The world 's exotica is over there , parading for all the universe to see , and you are here … ’ |
| 7 | That was why India-May could handle being ripped off all the time . |
| 8 | ‘ Father vould n't really vant him to go for all the summer . ’ |
| 9 | Nevertheless , even allowing for all the frailties of palaeontologists , there still remains a remarkable picture of palaeontological persistence . |
| 10 | And is it not ( by its elastic force ) expanded through all the heavens ? ’ |
| 11 | Repeat for all the towers . |
| 12 | It is , therefore , most important to search for all the possible angles to a question , and this involves reading the question with meticulous care . |
| 13 | Stunned by the sensation , she had to search for all the willpower she possessed not to let her reaction show in her expression . |
| 14 | Points given for all the norw. players in VG ( max 10 — which is — very — seldom seen ) — 4–5-1 formation . |
| 15 | As Carol had heard it , the Special Air Service had somehow broken through all the perimeter fences in the night , evaded the Ministry police and their bloody dogs , and reached the doors of the earth mound where the chemical explosives were stored . |
| 16 | The Holy Spirit has broken through all the man-made obstacles , and has incorporated all types and backgrounds of people in the messianic community . |
| 17 | Those who suffer most are the prisoners who allow their mask to sink through all the layers of their personality and blot out the warm , loving , sorrowing parts of themselves . |
| 18 | He goes through all the emotions . |
| 19 | About one case in 25 goes through all the pre-trial procedure and is set down for trial . |
| 20 | Because I believe that it is the women that goes through all the pain , suffering and has to carry the burden of the chance of getting pregnant which a man does not have for obvious reasons . |
| 21 | and the , the free papers I mean that 's the one that goes through all the doors |
| 22 | , I do n't think you 've got anything to worry about , have you seen that advert for Babycham no erm the advert with Babycham , erm , er running on about true romantics and he goes through all the differences his and this woman marrying this guy and she must be and she must be fifty five , and he 's about twenty three , twenty four and Rob turns round the other day and said , she 's got |
| 23 | And I unloaded at Mr Riggs on Norwich Hill ( he used to contract for all the horses with the post-office ; and we used to take hay there ) , and I pulled the load into his yard ; took the horses out , and put them into this load what my uncle — what they sent away . |
| 24 | Forged into an irresistible revolutionary force by its vanguard party , the proletariat was destined to carry through first the bourgeois-democratic revolution and then the socialist revolution . |
| 25 | Constituency parties were formed for all the major industrial constituencies . |
| 26 | If that continues during the 1990s , inflation averages 5% , and homes account for half the value of all bequests , Mintel thinks property transfers between generations will rise from perhaps £16 billion in 1990–91 to £25 billion in 1999–2000 . |
| 27 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 28 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 29 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp 's NTT Mobile Communications Network is to split itself into nine regional units : its present headquarters in Tokyo will become the group 's parent company , which will wholly own the equity of the eight subsidiaries , and the move is intended to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the fight with its biggest domestic rival Daini Denden Inc , which has no unit in Tokyo and Tokai area , which together account for half the population . |
| 30 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |