Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [coord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one , therefore , would lend them money and the estates went undeveloped . |
| 2 | Dusk deepened until I could no longer see ten yards ahead , and after I 'd knocked the shaft of the arrow against an unseen hazard twice within a minute I stopped and sank slowly down to my knees , resting my forehead and the front of my left shoulder against a young birch trunk , drained as I 'd never been before . |
| 3 | It really annoys me , and every now and again I sit him down and say now look you , oh Henry , and he adores , the actual , personally my father adores my mother and the sun has always shone out , she 's the only person in the world for him |
| 4 | However I could not become a sperm donor ( Letters NI 189 ) , especially if this would mean I would never know my child or the woman who bore it . |
| 5 | After quite a lot of persuasion and promises of chocolate bars , I finally got back into my canoe and headed off down the river to find my paddle and the rest of the group . |
| 6 | The European Commissioner for External Affairs , Mr Frans Andriessen , said in Brussels yesterday that the Community would not compromise its autonomy and the supremacy of its political institutions . |
| 7 | Someone at KPMG should be nominated to receive enquiry calls and the advertisement should include their name and the KPMG address and phone number . |
| 8 | The court deferred their decision but the fight went ahead — Mendoza won — with an Argentinian doctor at the ringside . |
| 9 | She would verbally attack her husband but the more she shouted the more he withdrew from confrontation . |
| 10 | Further studies are required to establish its place and the dose to be given . |
| 11 | Katherine bent her head and the young girl kissed her check . |
| 12 | Melanie bent her head and the plaits swung over her face . |
| 13 | The old adage ‘ an Englishman 's home is his castle ’ emphasises the importance which past and present citizens attach to their right of privacy , in particular the right to peacefully enjoy their property and the privacy of their papers . |
| 14 | Margaret Llewelyn Davies was adamant that in no circumstances would the Guild surrender its independence and the branches raised sufficient funds to carry on the Guild 's work until a compromise was reached four years later . |
| 15 | They do n't know her name and the chances are that she ai n't that familiar with them . |
| 16 | In the third phase , the scientific , men acknowledge their smallness and the necessities of nature , but some feelings of omnipotence remain , in the belief in the power of the human mind to conquer nature . |
| 17 | They had been visiting friends , they had enjoyed their evening and the time had gone quickly so it was rather late when they set off for home . |
| 18 | But the expected tourist bonanza did not happen and now the finance company wants its money and the family have until Thursday to find backers . |
| 19 | In 1983 , more than a year after AIDS had been defined , a breakthrough was made in understanding its cause and the virus that leads to AIDS was identified . |
| 20 | They used her shoulder-bag and the satchel Travis had found on the plane to pack them in . |
| 21 | The expected fourth guest , Miles Lessingham , had unaccountably failed to arrive , but Alice Mair had n't rearranged her table and the empty chair and unfilled wineglass were uncomfortably evocative of Banquo 's ghost . |
| 22 | During this time , Demeter mourns her absence and the earth grows cold and barren . |
| 23 | He unbuttoned his shirt and the sun gleamed on the astrological medallion around his neck . |
| 24 | He has earned his thirst and the right to quench it |
| 25 | They knew without being told that this was the chief telegraphist , whose word was law on starboard watch ; knew it without seeing the three brass buttons on either sleeve cuff which pronounced his rank or the lightning-flashed wings on his right arm that told them he was the telegraphist they sought . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , sweet Lord ! ’ she breathed , and leaned against the wall as the driver cracked his whip and the cart rolled on . |
| 27 | Then he rose quickly , and mounted , and turned his horse with his knees while he fastened his helmet and the Forteviot men collected behind him . |
| 28 | My book shows that Modigliani was not that gloomy pessimist of morbid temperament who ‘ destroyed himself with as much care as he put into constructing his talent ’ , but that he never doubted his worth nor the imminence of success . |
| 29 | He had discarded his jacket and the short sleeves of his shirt revealed strong arms , a sprinkling of dark hairs contrasting with the tanned skin . |
| 30 | Modigliani disliked writing letters , but during the winter of 1919 he wrote several times to Zborowski in Paris on practical matters , asking urgently for money and canvases , thanking Zbo for sending money and , rather touchingly , explaining his progress or the lack of it to his dealer . |