Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 2 | I 'd just got my licence and I drove into Manhattan , because I got my licence the day I turned sixteen . |
| 3 | In his satirical cabaret days , Nichols used to do a sketch with Elaine May about a Jewish mother 's shock at her son 's choice of profession : ‘ Can you imagine me saying , ‘ There goes my son the nurse ’ ? ’ |
| 4 | Now Nichols 's mother could say , ‘ There goes my son the movie director . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm seeing my friend the video company owner today . |
| 6 | Well it 's absolutely horrendous , they 'll think my God the British class system is completely |
| 7 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 8 | ‘ No one understands my speedboat the way your brother does . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd broken my heel the week before whilst soloing at Pex Hill ! |
| 10 | Catching my eye the young medic grinned and gave a thumbs-up sign . |
| 11 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 12 | I went home and visited my GP the next day , and he gave me calamine lotion . |
| 13 | As soon as I loosened my grip the tiniest fraction — say to alter the angle of insertion from one that caused grievous bodily harm to one that was only very uncomfortable — the damned thing sprang into a new incarnation as a frisbee and shot across the room . |
| 14 | My knuckles and hands were a mass of windblown cuts and boils which meant that whenever I clenched my fists the gashes opened . |
| 15 | Houses the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , presided over by the Lord High Commissioner , representing Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 16 | In the second half of 1934 and in 1935 the movement all but collapsed as a national force , and to revive its fortunes the fascist political programme was de-emphasized and instead more attention was paid to fomenting local and regional grievances in populist campaigns . |
| 17 | Unless Labour develops its policies the next election will be a battle between two parties with virtually identical economic policies . |
| 18 | If Heini 's wife , Tita , a former Miss Spain , has her way the final home of the picture will be Madrid . |
| 19 | He has her report the matter to the police . |
| 20 | Announcing their victory the Dwarfs retreat to the mountains and refuse to fight any more . |
| 21 | Parish Council chairman Peter Foster yesterday said so many people were booking their plots the village was running out of burial space . |
| 22 | But as I rode out with the nation 's most prestigious hunt , I found its members the model of politeness . |
| 23 | IF the BBC wants to secure its future the first thing it should do is cut down on the huge fees it pays to presenters . |
| 24 | They found their bedroom the hardest room to decorate in the new style . |
| 25 | Her flippancy helped her distance the odd reality of the blue that wove through her vision . |
| 26 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 27 | Partly to counteract its influence the TUC created official Unemployed Associations in 1930 . |
| 28 | Comecon was introverted , denying its members the benefits of open and proper relationships with third countries . |
| 29 | The frequent complaint that ships , once requisitioned , were not actually used for several months , thereby denying their owners the use of them in between times , was not always the fault of the wind or weather . |
| 30 | When he finally turned into Brunel Road and stopped to catch his breath the others were nowhere to be seen . |