Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Macedo 's line is that of Chico Mendes , for whom saving the rainforest went hand in hand with saving the way of life of its people and improving their lot . |
| 2 | There are however , specific groups of members for whom meeting the guidelines is compulsory . |
| 3 | She did not respond to this , but stared at him , until he spoke again , saying , ‘ I 'd have been along before now , but I heard about me father the very day when we last spoke , and so I had to go off straightaway to Newcastle . |
| 4 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 5 | ‘ Hello , this is Mrs Lenham , look about my abortion the day after tomorrow , I just wanted to know if … ’ |
| 6 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |
| 7 | Through my binoculars-camera the colours down on the track in the chilly sunshine looked sharp and bright , the race easy on that account to read . |
| 8 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 9 | Pubs and eating places : For my money the Dove and Olive Branch bar , part of the Wordsworth hotel , is the best bar in Grasmere . |
| 10 | For my money the 1954 version has more edge to it . |
| 11 | Charles Fontaine of the Quality Chop House , and for my money the purveyor of the finest dressings in London , uses only red wine vinegar , vegetable oil , mustard , salt and pepper . |
| 12 | Both the storm and the rarer Leach 's petrel were known to frequent Sula Sgeir , but for my part the all-pervading guano stench made any other odour indistinguishable . |
| 13 | and for my tongue the salt on your skin to gobble . |
| 14 | What are the reason for my account the fact that there , they do n't obtain these higher wages because clearly there is this income gap the differential is driving the whole process , yet economic theory tells us that the migration should , should diminish that gap between income in urban and rural areas |
| 15 | I discovered soon after my illness the same energies walking beneath the cliffs of Lyme Regis , in the shadow of Mary Annan and the ichthyosauruses as I do in this hamlet . |
| 16 | Soon after my retirement the Oxford University Press approached me with the suggestion that I might collect and edit an anthology of prayers . |
| 17 | Baby Two and her mother were transferred to a hospital nearer their home the day before . |
| 18 | After their dismissal the first and sixth defendants drafted a business plan for the purpose of raising finance to set up a Bureau de Change business in competition with the plaintiffs . |
| 19 | As they climbed after their quarry the Hurricanes were suddenly ‘ bounced ’ by the Bf109Es , Oblt . |
| 20 | Cyril Ramaphosa , president of the National Union of Mineworkers and one of the group who met Mr Mandela on Tuesday , said that after their release the ANC men would demand passports so as to visit ANC leaders abroad for consultations . |
| 21 | After their conviction the contents of the Pethick-Lawrences ' country home were sequestered by the courts . |
| 22 | Later in the 17 and 18C the Jesuits took it over , but after their dissolution the chapel was demolished . |
| 23 | Anne and Sarah were true to their pledge to enjoy every moment of their lives after their fright the previous September . |
| 24 | These ulcers heal spontaneously and rapidly so that seven days after their induction the ulcer area was usually reduced to about 30% of its initial size . |
| 25 | Shortly after their arrival the Mozarts met Friedrich Melchior Grimm , an influential diplomat and secretary to the Duke of Orleans . |
| 26 | Two weeks after their arrival the Japanese banned the Indonesians ' flag . |
| 27 | After their match the victorious Welsh No.1 , Adrian Davies , and the British under-21 champion , Stephen Meads , complained about their referee , Ed Johnson , and alleged that the financial cutbacks because of sponsorship problems had affected the standard of officiating . |
| 28 | It was further revealed that after their arrest the Clarkes had been prevented from seeing a lawyer for two days . |
| 29 | After their arrest the three accused made police statements in which they admitted to having gone " wilding " on the night in question , a term meaning the perpetration of motiveless assaults . |
| 30 | The band was originally formed way back in the early 1900's under the name of Milltown Flute Band , but shortly after its inauguration the band 's conductor and founder member , John Millar , died and the other members decided to change the name of the band in his memory . |