Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes alright well let's leave that one and let's see and I stand corrected , but my point remains the same if er , erm , er my duty under article five is not to find to the anti competition laws is it ? |
| 2 | A woman who worked 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. said , " My husband works the same hours . |
| 3 | Like the oppressed people in the working class communities throughout Britain , the people in my community suffer the same pain and the same negative imagery as our counterparts in the Third World . |
| 4 | It was a big step to take , but there was no way I could contemplate settling down to bring up my family in London , and I knew my wife felt the same way as she loved the sea and country . |
| 5 | That 's how people live these days , you know , my daughter did the same thing with her husband , you know , they 're in a |
| 6 | My dad thinks the same . |
| 7 | My memory does the same . |
| 8 | In which towns in the Tyne Tees TV region does my company have the most/fewest customers per 1000 population ? |
| 9 | However , Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. was dealing with a different statute , which did not concern statutory regulatory powers , and which does not in my judgment have the same considerations of urgency . |
| 10 | , my mother does the same thing , no . |
| 11 | My mother cultivated the few cultivated people in town . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like my mother to do the same . ’ |
| 13 | How soon would it be until her prince felt the same way ? |
| 14 | Flagstad gave the songs their première , so it 's intriguing to hear her successor bring the same kind of broad sweep , sincerity of purpose and rewarding breath-control to them . |
| 15 | Everything points to a victory for the conservatives , except their inability to make the most of their advantages . |
| 16 | 6.2 WE HAVE DONE ALL IN OUR POWER TO AVOID INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND CONTINUE NEGOTIATINS , WE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO ILLUSTRATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO THE SAME . |
| 17 | Their alignment follows the same direction as the adjacent mainland ranges , to which they are structurally related . |
| 18 | Its essence stayed the same but now there was something new in its texture , and it became clearer as it approached . |
| 19 | The Japanese know only too well of the dangers that can be posed by Hong Kong 's ‘ expatriate ’ rugby community in their bid to tread the same path for the next World Cup . |
| 20 | That 's one of the things , I think , that the Roman Catholics who hanker after the old Latin Mass and its ritual miss the most , and I sympathize with them in the sense that there is n't a great deal of mystery about most of the worship in most of our churches any more , and whilst it 's very right and proper for us to be very busy on practical matters , we must n't forget that there are very mysterious questions about our purpose here , about death and life , which are n't answered simply by doing things and being very busy — in fact , that may be a form of escapism — we need both , and I would hope that there will be room again in Christianity in Europe for worship to become something which speaks to the things I find mysterious , and in that respect I think the interest in spirituality and religious experience , in mysticism , in all those sort of areas about one 's personal religious life , and a lot of it not very orthodox or traditional . |
| 21 | Workmen from the Maintenance Department , which is responsible for the smooth running of the lifts and escalators in the station , have seen William Terris ' ghost on numerous occasions as they work mostly at night so that their work causes the least interference with the travelling public . |
| 22 | Sensibly , but with some sensitivity , her boss made the same points to Muriel as he had made in his reference , asking her at the same time if these conflicts had ever arisen out of the office with family friends or neighbours . |
| 23 | The willingness of part-time farmers to go on training courses demonstrates their determination to make the most of their farms . |
| 24 | But their attitude remains the same — ‘ Well we treat them all the same whether they are Asian or English ’ . |
| 25 | Their failure to make the most of the scientific literature seems to begin early in their academic careers . |
| 26 | ‘ The girls want their room doing the same now but I draw the line at our bedroom . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I babysit for them about once a fortnight while Graham stays at home with our own children , and she or her husband do the same for us , ’ explains Sally . |
| 28 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 29 | As time goes on , its distance stays the same . |
| 30 | For it was based on the assumption that human beings , at least since the emergence of homo sapiens , were the same , their behaviour obeying the same uniform laws , though in different historical circumstances . |