Example sentences of "[vb pp] [indef pn] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | School officials in Pasadena , Texas have detected something satanic in the peace symbol : they see it as an upside-down broken cross that signifies the defeat of Christianity . |
| 32 | Everyone who took part in this charitable challenge thoroughly enjoyed the day , and we all felt we had contributed something worthwhile to the local community . |
| 33 | I had always found something odd about the secrecy that the Reichmann brothers wished to preserve . |
| 34 | That er any er public figure worth his salt could have achieved what Sir Edward has done , or do you think he 's brought something special to the negotiations , and why has Saddam done it ? |
| 35 | His children have never fully forgiven him and the scandal that surrounded the very public break-up of his first marriage has scarred everyone involved in The Doc 's love-life . |
| 36 | Suppose one of them had put something nasty in the food by error — or by purpose . |
| 37 | But the tribe has not yet started anything new with the money . |
| 38 | Imagination from other viewpoints depends on my having already perceived something analogous from the then present and my own , and is undernourished if I was distracted at the time by consideration of the future or of others . |
| 39 | Anybody who had seen or heard anything suspicious in the neighbourhood of her home on Tuesday 1st September was urged to contact Thames Valley CID . |
| 40 | " Have you heard anything more about the Fairfax business ? " she asked . |
| 41 | Flowers becomes the eighth booking in a season where Southampton have already managed one sending-off in the Premier League and one in a pre-season friendly . |
| 42 | She had banned everything Irish from the house , burnt any newspapers or pamphlets that he brought home , and even searched his room for unsuitable material . |