Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | bought the wagon round , yeah I made them clear the site cos well actually it 's twelve being as , they are a bit stained |
| 2 | My curiosity made me open the door , and I found the corridor full of smoke . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , but if you make them open the door , it will never be a secret again . |
| 4 | Flora helped me open the boot . |
| 5 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 6 | However , when that same individual is observed spending some of its vital time and energy budget assisting others to survive or rear their young the logic of Darwin 's theory would suppose it to be engaged in activities that would tend to lower its biological fitness . |
| 7 | They say its possible the attacker ran off across Monks Way . |
| 8 | They say its possible the attacker ran off across Monks Way . |
| 9 | He was driving her crazy the way he was holding her and the way he was looking down at her with smouldering blue eyes . |
| 10 | He said , with great politeness , that he would be in the buttery , always supposing anyone wanted to know , and Tybion the Tusk got up and helped him open the door , just to be friendly . |
| 11 | I 'd collect up the photos and put 'em hon the bed . |
| 12 | Oh a couple of twelves get me right the way round , one , two , three , four , five , six , one , two |
| 13 | To give everyone present the opportunity of contributing information and of saying what they or their agency could offer . |
| 14 | If you get it right the engine will catch just as it slows almost to a halt and , to the accompaniment of a swirling grey cloud of oily smoke stage right , the hiccupping bass thumping will grow into the irregular loping lumpy grumble of a healthy Pratt 986 . |
| 15 | If you get it right the Beaver stops on a sixpence ( but if you get it wrong , normally yielding water can be awfully hard ! ) |
| 16 | So if we get it right the answer should come to ten . |
| 17 | Big Mary staunin' herself oan the flair |
| 18 | I guess it flawed the lot of it . |
| 19 | Thank you reserving your right the debate on please yes that 's right , . |
| 20 | Will his ideology make him close the border , or will economic self-interest keep it open , at least for a time ? |
| 21 | I mean they open the door and bell can go inside ca n't it ? |
| 22 | Make him fit the bill ; imagine for him the attributes that you require . |
| 23 | However , there was no computer system to manage the exercise — when the nav wanted a position line or fix he pre-warned the instructor , who sat the other side of the ‘ cockpit ’ facia , and at the appropriate time a piece of paper was pushed through the wall with the details scrawled upon it ! |
| 24 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |
| 25 | ‘ I wonder what brought 'im inter the cafe . |
| 26 | At the House of Lords hearing , the QC appearing for the Attorney General made it clear the law lords ' ruling meant no case could be brought against the hospital or medical staff involved . |
| 27 | His tone made it clear the job was not one he had enjoyed . |
| 28 | ‘ Fascinating , ’ Caroline said , in a tone that made it clear the topic was anything but . |
| 29 | Turning from the hardware of sea rescue to the people who make it possible the Chairman emphasised that the contribution of lifeboat crews could not be stressed too highly . |
| 30 | 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 . |