Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 does that compare them with the customers ?
2 I can see the town airport from where I am , indeed I can touch its tarmac with a digit thrust through the chain-link fence — all that separates it from the Lofleiđ3ir — but to get from here to there is not so easy , and involves taking a bus into town and back out again or taking a taxi .
3 It 's a sort of That 's right push it through the hole and catch it at the other side .
4 To it we owe that nervous , spidery line of the drawings — so quick , so attentive , yet so despairing — that alerts us to the elusiveness of the subject at the same time that it perseveres in the attempt to render it .
5 It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us .
6 7 It 's terrific to see her without the bars between us. 8 She sits eating the treat food at the opening to the door and looking at me. 9 How does she know to look into my eyes and not at the huge finger next to her .
7 When questions , for example on morbidity , had been validated in the General Household Survey , it would be possible to include them in the Resource Allocation Survey .
8 And I was sorry to miss you at the Keppels 's thrash ; I hope that you are recovered ?
9 At Aintree he beat The Thinker just over seven lengths and is due to meet him on the same terms , although Jimmy Frost , his rider , may put up a pound or two more than the minimum 10st .
10 ‘ I am extremely sorry to inform you of the death of poor Mary Flint — the haemorrhage from the stomach had ceased for nearly a week in consequence of which her other symptoms became aggravated .
11 Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ?
12 Humpage had been chosen as wicketkeeper and started the game behind the stumps , but with Gloucestershire finding little to worry them in the efforts of Warwickshire 's regular bowlers , Humpage removed his pads and gloves , with Chris Maynard , playing as a batsman , taking over as wicketkeeper .
13 That blessed us with the vision faith had won ,
14 If there was no shot in or among the human remains , in the cavities of the skull for instance , would it be possible to find it in the soil , among the sand and gravel and pine needles ?
15 Dr Mackintosh had left for the weekend , but Dr Lange , the literary one , would be free to see him in the morning .
16 well it 's easier to carry it on the front ru font , oh , front foot rest
17 If mothers receive a benefit which they are expected and indeed do spend to service the needs of their families , then this re-confirms them as the day-to-day managers of household finances , which for millions of women is not only a chore but also a source of considerable anxiety ( McClelland , 1982 ) .
18 Despite this , an intrepid few made it from the continent , including examples from France , Holland , although the star of the event was from much further afield — half-way around the world .
19 It 's perhaps perhaps easier to see it as the as the N As and the O Hs though okay or if we did it with sulphuric acid we 'd have hydrogen sulphate plus sodium hydroxide what 's that going to give us ?
20 Once everybody gets to know The Afros , we 're gon' introduce 'em to the Baldhead Posse .
21 Some rattled on the glass , some got her in the face , some spurted into the room .
22 They were prepared to hit me on the head , were n't they ? ’
23 ‘ Quite a lot of people , ’ said Maisie acidly , ‘ are prepared to hit you on the head . ’
24 This got me into the very comfortable American hospital , where I was well pampered .
25 I haul her off the bed and half carry , half drag her into the bathroom .
26 Negotiations continue but no clear way forward has yet presented itself , the Cooking Centre is zoned for housing and there is little prospect that the Region would be prepared to acquire it at the residential land value — £150,000 .
27 This involves them in the same difficulties as those faced , or evaded , by psychologists .
28 This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller .
29 This bring you to the main designing screen .
30 Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years .
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