Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They go to Phoenix on Saturday to play a team which has given them trouble in the past . |
| 2 | You 've heard my explanation of the fact that it was poorly worded and I think that is a great shame . |
| 3 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 4 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them , and as I commented a little earlier to somebody I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven year old . |
| 5 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 6 | It is because of that commitment and my understanding of the values and decent opinions of the Province that I have placed my resignation at the Prime Minister 's disposal . |
| 7 | You have dismissed my Master of the Inner Chambers ? ’ |
| 8 | I had forgotten my quest on the previous day in the pleasure of the poets ' company . |
| 9 | I have also disclosed my intention for the effect that the book will have . |
| 10 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 11 | In his unobtrusive way he had shown his interest in my faltering attempts to climb the golfing ladder , and had even carried my bag in the Amateur Championship . |
| 12 | Yes , I will be honest , Rachel Santerre , or more correctly Rachel Mortimer , chilled my soul to the marrow . ) |
| 13 | He came racing towards me just as I got out , I had already shed my parachute in the aircraft to get out a little more schnell before he accosted me , I got the most bitter rollicking for leaving the aircraft outside his engineering hangar area . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm a free agent and have regained my appetite for the game . |
| 15 | JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes . |
| 16 | The Malthusian League had addressed its message to the working class , emphasising birth control as the only remedy for poverty , and had met with understandable hostility from leading ( male ) socialists . |
| 17 | She might as well have addressed her request to the tablecloth . |
| 18 | Initially , a sheriff held that the case could go ahead at Greenock Sheriff Court but Mr Anderson , 22 , of Nelson Road , Gourock , has won its transfer to the Court of Session . |
| 19 | He feels that it is because he has a high ethical and moral standard in his approach to sacred sites that he has earned their trust over the years . |
| 20 | When she came back , with a tray in her hands , they had installed their patient by the fire in a deep chair , and peeled the soggy , wet jacket from him . |
| 21 | I had rebuilt her box in the bottom of the treadmill . |
| 22 | The point of this brier account of mistake is to show that at least one leading textbook of criminal law has distorted its presentation of the data because of a prior commitment to subjectivism . |
| 23 | Now that she 's vented her spite for the evening , she wo n't even notice you 're missing , but if anyone asks I 'll tell them you 're suffering from toothache . ’ |
| 24 | But his career-defining Working ( 1970 ) was a plenteous ethnography : white-and blue-collar workers ventilated their discontent with the monotony of their jobs and the narrow satisfactions they offered . |
| 25 | How to achieve a political settlement without antagonizing an army which had committed its honour to the goal of total , unconditional victory ? |
| 26 | Amelia Putt had dropped her objection to the wedding of one of her employees taking place in chapel and not church when she learned the identity of Tom 's bride-to-be . |
| 27 | But luck had come her way at the very last moment . |
| 28 | The Party had modified its opposition to the Government 's rearmament programme and the Left felt that this had inhibited the campaign against Chamberlain . |
| 29 | Merlyn demanded to know why he had not reported her departure at the time . |
| 30 | But it has stressed its commitment to the polluter-pays principle , and plans to introduce charges that will eventually cover the scheme 's costs . |