Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb base] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The phantom of the opera is here inside my mind pull back the curtains |
| 2 | I do n't paint from dark to light or light to dark in any special sequence , but as my eyes flit over the paper I add bits of colour here and there . |
| 3 | When I return my headlights sweep over the boss and this woman . ’ |
| 4 | The trouble is that I am not a tea-drinker , and so my plants get only the occasional treat when guests visit . |
| 5 | I ran upstairs , pausing by the back stairwell window to watch my father disappear round the dune before the bridge , ran up the stairs , got to the door to the study and twisted the handle briskly . |
| 6 | ‘ I had my people check out the three scentmakers . |
| 7 | I think well because I my mother buy always the same it 's the flour specially for the cake . |
| 8 | The European Commission 's COMETT programme is aimed at high-level technology training , and its projects bring together the providers and users of training . |
| 9 | She was right of course , he knew that , but her words hurt just the same . |
| 10 | Their eyes open around the ninth day . |
| 11 | Her lips pout around the filter and her cheeks collapse in as she draws deeply . |
| 12 | The administration of the remedy is like dropping a pebble into the water 's edge , the ripples/waves resulting will depending on their homœopathicity cancel out the energy disturbance of the disease . |
| 13 | I follow the line of the hedge along the side of the road , ducking once as a car drives past on the road ; its headlights sweep along the hedge above me . |
| 14 | Their lives revolve around the home , unlike in earlier cult shows like Dynasty ( the office , the hotel lobby ) or EastEnders ( the community square ) . |
| 15 | Although the therapist was probably correct in initially providing a chance for Pamela to express her worries to someone outside the family , she should have progressed as soon as possible to helping Pamela and her parents tackle together the problems surrounding their communication and lack of mutual trust . |
| 16 | Composed of military commanders , political officers and Party officials , their concerns range over the entire panoply of administrative and disciplinary functions , as well as troop control and civil-military relations in the USSR 's 16 Military Districts . |
| 17 | She saw only her darling come down the room Nicandra might have walked alone , so unaware was Aunt Tossie , for the moment , of the little friend . |
| 18 | From the other end a party of visitors began their walking stare along the Cages . |
| 19 | To take one 's finger off the bounding narrative pulse of Crime and Punishment and to open The Possessed — to open it anywhere — is to find oneself out in the sticks once again : the ‘ our town ’ of the novel and the voice relating its affairs bring back the ‘ we ’ of convict life in The House of the Dead and the more sketchy collective of that remote Siberian community outside the prison walls . |
| 20 | And because their partners are seen as naturally more ambitious and less compromising than themselves , the women then go on to describe themselves as lucky and ‘ grateful ’ if their partners make even the smallest contribution to household affairs . |
| 21 | The various patients ' , reactions to their awakenings fill out the picture . |
| 22 | Forecasts of its affect vary widely the Tories claiming 1.5m job losses , Labour saying it would not cost jobs but would contribute up to £1.5bn in extra taxes to the Exchequer . |
| 23 | Moreover , audit committees function most effectively when their members understand clearly the financial reporting process , the types of issue that can affect that process , and the relationships between management , auditors and regulators . |
| 24 | Accordingly , CD-I players begin the battle to represent themselves as appliances by having their power switch on the front of the cabinet . |
| 25 | He had been accused early on in the play by Agydeus that he was too barbaric to offer Zenocrate any amorous discourse , yet he manages to produce a lovely speech for her where he talks about he stunning beauty and his love for her : ‘ Zenocrate , the loveliest maid alive … whose eyes are brighter than the lamps of heaven … that with thy looks canst clear the darkened sky ’ . |
| 26 | His views show how the proponents of national efficiency linked together a concern for a renewal of leadership qualities with the generation of a cultural mystique through education . |
| 27 | She saw his fingers close around the butt of a .45 . |
| 28 | The trio is completed by Dick Vance , the computer ‘ driver ’ , though his activities extend over the whole breadth of keeping the flight data read-out units in working order and developing the programs and electronics generally . |
| 29 | Ganguly ( 1982 ) attempted to disaggregate the manufacturing totals and although his criterion for a small firm was 20–199 employees , his data illustrate well the higher employment share taken by small firms even in industries like metal goods , vehicles and electrical or mechanical engineering . |
| 30 | Obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 are therefore transferred to the supplier of the item , and his obligations continue where the equipment is subject to a further lease in continuation of the original one . |