Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy drove , deft competent hands guiding them through the suburbs , Jay lit cigarettes for them both , a secret kiss at the tip of each one ; houses blurred past beyond Lucy 's profile . |
| 2 | A local man had been bullied into guiding them through the treacherous , quaking waste . |
| 3 | Secondly , assistance and information is offered to these firms , guiding them through the planning and development process , and offering advice on a range of issues from education and housing to estate agents and government grants . |
| 4 | As a child , I thought about this a good deal and my father would often invite me to feel the holes in his head — taking my fingers in his hand and guiding them to the slight depressions under his vaselined hair . |
| 5 | Her brother Jeff was guiding them alongside the jetty now . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , this view was not shared by those who , through no fault of their own , had been charged with the task of guiding me through the mists of ignorance to the sunny uplands of clarity and understanding . |
| 7 | Hang on a minute — there 's another me in the dream … standing outside in the star-studded night . |
| 8 | Listening to this I on the whole thought that in a real sense he never really quite answered them , on the other hand he made every single person look silly . |
| 9 | Most libraries have wall charts guiding you to the shelf groupings for the major Dewey divisions . |
| 10 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 11 | Joshua 's father , Moishe , the community 's Rabbi , cherished his grandson and would have devoted what was left of his life to guiding him through the intricacies ' of Talmud and Gemara to the Rabbinate if Jacob had shown any vocation . |
| 12 | He took her arm , guiding her across the broad landing towards another door . |
| 13 | He touched her sleeve , guiding her through the doorway . |
| 14 | His arms held her closely , guiding her to the rhythm of the music . |
| 15 | ‘ Come over here and meet the children , Rachel , ’ he said , guiding her to the group . |
| 16 | I say , ‘ Want to try again ? ’ and I rabbit-punch him in the throat . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't talk rot , ’ said Meredith and , taking him by the arm , frog-marched him along the corridor . |
| 18 | Lewis was tired , and Waqar off-glided him for two and straight-drove him to the pavilion boundary . |
| 19 | The Mail began bingo as an answer to the bingo weapons of the Daily Star and the Sun in their circulation war and they dignified it with the name ‘ Casino ’ , but a heap of dung by any other name still smells the same . |
| 20 | ‘ Er — Jim 's just got to OK it with the boss , ’ he said uncertainly . |
| 21 | I prod it with a fork and brown it on the fire before introducing it to the thick slice of toast . |
| 22 | As to British naval power , the slave trade militated against rather than enhanced it through the high mortality of sailors engaged in it . |
| 23 | But eventually the arguments all boil down to the fact that it is more economic to harvest the rainforest sustainably than clear-fell it in the idiotic way we have been doing until now , and that this is of immense benefit to us , the human species , because of the maintenance of that genetic diversity which will cure all sorts of dreadful diseases in the future . |
| 24 | Mike and I saw a a very young child being washed at a tube well , those guiding us round the site were very impressed by this , the child was rather perplexed and surprised as normally it was taken down to the river to be washed . |
| 25 | Weekends you can let the real you off the leash for a frolic or two . |
| 26 | That 's right you like the gold did you ? |
| 27 | ‘ Was that you on the phone last night ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Was that you in the woods a while ago ? ’ asked Lydia . |
| 29 | Is that you in the flash car pushing my little one out of the way ? |
| 30 | humiliating you in the presence of your colleagues ; |