Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did Bill Dodds think of the Kittyhawk ? |
| 2 | She may not trust you , so ask if she 's heard a loo flush in the night . |
| 3 | Popular movements did not of course remain outside the influence of market forces . |
| 4 | I was a believer until about my fourteenth birthday , when I heard an Easter service on the radio . |
| 5 | Only when Mr Trout and his associate , Mr Alan Abel received the accolade of an interview with America 's top television journalist , Walter Cronkite , did SINA disappear from the limelight . |
| 6 | The secondary market helps the primary market in the pricing of new issues . |
| 7 | He will let Cardiff know before the end of the month if he will accept their offer of a new contract , after completely rejuvenating the Arms Park side in his five months in charge . |
| 8 | 1 Does the photographer specialise in the area in which you need to commission photography " ? |
| 9 | I shook the can , and felt the snake fall into the leg . |
| 10 | Paddy Kennedy , an RLP councillor who was himself taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs , said that he had seen Fitt fall to the ground and he had appeared to be on his knees when he was struck by a baton . |
| 11 | For four weeks we have heard telecasters mutter about the margin of error . |
| 12 | What does , what does Lou , Lou Reed describe at the beginning of his song , Walk On The Wild Side ? |
| 13 | Does a case fall within the exception only if it is collateral in both senses ? |
| 14 | If so , does this case fall within the category of cases where reference to Parliamentary proceedings should be permitted ? 3 . |
| 15 | Flavia saw Andrée glance at the square of oil-cloth off which she ate her meals . |
| 16 | The bad feelings turned to relief , and a degree of comfort , when , after a moment 's pause , she heard Johnny answer from the kitchen . |
| 17 | A newly created invisible ink makes the animals disappear with the heat of your body . |
| 18 | Through the heart-shaped cutout in the shutter , he saw the Land-Rovers disappear into the dip where he 'd felled the small trees . |
| 19 | However , as Jobs asked rhetorically ‘ can the horse evolve into the automobile ? ’ |
| 20 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 21 | I heard a light knock on the door . |
| 22 | Advancing stealthily into the room , Grainne felt the hairs prickle on the back of her neck . |
| 23 | These components should each bear reference to the development plan . |
| 24 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 25 | Out of curiosity , she let the light fall on the book doubled up under his elbow . |
| 26 | I swung it round my head , brought it down savagely into the sand , and watched the wind carry off the dust . |
| 27 | He turned and let his eyes lock with the laird 's , the minister 's , and the factor 's , each one in turn , while they stared back and tried to look perfectly blank . |
| 28 | There was n't much welcome to overstay in the various snack parlours where he lingered ( and where he moreover imagined himself unfavourably recollected from his previous TLM vigils , holding with both hands the creaky Styrofoam container , and watching the light pour past the office windows . |
| 29 | WHAT DOES A PRIEST DO AT THE EUCHARIST ? |
| 30 | She paused to give her words maximum effect and let her eyes flit over the assembly . |