Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a small section of the labouring poor was wholly or permanently dependent on poor relief , predominantly the old , the sick and the orphaned who made up the " impotent " as opposed to the " able-bodied " . |
| 2 | Trance-like he drove down the Edgware Road , responding to the multitudinous traffic lights with mechanical movements , while the agitated Eleanor continued to lash his unreceptive ear with a never-ending stream of abuse . |
| 3 | I 'm glad you brought in the subject of , the leader of the Labour Council er in which means I am not deviating , and saying that Mister and saying that Mister is now running a moderate Council . |
| 4 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 5 | Then , if we get lucky we drive over the Luxembourg frontier into Germany , head south down the Rhine for the Black Forest . |
| 6 | I was supposed to get up this morning at half six to fe , make sure you got out the bath properly . |
| 7 | So , if using an agency , make sure you find out the following facts : |
| 8 | I think we should make sure we sweep up the Selby drawings because they do include some fairly good stuff . |
| 9 | That 's a good one to build up the muscles . ’ |
| 10 | Thistle made sure they kept up the pressure on Alex Totten 's men by defeating Falkirk at Fir Hill , with Alan Dinnie scoring the winner . |
| 11 | So that the next time a shop assistant ( particularly one who looks as if he might not know what day of the week it is ) asks how Sir or Madam will be paying they 'll say ‘ Cash ’ and make quite sure they rip up the receipt as they leave . |
| 12 | Use the slightly abrasive grey one to soften ridges and prepare nails for colour or use the pink one to bring out the natural shine instead of applying polish to your nails . |
| 13 | Just for our Craigy , I had an orange one and er another colour one and the orange one ran out the other day and he went potty . |
| 14 | As always , the risk element was the icing on the cake as far as he was concerned He breathed in the fine night air and hummed the tune of Colonel Bogey in time with his silent footsteps . |
| 15 | At the A227 turn-off I switched off the cassette-player so I could concentrate on the terrain . |
| 16 | A bagged concrete mix is now available which speeds up the erection of fence posts very considerably . |
| 17 | The economy was not expanding in such a way as to absorb them in work , even if mothers of young children , children themselves , the aged and the disabled who made up the bulk of out-door paupers , had been able to take advantage of such expansion . |
| 18 | They do n't pop , they do n't break they 're so cool they swim up the streets of Pontefract ! |
| 19 | ‘ That 's why it 's necessary we weed out the undesirables now . ’ |
| 20 | I go to my nephew 's for tea on Saturday afternoons and if the weather 's not too bad I get off the bus in Glenfair Road and walk down the Drive . |
| 21 | And at the end of the twentieth century , it is the unchurched who make up the vast , tens of millions strong majority of the population . |