Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb base] [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 So we 'd got to take the card and show her the Mother , we 'd been .
2 You will tell me if you find it was murder and give me the name of the murderer .
3 The prominent white clasts are fragments of anorthosites — calcium and aluminium-rich rocks that make up the bulk of the lunar highlands crust and give it the light colour that is visible from Earth .
4 ‘ Cut the crap and show me the pics , ’ he said .
5 He was referring to the times at Achnacarry when I would on occasion meet the trainees returning from a speed march and pipe them the last two miles back to the camp .
6 Hamish would take pity upon this sorry figure and give him the duffle-coat to keep himself warm .
7 Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe .
8 When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield .
9 I 'll have to wait until Bluebeard 's in a mellow mood and tell him the truth .
10 Cyril Bradbury 's shocked daughter Denise had to make his breakfast at home and rush it the four miles to his bed wrapped in foil .
11 When they had gone , Cramer used the phone in the garage to put through a call to Sir Harry Marriott at his home and give him the news — the phone was more secure than a police radio band .
12 Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided .
13 IT IS not a new idea to take an impressionable , imaginative girl and make her the saviour of a man on the run , providing food , warmth and emotional support .
14 ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ?
15 It 's much better to look people in the eye and tell them the truth . ’
16 By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me .
17 Wing and leg it The security , with its metal detectors and baggage searches , would not have disgraced an El Al chicken counter .
18 It 's not just the better the members that we 've got working in the Health Service , it 's about everybody in the room and everybody in the country who wants to use it and we 've got ta get it a bi a bit higher up on the agenda at this union and I hope Mick , that you can give us the confidence and give us the commitment , that that 's what we 're gon na get from this union .
19 After a large crusade the Jeffreys would appoint a leader and give him the task of planting a new church with the fruits of the crusade .
20 Just give me its name and tell me the place where I can find it . ’
21 These will ensure that our graduates emerge with the versatility and professionalism to back up their academic knowledge and give them the edge in the market place .
22 Remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon and serve them the same way as the fried dumplings .
23 okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch .
24 I congratulate you all on your achievement and wish you the best in putting what you have learned into practice . ’
25 This means that she falls asleep in the car on the way to the airport and can not be woken except by a party of electricians returning from Corfu , who put her in a baggage trolley and push her the length of the terminal building at speeds of up to fifteen miles per hour .
26 Then you take out the little plastic box from your jacket and show him the syringe needle .
27 He never mentioned Nordhausen or the involvement of the Russians , but knew that if he could commit the British Secret Service , it would keep the CIA off his back and give him the time he needed .
28 Her hopes that he might leave something to chance and throw her the opportunity to make her own way back faded as she saw him lock up and pocket the key .
29 We 'll take you on a tour of Bodrum by night and show you the sights of the city .
30 She used to tuck me in at night and tell me the most wonderful stories . ’
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