Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However I am pursuing that with the Property Services Department , who act for both the Council and the Board , and they have given authority for us to enter the land for the purpose of drilling bore-holes etc . |
| 2 | Group B is tight with Crusaders and Distillery level on four points each at the top ; Crues are away to Coleraine while the Whites visit Omagh knowing defeat will let in the Tyrone men . |
| 3 | Scott had heard little of the Judge 's summing up or , indeed , of his comments after the life sentence had been passed . |
| 4 | times six X because normally bring that to the front . |
| 5 | By superimposing on these techniques an ideology and a practice of self-expression , Cream 's music seems to establish a dialectical relationship between the two , articulating each via the other into a new position — a position , perhaps , of ‘ fraternal individualism ’ |
| 6 | Martin leaned forward , his face touching that of the angel 's , as he raised his arm to strike . |
| 7 | What the hon. Gentleman says about me does not concern me ; but , if he is calling the local enterprise companies liars , I suggest that he repeat that outside the House . |
| 8 | Well er they did them They made them f f fancy kind of things on the top like a They would maybe crisscrosses and things like that and m make a rounded thing like a Just like what some folk has a tassel on their bonnets , well we made that on the top of the stack . |
| 9 | She made that before the war . |
| 10 | I 'm sure I could find him now , but I have made a vow that I am not going to tell anyone where he is , for the man is innocent and has no hope of proving that at the moment . |
| 11 | The movement of a large number of sellers in the parallel market would drive down the price , and push up the yield until it equalled that in the discount market . |
| 12 | You can unplug that for the moment . |
| 13 | Cos you ca n't I do n't want that on the tape . |
| 14 | ‘ I realised that in the end . ’ |
| 15 | It can not escape notice that almost without exception these duties were performed , and in most countries-at least of the West — only performed , by priests until the Council . |
| 16 | John Evelyn made little of the episode . |
| 17 | Each defendant calls a witness who has also submitted a statement with the facts of his or her life , particularly where that life crosses that of the defendant . |
| 18 | The smaller species of mustelid , although they prey on small mammals , eat little of the bone , and they frequently catch and eat prey larger than themselves . |
| 19 | That 's , it 's horrible to see that in the family . |
| 20 | Because we seem to like that at the moment do n't we ? |
| 21 | Yet as we noted in our tenth report : ‘ The price that some children may pay for demanding little of the teacher may be that they are given work which demands little of them ’ ( Alexander et al . |
| 22 | They could compare that with the way our milk is delivered in bottles today , or sold in cartons or plastic bottles in the supermarket . |
| 23 | And put some brackets round that and raise that to the power five . |
| 24 | Or ten sorry find the hundredth root of ten and raise that to the power seventy five . |
| 25 | Okay and raise that to the power point nought three . |
| 26 | The planner represents the consumer 's voice while the account executive represents that of the client . |
| 27 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 28 | I 'll explain that in the lecture . |
| 29 | The Prime Minister 's view of an expanded Europea , Community , composed of many states in eastern Europea together with existing members , is extremely attractive , but will he contrast that with the instability within the United Kingdom because the aspirations of a nationwide Scotland are frustrated by its being unable to secure its independence and membership of the Community ? |
| 30 | I mean bananas were , were , only children had bananas and er orange juice , you , you got that at the clinic and cod liver oil , terrible horr horrible cod liver oil . |