Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 2 | ‘ If you do n't make more effort to be civil , I may regret fishing you from the sea on your arrival . |
| 3 | And the young woman let her tie the grizzling baby into the bath-chair and wheel it around the courtyard to look at the hens . |
| 4 | As you will have observed , your wife was not pleased to see me ; she remained impatient of my attentions throughout , and the only prof it from the visit is my own . |
| 5 | I mean it was unbelievable , it was uncanny , because all they had done at A T F was , you know , gear it on the pantograph and there was no redrawing or adjustment whatsoever . |
| 6 | ‘ Funny things , are n't they ? ’ holding it to the light , checking the measure before giving it to Rosen . |
| 7 | Some time previously and after a wait of five years my name had been proposed and seconded for membership , but when my proposer heard that two members were of a mind to blackball me in the ballot , he ( without telling me ) withdrew my candidature . |
| 8 | If you walked round the bishop 's wood shortly before you left Cuddesdon , you were likely to become aware of an elfin prelate hunting you through the shrubbery like a gaitered satyr ; and when he caught up with you he would say breathlessly , ‘ If you ever need a bed … ( panting ) … do n't forget I have fifteen spare bedrooms ’ . |
| 9 | She got home pretty quickly but it was a more frightening story yesterday afternoon when her driver dumperd her in the middle of Swindon after a mystery tour . |
| 10 | Sabrina followed-him into the room , still unable to get any sort of reading on the Geiger-Muller counter . |
| 11 | I 'll second it for the time being . |
| 12 | If you find some if you realize you 've bought something and it 's faulty return it to the shop who sold it to you as soon as you can . |
| 13 | I told her that I had finished constructing the new kite , and that she could help me test it in the wind . |
| 14 | Someone may grab your collar with both hands in order to head-butt you in the face , or may seize you by the hair to punch you . |
| 15 | while we sleeve it into the sail . |
| 16 | And the day before his weakness waxed great , he ordered the gates of the town to be shut , and went to the Church of St. Peter ; and there the Bishop Don Hieronymo being present , and all the clergy who were in Valencia , and the knights and honourable men and honourable dames , as many as the Church could hold , the Cid Ruydiez stood up , and made a full noble preaching , showing that no man whatsoever , however honourable or fortunate they may be in this world , can escape death ; to which , said he , I am now full near ; and since ye know that this body of mine hath never yet been conquered , nor put to shame , I beseech ye let not this befall it at the end , for the good fortune of man is only accomplished at his end . |
| 17 | If you are interested in enrolling in Business Direct , or wish any of your staff to enrol , please complete the attached application form and post it to the address shown or take it to your local Midland branch . |
| 18 | I went to post it in the index book I 've got it 's stopped it 's been in |
| 19 | It looked as if Berowne had clutched it as he fell , half-pulling it from the bed , so that it lay partly bunched at his right side . |
| 20 | Mash it or purée it in the blender with an equal quantity of fresh unsalted butter . |
| 21 | Crush a sugar lump and add it to the brandy in which the raisins were soaked ; warm the mixture , set it alight and drizzle it over the pudding just before bringing to table . |
| 22 | Then I divvy up the crap into the rightful pedal bins and trolley them around the building , where nobody knows me . |
| 23 | Third , she claims to have authorisation from Mephistco to boot me off the assignment . |
| 24 | Mind reading with hands on head You as the mind reader leave the room and the other people choose a number between one and ten . |
| 25 | He is merely makin' a formal proposal of marriage and is simply askin' you as the girl 's father to think about it . |
| 26 | To ‘ bastard trench ’ , take out the top spit of the first trench and barrow it to the end of the digging area . |
| 27 | As the slack came in , he got one of the uniformed men to cut the line away from Gomez 's legs and retie it to the line on the rod . |
| 28 | If the compost heap seems dry , water it with the hose and cover with old carpet to speed up the natural rotting process . |
| 29 | Our impact on industry through our green works campaign is there for all to see and from that point of view to encase it within the health and safety review is vitally important for all of us when we take the policy back to our members and advise them of the way in which we intend to go forward . |
| 30 | Every so often the animal would rear , lashing out with his sharpened hooves , as the men struggled with a stream of oaths to back it into the stable . |