Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 2 | ‘ If you do n't make more effort to be civil , I may regret fishing you from the sea on your arrival . |
| 3 | And the young woman let her tie the grizzling baby into the bath-chair and wheel it around the courtyard to look at the hens . |
| 4 | As you will have observed , your wife was not pleased to see me ; she remained impatient of my attentions throughout , and the only prof it from the visit is my own . |
| 5 | I mean it was unbelievable , it was uncanny , because all they had done at A T F was , you know , gear it on the pantograph and there was no redrawing or adjustment whatsoever . |
| 6 | ‘ Funny things , are n't they ? ’ holding it to the light , checking the measure before giving it to Rosen . |
| 7 | Some time previously and after a wait of five years my name had been proposed and seconded for membership , but when my proposer heard that two members were of a mind to blackball me in the ballot , he ( without telling me ) withdrew my candidature . |
| 8 | If you walked round the bishop 's wood shortly before you left Cuddesdon , you were likely to become aware of an elfin prelate hunting you through the shrubbery like a gaitered satyr ; and when he caught up with you he would say breathlessly , ‘ If you ever need a bed … ( panting ) … do n't forget I have fifteen spare bedrooms ’ . |
| 9 | In return we in the editorial team will try to keep you up to date with what is going on in the University . |
| 10 | She got home pretty quickly but it was a more frightening story yesterday afternoon when her driver dumperd her in the middle of Swindon after a mystery tour . |
| 11 | Sabrina followed-him into the room , still unable to get any sort of reading on the Geiger-Muller counter . |
| 12 | I 'll second it for the time being . |
| 13 | If you find some if you realize you 've bought something and it 's faulty return it to the shop who sold it to you as soon as you can . |
| 14 | I told her that I had finished constructing the new kite , and that she could help me test it in the wind . |
| 15 | Aside from the cutting lyrics of ‘ For Spacious Lies ’ or the cheeky exuberance of ‘ Blame It On The Bassline ’ , it is Beats International 's most characteristic creation . |
| 16 | Perhaps you will have a part-time job and a small capital reserve to tide you over the lean years until the farm is pulling its weight . |
| 17 | Someone may grab your collar with both hands in order to head-butt you in the face , or may seize you by the hair to punch you . |
| 18 | Er I 'll just talk erm just talk briefly about emergency access money , cos this wi this covers one point I in the next session . |
| 19 | Lewis reached his third Test fifty before edging a flowery drive , and Salisbury recovered from an excruciating blow on the box from Waqar to bang him through the covers and generally give the impression that he might soon be worth a sport higher than No. 9 in the order . |
| 20 | while we sleeve it into the sail . |
| 21 | And the day before his weakness waxed great , he ordered the gates of the town to be shut , and went to the Church of St. Peter ; and there the Bishop Don Hieronymo being present , and all the clergy who were in Valencia , and the knights and honourable men and honourable dames , as many as the Church could hold , the Cid Ruydiez stood up , and made a full noble preaching , showing that no man whatsoever , however honourable or fortunate they may be in this world , can escape death ; to which , said he , I am now full near ; and since ye know that this body of mine hath never yet been conquered , nor put to shame , I beseech ye let not this befall it at the end , for the good fortune of man is only accomplished at his end . |
| 22 | If you are interested in enrolling in Business Direct , or wish any of your staff to enrol , please complete the attached application form and post it to the address shown or take it to your local Midland branch . |
| 23 | That 's ah Mrs bloody dog oh bugger it , why should she have to clean it up , she should take it , put it in the bag and post it to the environmental health |
| 24 | He would try and remember to post it in the Sandyford Toll Receiving House on the way back , if nothing else intervened . |
| 25 | Then on the day of issue you address the envelope , stick on the stamps , post it in the First Day Cover posting box , and it will receive a First-Day-of-Issue postmark . |
| 26 | I went to post it in the index book I 've got it 's stopped it 's been in |
| 27 | It looked as if Berowne had clutched it as he fell , half-pulling it from the bed , so that it lay partly bunched at his right side . |
| 28 | Mash it or purée it in the blender with an equal quantity of fresh unsalted butter . |
| 29 | Crush a sugar lump and add it to the brandy in which the raisins were soaked ; warm the mixture , set it alight and drizzle it over the pudding just before bringing to table . |
| 30 | Then I divvy up the crap into the rightful pedal bins and trolley them around the building , where nobody knows me . |