Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | — Oh airs and winds , you bring me stories from the living , rustle of leaves and heave of branches , you speak to me of pain , and you , streaming magma from the belly of Adesangé and cold rivers too spouting from down below , you swollen sea where Manjiku glides , and you , shining pale moon , and you , oh bright sun of the zenith and green glittering star , HEAR ME ! |
| 2 | Play another sound effect — perhaps a door opening , keys jangling , a car moving off , a bomb exploding , or a dog barking — and it becomes difficult not to link the two sounds together and make them part of the same story . |
| 3 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |
| 4 | Sell my soul to the de devil himself . |
| 5 | Since then there have been other men in her life but tonight , the plans I laid all those years ago reach fruition as I proudly introduce my partner for the evening . |
| 6 | So , apologies to all concerned and bring my breakfast to the dog house . |
| 7 | Bring my acid to the dressing room and do n't be late . ’ |
| 8 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |
| 9 | Forge my name on the back of the cheque and endorse it to yourself ? ’ |
| 10 | I put the list away in my file , lock the room and carefully pick my way down the little staircase . |
| 11 | I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement . |
| 12 | And now I really make my jokes on the spot . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope they are not going make my trip across the Atlantic a waste of time , ’ said Maloney . |
| 14 | The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track . |
| 15 | Still , I need some fun , and so I make my way to the front , along a narrow arm out onto the sun-baked prow tip . |
| 16 | I make my way to the back holding on carefully . |
| 17 | At seven on the Saturday night of the prêt-à-porter showings , I make my way up the mirrored staircase in Chanel 's couture house in the rue Cambon . |
| 18 | Weakened by laughter , I make my way down the bank . |
| 19 | I keep crouched and make my way through the low bushes , heading diagonally through the wood towards the estate . |
| 20 | I walk slowly through the tunnel beneath the line , one of a dozen returning commuters , cross over the road with ten of them , make my way through the gnarled little streets beyond the redundant town hall with eight of the ten , and begin to climb the scarp of the South London hills with the remaining five . |
| 21 | No , I 'll treat you to them , I make my lot to the nearest bottle with Unicare if I can , how many you 've got ? |
| 22 | My turn now and it 's more of the same : a bit of gear her , a skip of the heart there as I scratch my way toward the roof . |
| 23 | As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line . |
| 24 | But I have n't got a girl , and I push my way among the couples along the narrow gangway like a wandering voyeur . |
| 25 | ‘ Send me photographs of the children . ’ |
| 26 | I then if possible send my assistant to the north of the Island and Swan River . |
| 27 | I tap my fingers on the table and look at McDunn 's cigarette packet , hoping he 'll get the hint . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's the last yer 'll get off me an' do n't forget I want my suit from the pawnshop when I come back ter fetch me other things . ’ |
| 29 | I believe you can see why , first of it it 's most common , and second to coronary artery disease , I 'm a cardiac surgeon , I want my piece of the action too , so we keep as well . |
| 30 | So the recording will not even begin until the patient has reached that point in his memory which he wishes to explore and , should it be necessary to move him forwards or backwards within that regression , I simply place my hand over the microphone so that the technique is not recorded . |