Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb -s] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just lucky that I spotted it in time and did something about it at such an early age , or God knows what the child might have turned into , with Saul 's soul possessing him . |
| 2 | In a constitutional democracy , there are individuals whose status or office gives them the automatic right to be heard . |
| 3 | What Trudy and Juanita and the rest of them are trying to say , it seems to me , is that Tod gives them the creeps . |
| 4 | I believe that Craigendarroch offers you the best of two equally irresistible worlds . |
| 5 | Sally Cline 's Women , Celibacy and Passion ( Deutsch , March , £15.99 , 0 233 98804 1 ) will reawaken the debate about sexual abstinence last seen in Liz Hodgkinson 's Sex Is Not Compulsory : Ms Cline identifies a new breed of passionate non-performers , ‘ women who believe that celibacy offers them the independence , the creative time and energy for their own growth and work which conventional sexuality has not allowed them ’ . |
| 6 | And although Hill-Wood assures them the cash is there , he insists there will be no panic buying . |
| 7 | Josh erm if Chuck gives me the money before like Jed does , yeah , do you mind if I sell the ticket to him cos I 've sold one to Ian ? |
| 8 | Southampton 2 , Manchester City 1 City ripe for Kendall salvation if Swales gives him the time . |
| 9 | and she er she said what and she said oh well I do n't think I 'll phone Graham but if Maxine shows him the paper , she said I reckon he 'll phone them because er , it did say , I think in the paper that the , that she said they 're letting everybody know |
| 10 | Not all Heroes are nobles by any means — some are ordinary folk whose outstanding abilities and deeds makes them the equal of any other hero on the battlefield . |
| 11 | Not all Heroes are nobles by any means , some are ordinary folk whose outstanding abilities and deeds makes them the equal of any other Hero on the battlefield . |
| 12 | Studying business management and marketing gives me the tools to ensure social work issues get positive publicity , ’ she said . |
| 13 | And if they go a goal ahead in Turkey , the home-team are going to kick hell out of them and hopefully side-line most of them until the New Year ( and god knows what the crowd will do — have you ever seen Midnight Express ? ) |
| 14 | ‘ I enjoy using the Schut paper because the variety of weights and textures gives me the perfect surface for my work , from very detailed illustrations to the more spontaneous watercolours . ’ |
| 15 | That 's well over three thousand miles and God knows what the roads are like south of Valparaíso , if there are any . |
| 16 | I am going into the field to-morrow against King Henry 's army and against the Earl of Kent in particular , and God knows what the outcome will be . |
| 17 | Fishing the smaller rivers and streams gives you the chance to actually watch the fish . |
| 18 | One farmer quoted by Curtin and Shields indicates what the company got away with : ‘ They were telling us what to do . |
| 19 | I am going to have to take Proby up on his offer but Gawd knows what the interest will be . |
| 20 | More recent theories suggest the crossing place further down river at Rochester or Chatham , but Dunkin tells us the Roman Army ( the seventh and tenth legions ) then turned along through what is now Snodland and Halling burning and wasting the country as they advanced through the villages . |
| 21 | Another well-known cricketer said : ‘ I wish I could let this appear under my name , but Lord knows what the Board would do with me ! |
| 22 | The best preserved of all , beautiful and often illustrated , shows Herakles supporting the sky while Atlas brings him the golden apples and Athena prepares to help them exchange roles.93 This comes from the east end and conforms strictly to pattern : figures ranged against the flat ground , in simple postures , frontal or profile . |
| 23 | The passage was not some ghastly simile of war or territorial domination ( though heaven knows what the Iranians would have made of it ) , but just a pictorial explanation of the passage North said he read them next , from the third chapter of Galatians : ‘ Know ye therefore that they which are of faith , the same are the children of Abraham . ’ |
| 24 | Galadriel is ‘ illumined ’ by ‘ a great light ’ when Frodo offers her the Ring , and seems ‘ tall beyond measurement ’ . |
| 25 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |