Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 2 | Every sunset the apes would return from their day 's foraging to sleep in the branches of this giant tree , and we were driven to distraction by our repeated attempts to film them properly in the few seconds after they arrived and before the sun set . |
| 3 | I admire them for being so up front about their religious activity because it puts them right in the front line against anti-Semitism . ’ |
| 4 | I could see this condition coming upon me relentlessly from the first moment Dana cast his eyes upon me : he was another who knew how to use the power of the evil eye , almost casually , to enchant total strangers . |
| 5 | The French troops in Saudi Arabia moved up to Hafar al-Batin , some 100 km from the Kuwaiti border , placing them effectively in the front line . |
| 6 | At the meeting , it was decided that County , the underwriters Dillon Read and Phillips & Drew would take some of the remaining shares and then sell them slowly over the next few weeks , a move which had been discussed with County 's lawyers beforehand . |
| 7 | Impels me onward through the glowing orbs |
| 8 | He reached beneath the saddle and dipped his fingers in the shelf of scented unguents , then began to smear them delicately about the tiny hole , pushing inward , the unguents working their magic spell , making the muscles relax . |
| 9 | As of the end of June 1991 at least six of these statutes were undergoing the process of appeal which would almost certainly bring them eventually to the Supreme Court , where any of them could serve as the occasion for the reversal of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling , Roe v. Wade . |
| 10 | Is the Secretary of State aware that his scandalous decision will be greeted by outrage not only in Aberdeen and the surrounding area by everyone connected with the medical and caring professions but by everyone right across the political spectrum in the north-east of Scotland , including the hapless Marcus Humphrey ? |
| 11 | Just as they were about to give up hope of finding their way a huge while wolf appeared , which instead of attacking them began to guide them skilfully through the dark wood . |
| 12 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 13 | And he 's he 's turned over this and just gon na slap one on me and I 've turned my head and gone like that and he 's fucking caught me right on the fucking lips ! |
| 14 | He did say to me right in the very beginning basically it 's answering the telephone . |
| 15 | He had always seen them somewhere in the medical field as well as on a rugby pitch . |
| 16 | He sent them all over the Islamic world to kill his enemies . ’ |
| 17 | Another chapter today would see me nicely into the second half of my story , and this evening I would talk to Crispin and get things sorted out with him . |
| 18 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 19 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
| 20 | They impress me less in the beautiful central Andante in C minor : it needs expressive playing which should be poignant without overstepping the bounds of musical propriety that Mozart set himself , and here it sounds merely pleasing . |
| 21 | They took me all over the Ursuline convent … and to meet the Reverend Mother — an old Irishwoman . |
| 22 | I would recommend them only for the casual observer who wants little apart from views of lunar craters . |
| 23 | If you are using guitar machine heads ( far more easily adjusted than pegs , which also require special tools to fit them accurately ) it is more convenient to modify the shape of the head and fit them only on the left ( if you are right-handed ) in the manner of Fender guitars . |
| 24 | Edward gave them only until the following morning . |
| 25 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 26 | A double bed with two entirely different types of springing to suit the needs of each partner exactly ; to ease them gently into the right positions to keep the spine relaxed and flexible ; to help lift the pressure off bones , muscles , tendons , nerve endings and joints . |
| 27 | Make six small balls out of the red marzipan trimmings , each about the size of a pea , and press them gently into the red base , spacing evenly apart . |
| 28 | He was at peace with her while he reasoned and thought before speaking ; and the lengthening silence had neither weight nor tension , but lay between them gently like the comfortable warmth of a fire . |
| 29 | 10.3 The Academic Parties shall , notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement , have a licence to use for the purpose of further internal research and teaching work all the foreground technical information that they themselves have generated together with such of the background and results as is communicated to them hereunder by the other Parties and is necessary for such use of their own result , but such use shall be in conformity with the confidentiality conditions of this Agreement . |
| 30 | ‘ We bring them inside in the bad weather . |