Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | It is said that there is now a comic for everyone and indeed the gay and black communities have thriving titles . |
2 | Hardly a word had passed between them but now the gunman looked up and said quietly , ‘ There is nothing that I can do . ’ |
3 | They 'll be waitin' fer us an' once the load 's orf the motor Tony can take it back on 'is own . |
4 | In fact , he claims that his flyingboat course was his last in the RAF and certainly the most fortuitous for himself and subsequently the RAF . |
5 | Practical fusion needs a combination of high temperature — to hurl the nuclei together against their electrical repulsion — and/or pressure , so that there is a greater density of them and so the chances of bumping rather than missing are increased . |
6 | Many thanks to all of them and perhaps the list may inspire a few more in 1991 ! |
7 | But when you do , you 'd better be prepared for him to come back and hit you on your arms , your chest , that big belly of yours and finally the chin . |
8 | If , instead of ( 29 ) , I say ( 30 ) , then I direct you to pay particular attention and care to each of the operations involved in doing ( 29 ) , this being an implicature of the use of the longer expression : ( 29 ) Open the door ( 30 ) Walk up to the door , turn the door handle clockwise as far as it will go , and then pull gently towards you But perhaps the most important of the sub-maxims of Manner is the fourth , " be orderly " . |
9 | Ayesha reintroduces the central figure reborn from the apparent death at the end of She and now the sole survivor of the cult of Isis , living in a volcanic mountain fortress , this time in Tibet , and with some difficulty holding her power against a wild tribe in the valley , partly consisting of survivors from Alexander 's army , under the control of Queen Atene , who proves to be a reincarnation of the Egyptian princess , Amenartas , beloved of Kallikrates . |
10 | But this too might fail to expose the error , for the stranger might simply guess the right answers , or his answers might be so close to those expected of him that even the most scrupulous interrogator would be deceived . |
11 | A void grows around the sewer or in the vicinity of it and eventually the ground above collapses into the void . |
12 | If people are well trained , you 've got lots of people in turn you know when you 've got absenteeism or holidays , you 've got lots of people who could be slotted to different positions for you and obviously the better trained people are , it does help with the talent , it makes you more flexible and you 've got more people who can possibly go for certain jobs . |
13 | His three half-brothers united against him and subsequently the kingdom was divided equally . |
14 | The sibilant hiss of a sword being drawn sounded behind her and instantly the crowd dispersed , melting away into the shadowy alleys off the street . |
15 | Martha bolted out of the door and crashed through the hedge into Mada Joyce 's yard , expecting to hear her grandmother 's shout of rage behind her and all the more fearful when only silence pursued her . |
16 | Well she is like mine but just the one window opens down side , you know . |
17 | He gave the fatal arrow to Freyja , the Goddess of Love who then kissed everyone who passed beneath it and so the mistletoe became the emblem of peace and love . |
18 | On that very point sir I 'm grateful to the honourable member for giving way but would he not agree with me that actually the failure of G A T at the end was that by which Caribbean bananas failed to be protected . |
19 | So maybe we could have royalty but they do n't , we do n't have to have the pomp and ceremony that goes with them and also the cost . |
20 | To have a woman was different , her juices mixed with his and later the recollection gave him zest ; but alone it was cowards ' sport . |
21 | Yes we 've compared with everything and specifically the ones you 've mentioned , the S U thirty five and the which is an upgraded S U twenty seven and the M I G twenty nine S , yes we 've specifically compared against those two . |
22 | When using the ribber , I never tie the yarn end to a clamp or any other part of the machine , it 's so easy to forget it , so it pulls the knitting up and the comb with it and soon the machine jams . |
23 | It was all prepared together , the mayonnaise mixed up with it and then the mixtures put in shells and the shells put on plates . ’ |
24 | Rats in cages have been injected with it and now the scientists are waiting for them to get ill so they can try and cure them . |
25 | It was an advantage to have an even number of sails as , if one went out of action for some reason , the opposite one could be taken off with it and still the mill could work without being unbalanced . |
26 | L. 266 , p. 1 ) confirms the contractual nature of judicial proceedings such as those in point inasmuch as it provides that the law applicable to the contract governs the consequences of a total or partial failure to comply with obligations arising under it and consequently the contractual liability of the party responsible for such breach . |
27 | Many governors are uncertain about the level of responsibility being urged upon them and everywhere the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak when it comes to course funding . |
28 | And the effect for Locke is this , and again I , I quote the legislative being only a fiduciary power , that is to say a power based on trust a fiduciary power to act for certain ends , there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust imposed in them and thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of every body even if their legislators whenever they shall be so foolish or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject . |
29 | Erm my , I have n't had the time to really absorb what is in them and obviously the board would feel the same . |
30 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |