Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 2 | It is only with such a system that uneconomic jobs or work types can be identified and stopped for either the fee basis to be renegotiated or the amount of work done reassessed . |
| 3 | The little room at the end of the paddock , where scores are received , became for once the centre of attraction . ’ |
| 4 | This greed for status reinforces the wife 's role as child-bearing domestic slave or chattel , and spoils for ever the chance of a real relationship . |
| 5 | They sold for twice the price of a ‘ black label ’ record . |
| 6 | Mildly , he said , ‘ If you insist on facing things , why not think about how the way you 've behaved hardly leads me to think on you as a sensitive soul . |
| 7 | The sensitivity , specificity , and efficiency of the sweat spot test were calculated for both the sweat spot test score and the percentage number of abnormal subareas , and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for both parameters . |
| 8 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 9 | Left penniless when her husband dropped dead suddenly one Monday morning as he was putting his horse between the shafts to go to the country on his weekly door-to-door round , her pride had not allowed her to accept for long the charity of the community 's Board of Guardians . |
| 10 | The Maria is a small , friendly hotel , ideally located for both the nightlife and the beach . |
| 11 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 12 | Of those who voted , virtually all voted for either the Conservative or Labour parties ; 3 . |
| 13 | I knew now that I might have been foolish to have expected so much from Waite , but he had been the only person who 'd been willing to treat both kidnappers and hostages as human beings and to attempt some kind of understanding about how the situation could be resolved . |
| 14 | One of the things that has been hardest for me to deal with in coaching is runners who want to train for both the marathon and the mile at the same time . |
| 15 | In the United Kingdom , Derry/Londonderry was the first and their game was called The Maiden City , presumably in order not to alienate that half of the community which did not approve of either the name Derry or Londonderry . |
| 16 | Lawyers for Blanco said they would appeal against both the prison sentence and the fine . |
| 17 | Any chance of a Government defeat when the white paper is debated in the Commons on Monday has now been averted with even the majority of hardcore rebels threatening to abstain rather than vote against the Government . |
| 18 | The brown and gold moulding also made the frame an ideal choice , as it harmonised with both the mount and the gold lines . |
| 19 | Many times an idea will be rejected simply because it has come from outside the department . |
| 20 | ‘ Of his 16 goals this season , 11 have come from outside the box and that tells you the quality of the man . |
| 21 | Of the 35 goals England have scored in the 26 matches Taylor has been in charge , just three have come from outside the penalty area . |
| 22 | The man 's brown tricorne hat had come from neither the French nor the British army , but had been bought at the market in the Norman town of Caen . |
| 23 | Latterly he became prominent in Positivist circles and occupied until recently the pulpit at the little-known Church of Humanity in Holborn . |
| 24 | To answer this lies in both the yarn and the individual pattern . |
| 25 | The difference lies in how the image is captured . |
| 26 | Those who are nominated from outside the government service are a predictable mixture of retired headmistresses , regional general managers and council clerks . |
| 27 | So you think that it would be inappropriate to say look this is a particular place set aside , a lot of people will use this and they do n't want to come in here the majority do n't want to come in and breathe cigarette smoke , so do n't smoke . |
| 28 | Only two appeared in more than one newspaper — each appearing in both the Sun and the Star . |
| 29 | A wood-burning furnace , stoked from outside the house , kept at least two slaves busy . |
| 30 | Ever since his time as a medical student , he had been drawn towards women who were higher up the career ladder , revelling in both the challenge and the reflected glory when he succeeded . |