Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got my first into the sea close off Sliema and the second was on the way out some miles further out and he went in without a top wing . |
| 2 | I got my I got my vertical from the one at Newark and the venetian blind centre . |
| 3 | I fought my hardest for the Dutch prisoners before the Privy Council this morning , but the tribunal was hopelessly divided , and the anti-Boers prevailed over the pro-Boers . |
| 4 | She wiped her eyes with her dainty lace handkerchief and I wiped my own on the back of my hand . |
| 5 | There was a tearing sound and I bared my all to the world . |
| 6 | The sketchily covered breasts that had embarrassed her earlier in the evening were now taut and tingling , and when Tom 's hands came up to cup them through the thin fabric of her blouse she wanted to arch her back and drink in the new sensation with cries of pleasure . |
| 7 | Without missing a wing beat , he bore her high above the city and flew on . |
| 8 | Her friends say its typical of the kind of girl she was . |
| 9 | At first sight , this seems to be an attractive move : holding hearings behind closed doors has led to accusations that the Institute is protecting its own at the expense of the public interest . |
| 10 | ‘ You do a bit , ’ said Betty with a note of true concern , and quite taking the wind out of Lydia 's sails , who wondered whether it was true that she had been seriously wounded and was repressing her hurt to the detriment of her psyche . |
| 11 | His plan was to wait until Pearman had left , and then creep up on the baker 's young wife , knock her unconscious with the cudgel , and be off with the takings . |
| 12 | In Layton 's company Leonard could be himself , recognise his own nature , and celebrate its pleasing to the full . |
| 13 | She was sent for psychiatric treatment in March after a court martial found her guilty of the manslaughter of riding instructress Marika Sparfeld at the military base in August last year . |
| 14 | That was how her mother found her later in the evening . |
| 15 | His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind . |
| 16 | For , as Raymond Briggs once said , in Maus the cartoon book holds its own for the first time against all-comers as a literary medium . |
| 17 | New Zealand Story undoubtedly holds its own on the Master System — it 's extremely playable and very amusing . |
| 18 | ‘ I would not consider her ruthless in the sense of deliberately hurting anyone , but she will protect her position and protect her children fiercely . |
| 19 | The entertainment value for the people who paid to watch was non-existent , but it is difficult to criticise the players who tried their best in the conditions . ’ |
| 20 | Well he 'd have to process his direct like the two for one voucher or something like that |
| 21 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 22 | An essay in the latest issue of the Microprocessor Report makes the point that the chips that are pressing the clock speed argument in their design such as Mips , HP and DEC are the ones winning the performance not the people such as Sun , IBM and Motorola who contend its all in the instructions per cycle . |
| 23 | I met her later in the pub , shiny-eyed with memories . |
| 24 | It was only when Fawn Hall testified , flicking back her hair in a fetching manner , that Inouye joined in the spirit of the proceedings , holding a piece of paper over his eyes to see her better in the glare of the television lights . |
| 25 | Timothy is hoping they 'll be smelling their best for the start of the show next Monday . |
| 26 | Apart from the 2.5 litre for the diesel Scorpio which is bought from PSA , Ford produces its own for the Fiesta , Escort , Orion , and Sierra . |
| 27 | And er the other daughter , when we lived up , she had to go there for six er , and I used to ge had to get up , and bring her right down the lane , and then I 'd got to walk back , up that lane meself , you see ? |
| 28 | Listen to Blur 's marvellous There 's No Other Way single and you 'll hear not only brilliant young musicians cutting free , but a producer who knows how to encourage his fellow workers and cajole them into producing their best in the studio . |
| 29 | Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees . |
| 30 | It 's a challenge all the more remarkable for the fact that not so long ago jetting off on holiday made her weak at the knees … |