Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian coloured them all the way , the way in Malta and when you read the letter |
| 2 | Will his ideology make him close the border , or will economic self-interest keep it open , at least for a time ? |
| 3 | Now the Paul Turner-directed film is to be screened on the channel again tomorrow week at 7.45pm and this time non-Welsh speakers will have the opportunity to see what all the fuss is about there will be sub-titles . |
| 4 | Nick 's mum got her all the Barbie stuff . |
| 5 | ‘ David Lindley plays them all the time , and they 're special because not only is the body hollow , but the neck is hollow too . |
| 6 | This and his expression of heavy-lidded scepticism gave him more the appearance of an Old Etonian stockbroker than a policeman . |
| 7 | But , though there is no engagement ring yet on Jill 's finger , that look in her sparkling eyes gives us all the best possible hope . |
| 8 | ‘ Ian Paisley does it all the time and it 's considered quite normal . ’ |
| 9 | He must have been crouched behind a bank of snow watching him all the time as he came struggling and panting up the long slope . |
| 10 | Brown had to be at her very best in the breaststroke event as Emma Robinson of Coleraine pushed her all the way , finishing just 0.6 secs behind in the runner-up spot . |
| 11 | He came , amiable , assured , and planted himself in her doorway to enquire what all the fuss was about . |
| 12 | Erik watches it all the time . |
| 13 | ‘ We can have the Jheri-Curls chasin' us all the time tryin' to cut our hair and throw chemicals in it ! ’ |
| 14 | Well use your compass and just draw that 's P show me all the points that are seven hundred metres from P . |
| 15 | The notes to this Law make it clear the course of action to be taken : ‘ It is a question for the referee whether or not a series of the same offences by different players of a team amounts to repeated infringement . |
| 16 | At this , the sorely-tried husband had broken into such cries of frustration and wrath that the good doctor had thrust aside his plate and gone out into the hall to discover what all the hullabaloo was about . |
| 17 | Poirot , Maigret , Miss Marple and the new BBC1 series The Alleyn Mysteries give us all the thrill of but in a kinder , gentler Britain . |
| 18 | ‘ Confidence tricksters do it all the time . |
| 19 | Pausing only to send a page running to fetch her maid , fitzAlan marched her all the way to the ladies ' solar , deliberately avoiding the crowded hall . |
| 20 | The eccentric bachelor Intrigued me all the time . |
| 21 | Well he is worried about them having an accident with it but , but he 's not er worried about him having the motorbike , no he cos he would have done the same as a er child anyway well things like that , but erm what he 's worried about is that er with Ryan i and the other boy , n not Ryan so much , the other boy does it all the time , they 're churning all the grass up all over there in great big |
| 22 | An Irish Base Metals spokesperson wondered what all the fuss was about : ‘ We regard contributions in this sort of situation as quite normal practice . |
| 23 | One thing for certain , Sanders , you wo n't be coming here to the Mother of Parliaments to give us all the benefit of your profound wisdom . |
| 24 | You see , Tom sent it all the way from America , so I thought — ‘ |
| 25 | Though this is impossible to us as humans , nature does it all the time . |
| 26 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 27 | It would take a million years to tell you all the things I have done , and some of the things I would n't tell even you , ’ she said mischievously , ‘ but it 's great to be home . |
| 28 | There is no need to tell everyone all the details , any more than Peter makes any mention or testimony in his letters about the day he messed it up . |
| 29 | Except , because of the curiously selfless decision by the clubs to vote themselves half the financial liability , that figure is reduced to £3300 , which , divided by 11 , means an average payment per player of £300 . |
| 30 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |