Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [vb -s] [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | Suppose that I am sitting by a bowl of fruit ; my hand hovers over a pear , then a peach catches my eye ; their distinctive favours revive in memory and pull against each other , then my hand moves over and picks out the peach . |
2 | It pulls up and rounds out the corners of its mouth , and chomps its teeth together rapidly in an obsequious manner , as if it is saying : ‘ Do n't hurt me , I 'm only a baby ! ’ |
3 | If you get rid of royalty , he remarked , ‘ what you 've actually done is to pull the root out that draws up the energies in your ordinary personality from whatever is beneath your personality ’ . |
4 | So the plan for the afternoon is , it 's now five to four so if David goes out and tidies up the hut . |
5 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
6 | Another past champion graphically described this as the moment when the golfer blacks out and has n't the remotest idea that he is holding a putter at all . |
7 | And the manager goes round and switches out the lights , if there 's anybody there they kick them out . |