Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my mum who along with my dad helped me my daughter , who I 'm very proud of as now she 's started taking greater interest in G M B. To my mum who at the moment does n't enjoy the best of health , who over the years has had to endure a daughter who , er , on some occasions has not been a very great help to her , has guided me through very difficult times , as mums always do . |
| 2 | To my mind none of the evidence , general or specific adds much to the inherent probability that men and women of a certain age will be inclined by nature to favour the status quo . |
| 3 | I think that that case is distinguishable from this on that ground , and also on the ground that in my view none of the statements in the leaflet in this case actually impute corruption . |
| 4 | He had also , however , as Churchill perceived , conceded to Gandhi and the Congress movement a degree of recognition of their importance which in the long run could do the British no good . |
| 5 | . And i the the lady who runs the personnel department , it 's her husband who on the ship . |
| 6 | She may feel more in control if she takes her bill herself to the Department of Social Security , having been guided by the adviser that she should ask them about the ‘ fuel direct ’ scheme that will debit her benefits automatically and prevent disconnection . |
| 7 | Then she marched back to the front of the class , dusting off her hands one against the other like someone who has been handling something rather grimy . |
| 8 | Briefly she saw in her mind a slender girl walking the shore , beating her hands one against the other in bitter rebellion . |
| 9 | Even Ingrid had stage style , a certain energy that made her project something over the footlights . |
| 10 | He had heard their laughter , their long silences and the chink of their wine-glasses one against the other . |
| 11 | She shared with her husband a love of travel , and learned from his expertise something of the finer qualities of wine and food wliich helped her , when his illness necessitated it , to enter journalism and become the breadwinner . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh — ’ he tutted with annoyance , and lifted his feet one after the other . |
| 13 | The guard was an inverted vee which forked away from his hands , and by rotating his wrists one within the other it was possible to convert the axis of the blade into a glittering circle . |
| 14 | But then he murmured half under his breath something to the effect that ‘ the boy had cost him much suffering ’ . |
| 15 | It astonished her how the passage of time had censored from his memory everything except the trimmings like crackers , turkeys and mince pies ; and he 'd imagined , in the place of the emotional strain and physical surfeit he 'd forgotten , a wholly fictitious jollity . |
| 16 | I once asked Kalchu how he was able to tell his cows one from the other , and how he was able to distinguish his own from other people 's . |
| 17 | And then you do other exercises like lying on your back , putting your feet your from the knees downwards over the edge of the pool and then trying to do sit ups . |
| 18 | It 's a normal thing to do , to teach your children everything from the time they 're born , so to put some kind of arbitrary division on where you stop helping is nonsense to the child and it 's , it 's absurd to parents , too , and of course it does n't happen . |
| 19 | However , it is vitally necessary to cross-check your instruments one against the other and to include the Navigation instruments in the essential cross-check of the Flight instruments . |
| 20 | The trust of which Seia is trustee is effectively ‘ I ask you to make over to your son everything except the gardens ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Now that you 've expressed your condolences what about the Fraser girl ? ’ |
| 22 | Who should we leave out of our side/ What about the toss ? |