Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten . |
| 2 | He had heard nothing more of the plane until a newspaper phoned him the following day , Sunday afternoon . |
| 3 | He has placed them both on the sofa under the magnificent painting of a Ramayana demon by his Thai protegé , not facing one another across his huge desk , to indicate that this is an intimate and informal interview , not to be taken too seriously whatever she says . |
| 4 | The sketchily covered breasts that had embarrassed her earlier in the evening were now taut and tingling , and when Tom 's hands came up to cup them through the thin fabric of her blouse she wanted to arch her back and drink in the new sensation with cries of pleasure . |
| 5 | ‘ I had n't considered you ready for the council yet , ’ said Frick , when Schiller had finished . |
| 6 | It is difficult to tell how much of Dustin 's discomfiture during the making of the film seeped through into his portrayal , but it might have added something uneasy to the character of Benjamin . |
| 7 | Friendships have been sundered , mothers have heckled one other in the street and schoolfriends have been separated in the row which has involved the withdrawal of scores of children from the Lady Jane Grey School in Groby , a commuter village near Leicester . |
| 8 | And finally , Oxfordshire waterskier Shelley Nutt 's sparkling talent to twist and turn has earned her one of the sport 's top honours . |
| 9 | But no , I suppose he would have considered it disloyal to the old man . |
| 10 | Indeed , Mr Wolski rarely looked anyone full in the face , seeming meek and quiet as if in a strong wind he might almost have been blown away . |
| 11 | Look , I 've booked us all into the Italian place round the corner . |
| 12 | When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room . |
| 13 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 14 | Once they 'd come out of the house , he 'd shaken himself free of the women and had now adopted a surly silence . |
| 15 | Tremayne would doubtless have lent me some of the quarter-advance due at the end of the month but my lack was my own choice , and as long as I could survive as I was , I would n't ask . |
| 16 | Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers . |
| 17 | My close friendship with Pearn had made me aware of the work that he had put into that assistance . |
| 18 | It 's also made me aware of the responsibilities involved in leading other people in bad situations — but I will tackle mountains again and I will go to camp again . |
| 19 | He and Ford had a cannon on the roof loaded with everything that they had been able to lay their hands on : stones , penknives , pieces of lightning-conductor , chains , nails , the embossed silver cutlery from the dining-room , and even some ivory false teeth , picked up by Ford who had seen them gleaming in the undergrowth ; but the greater part of the improvised canister was filled with fragments of marble chipped from The Spirit of Science Conquers Ignorance and Prejudice . |
| 20 | The anti-smoking campaigns in the media in the last few years have made everyone aware of the risks we run if we continue to smoke . |
| 21 | We had no doubt that if there was the slightest suggestion that the statements differed materially from the evidence given by the witnesses the learned trial judge would have called for these statements and examined them himself and if necessary would have made them available to the defence . |
| 22 | For most schools , there is nothing new about this thinking : TVEI has already made them familiar with the concepts of cross-curricular dimensions ( such as equal opportunities , independent learning ) skills and competences ( such as literacy , oracy , numeracy , computer literacy , and the less obvious visual literacy ) and themes ( such as health education , careers education and guidance , environmental and economic education and — increasingly — citizenship ) . |
| 23 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 24 | Their contribution is perceived as threefold : they were long-standing rivals of Gloucester , which virtually guaranteed a power struggle in 1483 ; the favour shown them by the king had made them unpopular with the rest of the Yorkist establishment ; and they were so closely identified with the young king , Edward V , that any limitation of their power could only be made permanent by his deposition . |
| 25 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |
| 26 | I have done my best with the Scottish Sports Council 's questionnaires that you sent down , and enclose a copy of my covering letter for your information . |
| 27 | Jules had tactfully made himself scarce on the pretext of work to be done at the new salon and now , two days after his visit to Maythorpe House , Harry was at last able to unburden himself . |
| 28 | I wish that the hon. Gentleman had made himself familiar with the two judgments in the case — those of Mr. Justice Simon Brown and of the Master of the Rolls . |
| 29 | Nigel had once made himself unpopular at the office by writing in his column that women past thirty should shoot themselves . |
| 30 | When she returned from the kitchen he had made himself comfortable on the sofa . |