Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first programme , to our delight , fits the Festival 's German theme perfectly . |
| 2 | Steam rises off the ground , drying the fields as the morning sun tackles the night 's cold dew . |
| 3 | ‘ He hates the vet 's . ’ |
| 4 | The male camel drinks the female 's urine , swilling it in his mouth like a wine taster to assess her sexual state . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , that Wilfrid enjoyed good relations with Aethelwealh is confirmed by Bede who records the king 's gift to him of 87 hides of land for a monastery at Selsey ( HE IV , 13 ) , the site of the bishopric subsequently established among the south Saxons in the time of Daniel , bishop of Winchester ( HE V , 18 ) . |
| 6 | A bronze plaque in the Memorial Hall records the church 's gratitude to him . |
| 7 | Mancini records the council 's decision to put the queen 's brother , Sir Edward Woodville , at the head of a force to be sent against Philippe de Crevecoeur , who had started an informal war in the Channel . |
| 8 | Mancini records the council 's decision to put the queen 's brother , Sir Edward Woodville , at the head of a force to be sent against Philippe de Crevecoeur , who had started an informal war in the Channel . |
| 9 | Maybe this records the Girls ' first sighting of the nudes ! |
| 10 | But the accusation of eating with the Gentiles has been heard before , for Luke records the Pharisees ' earlier complaint about Jesus , ‘ 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them ’ ' ( Luke 15:2 ) . |
| 11 | Professor Uitsmijter has suggested what at first seems a crazy solution to my translation problems : I place my tape-recorder next to the phone , he records the laibon 's words in Nairobi and he faxes back the translation . |
| 12 | However , Æthelweard , who was of the finest English stock , and may well have been the man of that name executed by Cnut in 1017 ( see above ) , dissembled by undertaking what he had no intention of performing , and the Chronicle records the ætheling 's eventual banishment in 1017 . |
| 13 | He records the room 's temperature . |
| 14 | Tone greatly aids the researchers ' understanding of Creole grammar , which appears less simple than was thought . |
| 15 | Complement : a substance in the blood , consisting of nine different fractions , that aids the body 's defences when antibodies combine with invading antigens . |
| 16 | Global Change ’ confronts the world 's environmental problems . |
| 17 | Erm but if somebody has had a gap for whatever reason , it is often the only method of actually covering it if you want to do something that involves the teachers ' superannuation scheme . |
| 18 | Such a role , which inevitably involves the dollar 's use as a reserve currency , is the product of US industrial and financial power , and was hardly eroded by the end of dollar convertibility and of the fixed exchange rate system . |
| 19 | Well , it is in a way because it affects , involves the person 's health , so it 's important . |
| 20 | Mental match involves the individual 's information and decision making requirements , as well as their perception of the tasks . |
| 21 | One of the most demanding of Harris 's standard contract terms involves the vendor 's commitment to provide , under escrow if necessary , a copy of the product 's source code with the purchase . |
| 22 | The costing process for nominated suppliers also involves the client 's quantity surveyor . |
| 23 | OUT ON A LIMB : Johnny massages the Duchess 's leg . |
| 24 | The prophecy that the chief Ringwraith will not fall ‘ by the hand of man ’ , and his check when he realises Dernhelm is a woman , similarly parallels the Witches ' assurance to Macbeth and his disconcertment when told ‘ Macduff was from his mother 's womb/Untimely ripped . ’ |
| 25 | It has been suggested that " on " means " against " and therefore it is not robbery if the accused snatches the victim 's bag unless the victim retains hold or recovers it and there is a fight . |
| 26 | In traditional psychoanalysis , the paternal prohibition of oedipal sexuality ends the close relationship between the child and mother ; enforces the child 's recognition of sexual difference , that is , its recognition of the absence of the phallus from the female body ; and introduces it into a wider social world . |
| 27 | The kind of structure the authors mostly discuss is to do with how to move from one dramatic experience into another in a way that tightens the pupils ' grip on the central issue . |
| 28 | For the elegant and sensible actress , who plays the soap 's dizzy piece-turned-stuck-up-councillor's lady , has this advice : ‘ Think hard — you 'll get hurt , Audrey . |
| 29 | ‘ Speak fo ’ yo'self ! ’ chips in baby brother Marlon , who — hardly a big stretch for the actor — plays the comedian 's younger brother in Mo' Money , and is joining the interview at Damon 's request . |
| 30 | ‘ No , it 's just that the pressure is off him now , ’ says Frank Whaley , the standout in Stone 's last box-office hit , Born On The Fourth Of July , and the actor who plays The Doors ' mild-mannered guitarist Robbie Krieger . |