Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the ‘ laar ’ ( breath ) of wind is from the south east , I head slowly up the western shore , knowing that , with the ebbing tide , there will be a few seals hauled out on the rocks . |
| 2 | She 's fallen I think straight on the face . |
| 3 | But you know further up the ladder , the union officials and what have you , it was just , they tried , the council tried and all this , and nothing seemed to happen . |
| 4 | Erm but er we 've had one or two people come to us , and report that they 've been mugged , there again we get straight on the phone to the police . |
| 5 | But she has gone ; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow , frisking , chattering and perching where they will . |
| 6 | The Sox do not merely snatch defeat from the jaws of victory ; they reach right down the oesophagus to retrieve it . |