Example sentences of "[pos pn] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps we should consider publishing details of the many failures in Conservative councils throughout the country , and not least in the borough in which this House is situated which , while exporting its homeless to other authorities , appears to be guilty of the illegal sale of houses that were not its to sell in the first place . |
| 2 | Their colour-similarity is a necessary condition of their belonging to the same colour species , not a definition of their colour . |
| 3 | Someone must have had a word with the band about their playing after the last tour and subsequent departure from east west Records because this show as a 200pc better affair . |
| 4 | I told her to forget this doctor nonsense and talk more reasonably about the oilman and his petrodollars and what he had her do In the dying moments she made a noise I 'd never heard her make before , a rhythmical whimpering of abandonment or entreaty , a lost sound . |
| 5 | In particular , we would not know what it was about consciousness that gave rise to its falling under the given kinds of statement . |
| 6 | ‘ All women possess not the Amazonian spirit of a Wolstonecraft [ sic ] ; but , indeed , unremitted oppression is sometimes a sufficient apology for their throwing off the gentle garb of a female . ’ |
| 7 | He has no power whatever , of course , and does his stuff in the Reserve Medical Corps with impeccable ovinity . |
| 8 | Dry clash 'd his harness in the icy caves |
| 9 | ANDREW Morton , author of the best-seller , Diana : Her True Story won his second award in a week at the What the Papers Say Awards lunch when he was named investigator of the year for his delving into the Royal Family which led to his best-selling book Diana : Her True Story . |
| 10 | One who did put up was Ba Pe , but Aung San was nauseated by his persisting with the corrupt practices which had disfigured pre-war parliamentary politics : and anyway his usefulness was exhausted . |
| 11 | Thereafter Anselm gave him such aid as he could against the despoilers of his see among the Norman barons who had recently penetrated into southern Wales as far as Pembroke . |
| 12 | If any proof were needed to insist that confessors and directors should avoid pressing their penitents into any clearly established scheme but instead should simply wait upon the Lord and watch and assist his working in the individual soul , this diversity among the great masters of the spiritual life should be sufficient . |
| 13 | These methods , therefore , are only a beginning to your deciding on the right goal weight for you . |
| 14 | ‘ Before your get to the delicious recipes , you must pay attention to the important history lesson ! |
| 15 | our falling for the ultimate face , |