Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police took the immediate neighbours into their confidence out of sheer necessity , hoping one of them might have seen or heard something significant the previous Tuesday ; but none had . |
| 2 | However , when that same individual is observed spending some of its vital time and energy budget assisting others to survive or rear their young the logic of Darwin 's theory would suppose it to be engaged in activities that would tend to lower its biological fitness . |
| 3 | However , there was no computer system to manage the exercise — when the nav wanted a position line or fix he pre-warned the instructor , who sat the other side of the ‘ cockpit ’ facia , and at the appropriate time a piece of paper was pushed through the wall with the details scrawled upon it ! |
| 4 | The girls were , however , very much alike : wide-eyed , glossy-haired , with a hunch of shoulder and ease of hip that made them all the sisters they longed to be . |
| 5 | M. Lheureux plies Emma with a foretaste of false comfort : he tells her consoling stories of lost dogs which have returned to their masters despite great distances ; why , there was even one that made it all the way back to Paris from Constantinople . |
| 6 | ‘ Fascinating , ’ Caroline said , in a tone that made it clear the topic was anything but . |
| 7 | ‘ So , rather than drag her all the way back here for just five minutes or so , I thought we 'd go there . |
| 8 | The absolute discipline of drama training is one of the major things that helps you all the time . |
| 9 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 10 | On operating systems we wanted to be as truly hardware independent as we can , so we have chosen to operate potentially under any Posix-compliant operating system , so that gives us all the flavours or brands of Unix and a number of proprietary mid-range operating systems which are achieving Posix compliance as time goes by . |
| 11 | It is an aspect of Karajan 's work and influence that makes him more the forebear of Simon Rattle than the successor of Arthur Nikisch . |
| 12 | He said it 's not an offence he said if you 've broke down , you ca n't help , he said but you 've got ta really move it so I went round to Paul and there was about seven or eight blokes that pushed it all the way round to Bernie 's . |
| 13 | Because even if you you have sat down and spoken to somebody about the project for five minutes , and given them all the other information , |
| 14 | At Wood 's request , he also substantially revised the RIC manual , first issued in 1866 , and produced his own The Irish Constable 's Guide , which was to become the Irish policeman 's Bible . |
| 15 | What they 're doing is actually going a lot further , and supply us all the their ac accounts and details , and they 've actually sort of called it a grant for partial costs of materials , right , so we 're actually |
| 16 | He said , with great politeness , that he would be in the buttery , always supposing anyone wanted to know , and Tybion the Tusk got up and helped him open the door , just to be friendly . |
| 17 | Every few miles his suitcase bounced out the back of the cart and Tock became annoyed at having to stop and collect it all the time . |
| 18 | The taxi-driver had been born in Glasgow — our second compatriot of the night — and he took pity on ‘ two wee Scotch lassies ’ , and drove us all the way for a very modest remuneration . |
| 19 | National institution the Zoo you know , people love to bring the kiddies here and show them all the animals . |
| 20 | She will come back and give us all the strength we need . ’ |
| 21 | I 'd collect up the photos and put 'em hon the bed . |
| 22 | It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks . |
| 23 | I might go and see him all the same , just to tell him as I 've told you . ’ |
| 24 | Sat along the front of the stage , bored looking girls ca n't even be bothered to turn around and see what all the commotion is about . |
| 25 | The unprecedented blitz of media hype surrounding the restoration , expansion and long awaited re-opening of Frank Lloyd Wright 's great spiralling concrete shell has created a huge public interest and lining up to get in and see what all the fuss is about has become the latest hot civic pursuit . |
| 26 | Joanna Coles samples peak-hour service and discovers what all the fuss is about .. |
| 27 | ‘ If you open your big mouth again I 'll ram this sodding box over your head and kick you all the way back to the clubhouse . ’ |
| 28 | Sometimes he would sleep in them and wear them unchanged the next day , but at other times he took hours to choose what he would wear , then positively preened . |
| 29 | She got them out one of everything and showed them all the different fish . |
| 30 | We went round there and showed us all the way round |