Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb -s] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure that everyone writes down the five you agree on . |
| 2 | ‘ Jesus Christ , ’ I thought , ‘ to have marched all night , then someone blows up the kitchen ! ’ |
| 3 | But she could still be asked to leave with just one month 's notice if someone takes over the 20-year lease . |
| 4 | Someone draws down the blind . |
| 5 | In other words , someone throws down the gauntlet , do you pick it up ? |
| 6 | What d' ya want to know when someone picks up the phone . |
| 7 | Then someone peers out the little square panel , and finally some bolts are drawn back and a Rasta I never saw before beckons me inside . |
| 8 | When things are going wrong the Government 's supporters call it a failure of presentation and everyone trots out the old excuse that ‘ we are not getting the message across ’ . |
| 9 | In this way one goes up the scale gradually instead of in leaps as in the centesimal scale . |
| 10 | As one goes up the scale , though , one finds that magmas of more granitic composition are involved and they and the lavas they produce are more viscous . |
| 11 | So as one goes down the stratigraphical column , if one leaves behind the spectacles of the specialist and looks about one with the wondering eyes of a child , one never ceases to be amazed at the diversity and yet the uniformity of it all . |
| 12 | One adds up the probabilities for all the particle histories with certain properties , such as passing through certain points at certain times . |
| 13 | To calculate the probability of finding a real space-time with some certain property , such as looking the same at every point and in every direction , one adds up the waves associated with all the histories that have that property . |
| 14 | Thus if a defective toaster catches fire damaging the house and contents , one adds up the value of the damage done ( but not including either the toaster itself or any property used mainly for business purposes , e.g. a word processor ) . |
| 15 | One holds up the east-west streets . |
| 16 | Few of the facts are disputed , while everything hangs on the intention behind the actions . |
| 17 | Just how good it is depends mainly upon how much care one takes over the cream sauce . |
| 18 | The 90/110 type plugs which are parallel wired will not fit your head , but I believe there is a type , new on the market , which will replace the old type and make them quicker to heat up and are parallel wired , so if one burns out the rest will start the engine . |
| 19 | ‘ People are playing with fire if they contemplate the Government will just be defeated on Wednesday and everything settles down the following day . |
| 20 | And as one walks down the precipitous towpath there on the right is the stepping spread of side ponds and beyond that the overgrown remains of ‘ one of the many freaks that the mechanical age has produced ’ , as Rolt describes rather ungraciously the inclined plane that has gained for Foxton an entry in the ‘ Encyclopaedia Britannica ’ . |
| 21 | The presence of Free Presbyterians increases as one moves up the party hierarchy . |
| 22 | If , for example , as one moves up the elderly age range , the proportion of married to non-married decreases , and if married couples are in general better off than the single or widowed elderly , one would expect to find that average income would decline with age . |
| 23 | Normally , the operators closest to the plant will have the most detailed information and this gets condensed or reduced as one moves up the hierarchy . |
| 24 | Mortality rates among the adult working population parallel the progressive incidence of illness that occurs as one moves down the social hierarchy . |
| 25 | Protected Party Party Relying On Clause Class of Goods Non-consumer Business Commercial Business Non-consumer Consumer/Commercial Non-consumer Non-consumer Consumer/Commercial Business Business Consumer/Commercial Prima facie , it would appear that a court would be likely to find exclusions more reasonable as one proceeds down the matrix , and exclusions relating to consumer goods more reasonable than those relating to commercial goods . |
| 26 | The study doors are those that face one as one comes down the great staircase . |
| 27 | The world 's most gifted player , never afraid to speak his mind , added : ‘ When you are world champions , everyone pulls out the stops , everyone wants to beat you . |
| 28 | Everyone pushes out the boat to look their best on the Big Day — so imagine what it must be like if money 's no object . |
| 29 | blow , hard , trouble is you blow and nothing comes out the area oh that 's good , do that again like that that 's it |