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Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	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 .
3	Sell my soul to the de devil himself .
4	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 .
5	So , apologies to all concerned and bring my breakfast to the dog house .
6	Bring my acid to the dressing room and do n't be late . ’
7	Forge my name on the back of the cheque and endorse it to yourself ? ’
8	I put the list away in my file , lock the room and carefully pick my way down the little staircase .
9	I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement .
10	‘ I hope they are not going make my trip across the Atlantic a waste of time , ’ said Maloney .
11	The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track .
12	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 .
13	I make my way to the back holding on carefully .
14	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 .
15	Weakened by laughter , I make my way down the bank .
16	I keep crouched and make my way through the low bushes , heading diagonally through the wood towards the estate .
17	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 .
18	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 ?
19	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 .
20	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 .
21	But I have n't got a girl , and I push my way among the couples along the narrow gangway like a wandering voyeur .
22	I then if possible send my assistant to the north of the Island and Swan River .
23	‘ 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 . ’
24	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 .
25	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 .
26	I place my chair to the left of the swim so that I am hidden behind the wall of rushes and have a good viewpoint of both rods .
27	I could with ease place my arm on the roof as I stood by one of them in the road .
28	I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm .
29	I ca n't keep the eye open and I fumble my way to the bathroom to clean my contact lens .
30	Eliot 's use of primitive ritual to reveal the horror of Sweeney 's existence relates to his connection of Conrad and James as writers who involve their audience in the apprehension of deepseated levels of evil .