Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My knuckles and hands were a mass of windblown cuts and boils which meant that whenever I clenched my fists the gashes opened . |
| 2 | But as I rode out with the nation 's most prestigious hunt , I found its members the model of politeness . |
| 3 | When the little ones squeeze past me in the Superette I give their mops the chaste old tousle . |
| 4 | When she asked her pupils the name of one of the disciples quick as a flash came the answer , " Matthew … cap'n . " |
| 5 | She told her parents the next day . |
| 6 | When she opened her eyes the cowboys were no longer crouched by the boulder . |
| 7 | ‘ I also recommend you wear your robes the right way round , Adjudicator ; it 's so much better for public relations . ’ |
| 8 | That 's why she cuddles my children the whole time — she 's trying to say I lack warmth . ’ |
| 9 | And she learned her skills the hard way — working the clubs and pubs of the North of England . |
| 10 | From the moment you prepare your agendas the conduct of the matter pivots on them . |
| 11 | The quicker you answer our questions the quicker we 'll be out of your hair . ’ |
| 12 | She pumped her thighs the length of his quivering prick with fast , lewd strokes . |
| 13 | The more you stretch your hips the more you will improve your shape . |
| 14 | That may be a drastic example but it is as well to remember that the less we use our muscles the less efficient they will be . |
| 15 | In the year I had skippered Wavebreaker at least half of our married male charterers had either offered Ellen a job or pressed her to visit their offices the next time she passed through their city . |
| 16 | While he has his backers the nature of Mr Birt 's shake-up at the corporation , introducing distinctly Thatcherite market-forces into an organisation at least as set in its ways as the civil service , but many times more internally political , means there are many ready to use the episode to raise other questions against him . |
| 17 | He is not over fond of strangers , but he will allow people into the house , although he monitors their movements the whole time . ’ |
| 18 | As soon as he opened his eyes the child remembered , and his heart soared . |
| 19 | Moving his head a fraction , he opened his eyes the merest slit and scowled at her from under thick dark lashes . |
| 20 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |
| 21 | It offered her managers the chance to participate in the |Management Charter Initiative 's approach to the accreditation of Prior Learning . |
| 22 | He denies his readers the pleasure of feeling superior , too : they must come to terms with Sylvia and her kind , who are not so rare as is commonly supposed , and a novel is a good place in which to begin the process . |
| 23 | ‘ Now we can afford to restore it , and by doing it immediately it gives their athletes the same advantages England 's will have . ’ |
| 24 | He does his readers the service of conveying to them the life and living of a family they might never encounter , or have had occasion to consider . |