Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sisters did n't tell him about their books , or show him the new ones that they were writing . |
| 2 | How would be persuaded or give them the right image . |
| 3 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 4 | The proportion of tax paid decreases with increases in income : or to put it the other way round — the proportion of tax paid increases at lower levels of income compared with higher levels . |
| 5 | The difference which justifies the labels is the period to maturity of the debts , or to put it the other way round , the length of time for which the funds are borrowed . |
| 6 | But how do we know that it is vocationally advantageous to study history or to put it the other way round , that to study history is not vocationally disadvantageous ? |
| 7 | Yes , that 's right , or to put it the other way round , Sarah , whenever you start speech , whenever you start writing down what the wor the words somebody actually says , Louisa , Yvette , concentrate hard you always use a capital letter . |
| 8 | ‘ Or have I the dubious distinction of witnessing a rare performance ? ’ |
| 9 | Unable to help herself , she looked up , and knew at once that her movement was seen , as in the instant gloom that succeeded it the lesser light of the lantern swept an arc and found her face . |
| 10 | She now has a wedding dress that cost me the national debt , but which now bears no relation to the original creation because all the expensive seed-pearls are strewn around her bedroom floor , and which the dog thought would be marvellous to eat and is now residing at the local vet 's and which will cost me even more money . |
| 11 | The result is a database on which you can search for a favourite author or publisher , or search for packages that give you the required level of coverage of particular elements ( or units ) of competence . |
| 12 | This is not to say that the one is better than the other , music and poetry are for ever different and it is the difference that accords us the added joy . |
| 13 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 14 | They take jobs that allow them the maximum time at the waters edge , or they do not work at all . |
| 15 | Five talented misfits from Camden form a band playing the most ridiculed form of music in the world , are picked up by the chief of the record label that brought you the Manic Street Preachers — and ZAP ! country is sincerely rehabilitated . |
| 16 | It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge . |
| 17 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 18 | Also any that gave her the wrong kind of buzz . |
| 19 | It 's a black celebration , a grimy , twisted tribute to an era that gave us The Black Panthers , Jeremy Thorpe and Paper Lace . |
| 20 | THE AUSTRALIANS have decided to concentrate on sevens with the same single-mindedness that won them the 15-a-side title last year . |
| 21 | Whatever I use , whether it is a crystal ball , a pack of cards , or an article belonging to somebody , it is simply a stageprop ; something that gives me the right vibrations and helps me to see the right pictures . ’ |
| 22 | And it is the freak subversive genius of this record that makes them the single most important rock band of our time . |
| 23 | Okay , but the item that licenses them the other licensing sentence you need in order to license these items , you ca n't just go anywhere in the sentence so sentence three , herself saw Florence is no good , even though Florence is there , it 's in the wrong place relative to herself and similarly six , anyone saw no one is no good , even though no one is in the sentence . |
| 24 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 25 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 26 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 27 | If a club comes along and offers us the right money for Simon , then so be it , but at the end of the day erm we 'd like Simon on our books . |
| 28 | Bill Williams , a journeyman , witnessed how he had met Day in the Barley Mow at Hungerford , and sold him the incriminating tobacco box . |
| 29 | This position put its schools in the forefront and made it the leading school of Europe from the 1140s , until Paris began to take the lead in theology and philosophy ( but never in law ) in the 1180s . |
| 30 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |