Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing to see but the palmtrees one way And the sea the other way , Nothing to hear but the sound of the surf . |
| 2 | Everyone agreed that the result was most successful . |
| 3 | Everyone agreed that the loss of eyesight was a consequence of the animals taking up residence in an environment with no light , but the Lamarckians argued that the inherited effects of disuse provided a better explanation of the process than natural selection . |
| 4 | Everyone agreed that the Gorbachevs were lovely people . |
| 5 | Everyone agreed that the Gorbachevs were lovely people |
| 6 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
| 7 | They 'd like me to retire if the truth was told , but what I say is , why retire when you do n't want to ? ’ |
| 8 | That 's what makes me think that the man may have been a foreigner perhaps even killed on the other side of the channel . " |
| 9 | Carol began to sing a very rude version of ‘ Pretty Flamingo ’ which made me think that the stories of graffiti in ladies loos were all true . |
| 10 | It was he who told me to see that the room was prepared for you . ’ |
| 11 | For example , adding a little recycled paper to a package enables them to claim that the item is made of recycled materials and convey a sense of ecological responsibility . |
| 12 | Well then Pam made me laugh cos the tiler he , she said he 's go up on the roof and he 's there for hours ! |
| 13 | The news from France was that the French Army was withdrawing into prepared positions to lure the German Army into a trap , but soon everyone realised that the Germans must be sweeping all before them . |
| 14 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 15 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 16 | All of them say that the MacSharry plans would be devastating for farmers in every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | Mercifully we had shut the refrigerator and the cupboards after looking in them , and there was nothing to indicate that the visitor had noticed anything amiss . |
| 18 | Is not the timing of that exercise particularly insensitive , and is there any reason why it should not be postponed for a period of , say , a week as a mark of respect to the crew of the Antares , all of whom perished when the vessel was sunk ? |
| 19 | The actual state of the market is that it 's flooded with property , so we have a case where supply has increased , demand is still at a fairly low level , so we 're having to be very honest with our clients , our vendors , and let them know that the situation is that their property has to be of good value in the market place . |
| 20 | Hayling had let them know that the move would complicate his personal life . |
| 21 | Er , let me apologize if the motion appears a little vague . |
| 22 | Some of the features of alcoholism in its terminal phase are so well known that a cartoonist has only to draw a couple of lines for everyone to know that the subject is a " drunk " . |
| 23 | The centre of Matson was brick-built , a few buildings rising to three storeys , a few of them whitewashed but the rest left the whisky colour of the local clay . |
| 24 | We shall return to this issue later , but it surprised me to discover that the population of Waltham Forest needed more expenditure per head for such deprivation than that of Cleveland and about the same amount as Knowsley ; similar observations stem from the comparison of Hackney and Westminster , although this is hampered by including components referring to ILEA . |
| 25 | I am in the graveyard where nothing lives but the slow-worm , motionless on the short grass by the path , and the little birds who search among the yews like Elizabeth in the wardrobe . |
| 26 | That morning , as usual , he found nothing to complain of , so instead he wheeled on me to demand whether the boat 's electronic instruments were functioning properly . |
| 27 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 28 | If not , let me know because the copy you loaned me has been returned . |
| 29 | But let me know if the CID turn up . |
| 30 | Can you also please let me know if the drawings are at present mounted , and , if so , what their outside dimensions are . |