Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 2 | There was nothing for it but for me to drive the ten miles there and back and pick it up , because the doctors would need to examine him and sign the certificate at 6.30 . |
| 3 | The first is not chronological but logical ; that is , it will set out how , having invented the six criteria with which I began Chapter 8 , I have tried to meet them using the passive avoidance task . |
| 4 | That they did not was evident in 1988 as 112 gentlemen archers , over half of them using the traditional longbow , took aim at the annual tournament for the ‘ Antient Scorton Silver Arrow ’ . |
| 5 | There was a practical circus item which asked pupils to weigh given letters and then cost them using the postal charges table ( see Table 4.8 ) . |
| 6 | To examine the effects of differentiation on ATF1 protein levels we prepared nuclear extracts from UF9 and differentiated F9 ( DF9 ) cells and compared them using the blotting assay . |
| 7 | Staff sponsored them to wear the furry animal costumes to raise funds for the ‘ Make A Wish Appeal ’ which makes dreams come true for sick children . |
| 8 | Det Ch Insp Roy Lambert said there was nothing to connect the two men with the car . |
| 9 | Photography via the microscope enables everyone to see the same view , and minute movements , e.g. phagocytosis of a bacterium by a white blood cell can be seen in motion and therefore be more easily remembered . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean , they get these ideas and these bees in their bonnets and try and make everyone think the same way , and they change all the rules and upset everything , and Freud got it wrong in one way and Marx got it wrong in another . ’ |
| 11 | Let me answer the second question first . |
| 12 | The same attitude is recognizable in the fragments of the histories of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius who , amidst all his philosophical work , decided to become the continuator of Polybius for the period after 146 B.C. It is uncertain whether Posidonius concluded his histories with the events of Sulla 's dictatorship or whether he extended them to include the Eastern wars of Pompey . |
| 13 | Fans wrote letters to the band enthusing and it prompted them to include the rustic version on the CD , cassette and French version of the single . |
| 14 | It certainly makes me regard the next car commercial with a new pair of eyes . |
| 15 | Our aim is to help them make the right purchase by giving them all the information they need . |
| 16 | But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common . |
| 17 | And the prophecy of Isaiah 61 : 1 , ‘ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , for he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor … ’ stands in Luke 's Gospel ( 4:18 ) , as a beacon shedding light over the whole of his ministry . |
| 18 | If it is to put pressure on broadminded intellectuals to persuade their leaders to change their policies , it is having the opposite effect , and is causing them to support the nationalist government . |
| 19 | Sotion and Ps. -Aristotle quoted them to confirm the remote origin of philosophy outside the Greek world ; but the main argument was represented by Magi and Brahmans who had a better and older reputation among Greek thinkers and historians ( Diog . |
| 20 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 21 | Now , everyone confronts the same challenge , and Mr Lang is looking for consensus . |
| 22 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 23 | It was only with great effort that was able to get them to arrange the Open Door Schooling visit so that it was useful as a teaching exercise , instead of being a ceremonial procession through the commune . |
| 24 | None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter . |
| 25 | Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did . |
| 26 | ONCE again baseless charges of lewdness and indecency in this column make it impossible for me to report the following headline in the newsletter of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries : ‘ What 's Five Inches Long — and Worth £200 ? ’ |
| 27 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 28 | Central government not only mapped out extended statutory territory for local councils to develop , but also provided a large financial incentive for them to cultivate the new territory . |
| 29 | As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment . |
| 30 | Everyone got the critical hots for Gotham 's rooftop dominatrix . |