Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it me or does the school letter come crawling round once a fortnight at your place ? |
| 2 | Why is it only me that gets the rats ? |
| 3 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 4 | As always with selective , individual cases , there is more to them than meets the eye . |
| 5 | Loaded symbols Giles Sutherland reviews an exhibition of Philip Braham 's landscape paintings and finds more to them than meets the eye |
| 6 | Marie steps in front of me and rolls the sleeves up to my elbows and then turns the collar up . |
| 7 | I turn over and pretend I 'm still asleep but she pulls the duvet off me and switches the lights on . |
| 8 | So far we have thought of the expression of grief as a process that takes ti me and needs the opportunity and space to be lived through . |
| 9 | ‘ Talking of smokescreens , Victor — ‘ ' But he just blows a mouthful at me and jabs the end of his cigar into the fug . |
| 10 | The discounts can be 13 per cent or more , a good return for whoever buys them and recovers the full face value a year later from the issuing bank . |
| 11 | Sadly for them , their response to it works against them and encourages the very behaviour they fear most . |
| 12 | He kisses them and licks the milk from his lips . |
| 13 | Incidentally , much of the success of direct mail lies in the fact that , apart from bills , most of the population get no mail at all and people are delighted to get a letter that expresses interest in them , concern about them and opens the door for further contact and involvement . |
| 14 | Talking about the patient as ‘ the spleen in bed 9 ’ , or ‘ the appendicitis in the corner ’ , or in a maternity unit calling everyone ‘ Mother ’ removes individual characteristics , neutralizes them and protects the nurse from emotional demands . |
| 15 | Thank you that clarifies the issue and concentrates our minds on this figure of sixty hectares . |
| 16 | There is something in you that loves the wild , the primitive ; you will pursue it even at the cost of what you cherish . |
| 17 | ‘ By the state of you , it 's you that needs the hand-out . ’ |
| 18 | Mitch goes with you and takes the necessary shots , ’ he added firmly , glancing at Mitch . |
| 19 | You expect her to crouch and try to put the robe on before she 's fully out of the water , or to turn her back to you , but instead there 's something like a sneer on her face as she stands up facing you and wraps the robe around herself with a kind of disdain . |
| 20 | Also it is something they can do for you and gives the visit a sense of occasion . |
| 21 | You should have said , the tap 's nowt to do with us it belongs to him that has the garage ! |
| 22 | Och its her that wears the dungarees in that hoose right enough . |
| 23 | He 's got a gentleman there who makes his meals for him and cleans the house . |
| 24 | This satisfies him and allows the other adventurers to run and escape automatically while the Champion is otherwise engaged . |
| 25 | He stares at the streets near him and hopes the grief he sees there is something that happens to other people . |
| 26 | The move is good both for him and Coventry because he 's joining a manager who believes in him and understands the mechanics of his game . |
| 27 | Another shrouded figure comes up to him and rips the clothing off . |
| 28 | Instead , he berates her and describes the misery she might expect as a beggar . |
| 29 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
| 30 | ‘ That were Bill Oldenshaw , him as has the farm over by Stones Place . |