Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | then go on to the ones you marked as " different " and listen to them read one after the other . |
| 2 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |
| 3 | As one who was so instrumental in mapping out the future promise of early Smiths , his quote ‘ If you asked me to write something about The Smiths now it would probably be critical ’ , remained interesting . |
| 4 | I compiled an anthology a few years ago about , of misogynist quotes , and it 's everything from the bible , the Koran , the Hindu , to , every religion 's in there , all the judges are in there , pop singers are in there , I mean everybody under the sun ! |
| 5 | And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known . |
| 6 | I was a student in London but I was at home on this occasion when I met someone in the park . |
| 7 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 8 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 9 | I got nothing at the table right . |
| 10 | I got one on the sh on the telephone |
| 11 | and I got one on the C's . |
| 12 | ‘ I expect someone in the village will tell — ’ |
| 13 | I found something from the AIDS one the new Benetton advert , have you seen that ? |
| 14 | I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless . |
| 15 | Charlie gives me a cut , I slip something to the maid in the morning , she makes the room over and nobody ever asks anything . |
| 16 | ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’ |
| 17 | I 've already completed mine : my son and I disturbed one on the main path leading up to The Merrick , in Galloway , and ranger Fred Gordon and I saw a very angry one on the path in Glen Cairn in the Cairngorms . |
| 18 | If that 's the case , I suggest anyone in the past who flunked an O-level exam writes to these people to demand that their E and F failures be upgraded to passes , with honours . |
| 19 | ‘ — I want everyone in the centre of the chamber — ’ |
| 20 | No I want another half because I want something on the other one . |
| 21 | My final choice will doubtless find few supporters elsewhere , but I want someone with the dynamism to ensure that no winning opportunity is missed . |
| 22 | I want someone in the square tomorrow , Alan ! ’ |
| 23 | It was n't until my second year that I told anything like the truth about my father . |
| 24 | I learnt something of the joys , frustrations and bitterness of their lives . |
| 25 | I collated everything in the evening , I improvised , it would be a pleasure . |
| 26 | Or have I missed something in the rules ? |
| 27 | Later I put one on the wall of my study so that I could watch these changes in my appearance . |
| 28 | I hope none of the candidates mind , ’ said teacher Dot Long , who in her role as a Darlington councillor has probably encountered many different forms of political intrigue . |
| 29 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 30 | I fetched one from the dining-room , and gave it to him . |