Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 2 | Richard Charkin is the chief executive of Reed Consumer Books and — particularly since he led Reed out of the Net Book Agreement ( NBA ) last year — a major force for change in the business . |
| 3 | Harry laughed as he refastened the windows and led Madeleine back into the hall . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's no need to look so worried , ’ he observed softly , yanking Isabel back to the present . |
| 5 | She stormed off and away and the last thing she saw was Felipe helping Mitch out of the pool , his dark face still lightened by a very wide grin . |
| 6 | But we also had to leave because we chucked Wally out of the band . |
| 7 | Later , David pulled on Clare 's towelling bathrobe and led Josh down to the kitchen . |
| 8 | We got a name , we left Riverside and we slung Wally out of the band . |
| 9 | Had it not been for his desire to sound Eleanor out on the subject of Liza , he felt he could easily have done so . |
| 10 | He smiled in a way that had charmed the matrons of Europe , and led Hyacinth over to the cameras . |
| 11 | Victoria was asleep and the detective paused a few yards away to swing Richard down to the ground . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's been through a terrible ordeal , ’ she told her brother severely , drawing Ellen out of the solar with her . |
| 13 | It was the water authority of Bradford that was largely instrumental in keeping Washburndale out of the National Parks . |
| 14 | " Keep an eye on our friends , " he muttered and while Brady took up position beside the door , Tom helped Patrick over to the bar . |
| 15 | It would be a shame to see Rocky dropped again after apparently playing very well since he came into the side , but at the same time I ca n't really see him keeping Strach out of the team . |
| 16 | Grandad , who had been reading his paper , said , ‘ Eh , I 'd like to help with the cleaning but you see I promised Angus up at the farm that I 'd help him with the lambs today . ’ |
| 17 | Until then Britain , which had taken the initiative in founding WEU out of the wreckage of the EDC , tended to place little credence in it . |
| 18 | She had to face the fact that Phoebe was not , not then and not at any time , going to pull Maggie out from the night-time and into the daylight of loving and needing . |
| 19 | Clinton has vowed to assist the beleaguered Boris Yeltsin as he struggles to pull Russia out of the mire caused by decades of hardline Communist rule . |
| 20 | But the men in white arrived and began to pull Karen out of the room . |
| 21 | ‘ Labour and the Liberal Democrats want to pull Scotland out of the mainstream of the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | When the little family reached the Watermen , Connor unlocked the side door of the pub and helped Ruth in with the pram . |
| 23 | An approaching Ilyushin passenger-jet was told to overshoot as the tower lined Duncan up on the runway . |
| 24 | She turned and helped Wynne-Jones through into the gorge . |
| 25 | Roman helped Claudia out of the car when they reached her flat , took the key from her and opened the door . |
| 26 | She 'd been hopelessly optimistic in supposing she could track Suzie down in the street . |
| 27 | The whole point is that if the intrepid aviator got shot down while blasting Gerry out of the skies above enemy territory , he could simply unzip his boot-legs and have a pair of civilian-looking shoes on his feet , and thus pass for a native and so escape those dreadful SS men in their tight little black uniforms . |
| 28 | TYCOON Richard Branson told yesterday how he would run the country — after a poll showed he was tops to pull Britain out of the slump . |
| 29 | When she returned to the room with the salted hot water , Frank and May between them had lifted Andrew on to the bed , and there he was propped up and breathing very heavily now . |
| 30 | I recently visited Zagreb along with the hon. Gentleman . |