Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman . |
| 2 | The couple gave just a hint of the trauma they faced in an open letter thanking the press for allowing them to put together the pieces of their relationship in private . |
| 3 | These otherwise humble humans are almost totally deaf ( well , they can hear after a fashion and even utter a few ponderously slow , deep drawling growls , but they only use these sounds for rudimentary purposes like communicating with each other ; they do n't seem capable of using them to detect even the most massive objects ) . |
| 4 | The extra weight and clothing was to help me get used to the combined effect of heat and exertion , but it made me look twice the man I was ! |
| 5 | I do n't think I 've ever the furniture . |
| 6 | You see I , I mean I know obviously the perks do n't outweigh all that , er , at least you do get some perks . |
| 7 | Well I think we can all , I mean I think just the fact that they were asking those questions I think literally days before they gave the approval worries me . |
| 8 | I mean I mentioned earlier the fact that it might be that people perceive sexual harassment , where in fact the behaviour has been perfectly appropriate and it 's just that the person perceiving it is unused to it , but I think that 's the minority of cases , incidentally . |
| 9 | Darrow and Govan were the first to identify with any certainty which ions were lost in diarrhoea and the quantities involved , thereby enabling them to state accurately the required make-up of an intravenous infusion aimed at replacing lost nutrients . |
| 10 | You ca n't make an individual schedule appear which includes both the tasks the person is responsible for and the ones he or she is merely involved in . |
| 11 | Therefore , new Protestant and Catholic trade unions were organised which rejected both the class war concepts and the optimistic socialist utopianism of the secular unions , with the result that three rival trade union centres were created ( Albeda , 1977 ) . |
| 12 | Alan Llwyd , who has himself won both the chair and crown of the National Eisteddfod twice in three years , worked on the screen adaptation of research he carried out for a blockbusting book on Hedd Wyn 's life . |
| 13 | If he had cared he would n't have let her slip away the way he had . |
| 14 | It may also have been the political considerations involved which led both the WJEC and the University of Wales to remain silent throughout the argument . |
| 15 | All I can do is let you know nearer the time if this is the case . |
| 16 | He wants you to destroy willingly the barrier you 've erected between Him and you . |
| 17 | Sickness rose , vying with the pain , as she found herself piecing together the last few hours of Mark 's life . |
| 18 | Has he asked indeed the tenants who have not already bought their home if they would be interested in the Government 's Rent to Buy housing scheme ? |
| 19 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
| 20 | Then take the matter of the car jack which , according to Bourke , he smuggled in to Blake who used it to prise away the window bars in order to make his escape from D block . |
| 21 | Her stern was down and a sharp list helped us to cut loose the lifeboat , which dropped heavily into the water . |
| 22 | Before setting out the law , it is important to discover to what extent there exists any unifying principle or premiss which draws together the individual legal rules . |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't expect me to give away the tricks of the trade , do you ? ’ snapped Casey Kucharyk , who was to win Amateur Class II ( up to 5ft 9in ) . |
| 24 | He showed this to me and told me to note especially the inscription on the coin 's obverse side : ‘ O.A. Paykhull cast this gold by chemical art at Stockholm , 1706 . ’ |
| 25 | Let me put forward the case for re-signing Proby . |
| 26 | During the first visit he was in such low spirits he could not bring himself to meet even the faithful Cottle ; during the second , in early April , optimism and humour had sufficiently returned for him to relish a meeting with one especially talkative woman on his homeward walk . |
| 27 | With these saws , a knob directly above the blade allows you to turn just the chuck rather than the whole body of the saw — especially useful in tight corners . |
| 28 | That 's an immense chunk of grant to allocate early on but it allows you to budget carefully the meagre remains . |
| 29 | the organ is quite one of my most favourite instruments — it has that combination of depth , harmony , majesty and spirituality that can raise the soul , bring joy to the heart and let one cast aside the ephemeral tedia of everyday life . |
| 30 | After her mother 's untimely death through cancer , Doreen 's father returned to England where he put the eight-year-old in the care of an au pair and hardly ever saw her , except to exert some strong-handed discipline when Doreen had done something to displease either the au pair or himself . |