Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her flippancy helped her distance the odd reality of the blue that wove through her vision . |
| 2 | Unless Labour develops its policies the next election will be a battle between two parties with virtually identical economic policies . |
| 3 | If the wind blows and snow fills your footprints the safe way between the crevasses will be lost . |
| 4 | Idealistic and romantic , Will Simpson responded to the beauty of nature almost as a duty and in strong contrast to his wife who found that it was always too cold and complained that the wind ruined her hair the moment she stepped out of the garden gate . |
| 5 | In a bid to regain his machine the unemployed roofer climbed to the top of a building , ripped off tiles and threw them into the street , it was alleged . |
| 6 | Founded in 1899 by a Briton living in Milan , Alfred Edwards ( who with due respect for the game 's summer rival called his creation the Milan Cricket and Football Club ) , the rossoneri — ‘ red-and-blacks ’ , their shirt colours — won the Italian league championship in 1901 , and again in 1906 and 1907 . |
| 7 | The combative veteran gave his side the lead on the hour , and then helped them to a flattering 3-0 win . |
| 8 | Many kinds of caterpillar need to move to a firm support to moult their skin the twigs in the cage serve this purpose . |
| 9 | Dressed in a purple coat and hat , the Queen told her audience the RAF had adapted well to changing circumstances . |
| 10 | The next time the girl opened her eyes the young officer was staring straight into them , his face strained and anxious . |
| 11 | Hahnemann described her as his best ever student and her deep love for him surely withheld the manuscript to deny his critics the opportunity of judging the 6th edition even more eccentric than the 5th . |
| 12 | The ball sailed over the Stockade , he said , and the crowd 's sigh followed its arc the whole way . |
| 13 | The experts at Gliss Cormist recommend their cleansing , conditioning and styling range to give your hair the ultimate sheen . |
| 14 | Having the courage and determination to live your life the way you want to is not being a bitch . |
| 15 | Considering that Ubogu had started the game with a wide bandage protecting his ears the injury was surprising and could only have been caused by heavy treatment from something metallic . |
| 16 | To say that the plaintiff suffered his injuries the moment after his birth rather than in the period leading up to his birth involves a legal fiction . |
| 17 | Kite was six under par when he inflicted on Clark the worst defeat in Ryder Cup singles history and in the process handed his side the initiative which for a time seemed it would n't relinquish . |
| 18 | When your own practice starts it is of the utmost importance to give your cases the most meticulous attention of which you are capable , and particularly , before going into court , to familiarise yourself with the various procedural contingencies . |
| 19 | So it was last Tuesday night , when the change allowed at the end of our whacky version of five-card rolling draw brought your correspondent the most beautiful five of spades he had ever seen — face down what 's more — to go with the A-2-3-4 he was showing . |
| 20 | The TO was only about three strides and two sheets of glass away from her , but the talkback gave his voice the quality of a long distance call . |
| 21 | On Aug. 5 Mobutu had threatened to suspended the conference following its decision the previous day to resume the use of the country 's name before 1971 , the Republic of Congo , and to adopt the country 's former flag , anthem and motto . |
| 22 | ‘ Slow but steady — slow , because the presence of what the Admiral calls your friend the timing device does have a rather inhibitory effect and we 're probably taking some quite needless precautions as far as acoustic levels are concerned . |
| 23 | Most mothers have n't the heart to deny their children the care and comfort they have given them all their lives and many continue to run round them long after they are old enough to look after themselves . |
| 24 | The hotel offers all the normal comforts including a silver service breakfast … but the true train driver gets his meal the old fashioned way . |
| 25 | And I put in a request to see His Majesty the King . |
| 26 | Being here means we can cut down our flying time to our excercises in Wales , and With KLemble closing soon it gives us the chance to use its facilities-including the camouflaging of the woodland |
| 27 | It was typical of Benjamin James , as it happens , to go in for such a touch of harmless sycophancy to please his friend the vicar ; he had very soon become , as we might have guessed , a respectable pillar of the Curry Rivel establishment . |
| 28 | I had a tremendous struggle to keep my medication the whole time I was in Holloway , and it started again when I went to Styal . |
| 29 | Royal Salute The Association 's flight passing Her Majesty The Queen outside Buckingham Palace on September 15th . |
| 30 | French international Sauzee gave his side the lead from the penalty spot in the fourth minute and added two more superb strikes in the 34th and 48th minutes as his team cruised home . |