Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thus the illustration contributes nothing to the text , which runs ‘ Edward [ actually Edgar ! ] lightly sprung aside and avoided the cut aimed at him , and then delivered a blow with all his force just in front of the ear , and the man dropped again as if shot . ’ |
| 2 | I never use plonk — it contributes nothing to the recipe and can ruin a dish . |
| 3 | But the location is , as it were , accidental , and contributes nothing to the tension between Circe and Persephone as it has been teased out , in this passage along with others , by Guy Davenport ( see his ‘ Persephone 's Ezra ’ , in New Approaches to Ezra Pound ) . |
| 4 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 6 | Drives me up the wall |
| 7 | See the but er , this room drives me up the wall ! |
| 8 | I hate doing that , drives me up the wall the first bit cos I 've got all them houses in the first bit have n't I ? |
| 9 | It just drives me up the wall . |
| 10 | ‘ The forgetfulness and repeating things all the time — it drives me round the bend . ’ |
| 11 | When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’ |
| 12 | Husameddin offers nothing in the way of specific evidence to support his statement either about Molla Yegan 's resignation or about Molla Fenari 's appointment , however , and is indeed at pains to say that in spite of much research he has been unable to find any signatures of Molla Fenari 's dating from this second kadilik . |
| 13 | The body has an organising intelligence that orders it and runs all the processes and functions of the parts and integrates them into the whole . |
| 14 | In the different sense of the priest ‘ representing ’ the people to God in worship the role is more that of an intermediary or go-between — a role more akin to that of a Member of Parliament who understands the needs of his constituents and represents them to the Government in Parliament . |
| 15 | ‘ What angers me about the system goes beyond the unreliability of ‘ proof ’ … it 's that the way criminals are dealt with has nothing to do with rehabilitation and readjusting people who 've stepped outside society 's norms . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's what bugs me about the experience . |
| 17 | As these animals roam around their home ground , any unaccustomed mark alerts them to the passage of a stranger . |
| 18 | " The very thought of it chills me to the bone . " |
| 19 | And he thinks nothing of the travelling to and from training . |
| 20 | It points me to the verse numbered twenty-one , and the line is : ‘ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ ’ |
| 21 | Ali pats me on the hand . |
| 22 | TIM PEACOCK joins them on the road and discovers that they 're dab hands at snooker , Ian T Tilton gets them in the frame . |
| 23 | TIM PEACOCK joins them on the road and discovers that they 're dab hands at snooker , Ian T Tilton gets them in the frame . |
| 24 | Lungfish joins me under the blanket . |
| 25 | She joins me on the carpet , and we all sit blowing on our coffees and warming our hands on the mugs . |
| 26 | Discrimination against people on the grounds of ‘ non-normal ’ bodies or intellectual capacity places them outside the mainstream of social life . |
| 27 | The man takes my hands in his and places them within the box and around the point of life . |
| 28 | To ‘ freeze-dry ’ his wigs , David simply applies gel to the wigs and places them in the freezer for 30 minutes ! |
| 29 | Wisden says he is nearly 82 ; he still looks nothing of the kind , but lately he has started to feel it a little more . |
| 30 | The problem is that in its juvenile form it looks nothing like the adult specimen . |