Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | filled in the ones you know . |
| 2 | Bluntly stated : an enquirer into ‘ the mind ’ has to know what is in his own mind and why it is filled in the way it is . |
| 3 | The Watchmaker , having wound up the watch he had made , had retired elsewhere , presumably for contemplation . |
| 4 | Erm , and it 's quite an early start so it 's , it just makes it such a late night to for eating by the time you 've come out the cinema it 's erm |
| 5 | A TOP fashion designer has won back the son she was accused of stealing . |
| 6 | He had died before she 'd finished university , but she had carried out the plans they had made . |
| 7 | The scheme was expensive , with in effect £8000 of public money being spent on each dwelling , since the local authority contribution to UDG almost exactly cancelled out the price it received for the land . |
| 8 | If paintings or prints are to be hung on the walls it is important to work out beforehand where they are going to go , and to make sure that battens are fixed in these particular areas . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't suppose you 've written down the guests you want to ask ? ’ she remarked . |
| 10 | The N.C.O. answered it and when he had hung up the receiver it rang again . |
| 11 | Under the present regime , where differential pricing is forbidden , big tied agents like the Halifax , Nationwide and Leeds Permanent — taking advantage of the fact that they are powerful distribution channels with ‘ hot client bases ’ — have pushed up the commissions they receive from the life offices to which they are tied to huge levels . |
| 12 | But there were evenings when the fire burned brightly and Aunt Louise sat in her winged chair , her skirt turned back to toast her knees ; while having made up the fire I knelt on the hearthrug , loath to leave the fierce heat of the flames . |
| 13 | J.D. had told her on her last visit , when she had handed in the column she had just read , that there had been a large number of letters about Vesta 's contribution and he would be publishing some of them in the next issue . |
| 14 | That £150 million will be reduced after the liquidators have handed over the money they expect to recover ( at least £60 mil lion ) and possibly more if other claims are pursued by the DTI . |
| 15 | As well as explaining the financial challenges of starting up a new business , Sue makes sure her students have thought through the effect it will have on their lives . |
| 16 | And he used to come to with his black horse and dray and I used to go to help him on a er on a Saturday morning , used to get to about perhaps nine or half past and I 'd go the rounds with him and all I used to do was to er take the peoples things that they 'd bought up the entry you see because they were all entries then . |
| 17 | As I feel so well now I have been able to sort out the problems with my husband and we now feel that we have got back the relationship we got married to share . |
| 18 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 19 | Instead , a ‘ position de barrage ’ a well-organised defensive wall was to be erected along the ‘ Line of Resistance ’ that Pétain had traced out the night he took over command . |
| 20 | Cleo sighed , and opened her mouth to speak , but at that moment the door to the parlour creaked and Drago Dratslinger and his mistress brought in the meal they had prepared for their guests , and the talk turned to that of wood and spirits , of how to trap a wandering soul . |
| 21 | Er right Mary Whitehouse to come we 'll be talking about sex and the Buddha of Suburbia and er whatever else sort of takes her fancy and we are going to liven up the traffic I think at er round about one twenty five and find out what 's happening there . |
| 22 | Santa 's stuck up the chimney he began to shout . |
| 23 | Giving in to the inevitable , and until she had found out the truth she had as yet no quarrel with his mother , Ellie relaxed her rigid stance . |
| 24 | The most common request is that everything should be set back the way it was at time X and it should appear as though the work carried out on package Y never happened at all ! |
| 25 | By the time they had eaten up the crumbs they had forgotten the way out and in their hunger ate the insulation from the wiring . |
| 26 | I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek . |
| 27 | Just sort of progressed up the ladder I suppose |
| 28 | Well this man something wrong and he er had an appointment with a Girran man who was Professor of medicine in Glasgow , he 'd gone up the ladder you know and finished . |
| 29 | For example , if you suddenly feel unwell after eating , either cut out the food you suspect for several weeks before trying it again , or if you are confused about which food or drink may be causing the problem , go back onto the Stage I diet for a week or so . |
| 30 | ‘ We have not ruled out the possibility she was struck in the face with a weapon . ’ |