Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's nowhere to be alone , except my bedroom , and if I try to write there my fingers die with the cold . |
| 2 | The advantage of not having a light on all the time to illuminate the indicators is that my eyes adjust to the darkness and when it comes to casting or playing fish I am not completely blind . |
| 3 | My feet tickle with the marching rhythm . |
| 4 | My parents live in the Wirral . |
| 5 | Because all my tapes go into the archives of the Department of Scottish Studies at |
| 6 | My feetbones beat on the earth |
| 7 | My cheeks ache with the grin . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend will be aware that many of my constituents work in the knitwear industry and are grateful for the steps already taken by the Government . |
| 9 | I am struck by small objects and my nostrils fill with the stink of rot . |
| 10 | If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean . |
| 11 | I mean lot of my children go over the limit but erm they stir up too much . |
| 12 | My hands fly in the air , they are follies |
| 13 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm staying until my folks return from the States . |
| 15 | This policy sets out the Company 's objectives to control the impact its activities have on the environment and shows its commitment to being an industry leader in its awareness of and approach to environmental issues . |
| 16 | ‘ This policy sets out the Company 's objectives to control the impact its activities have on the environment and shows its commitment to being an industry leader in its awareness of and approach to environmental issues . |
| 17 | The preferences of the state are at least as important as those of civil society in accounting for what the democratic state does and does not do ; the democratic state is not only frequently autonomous insofar as it regularly acts upon its preferences , but also markedly autonomous in doing so even when its preferences diverge from the demands of the most powerful groups in civil society ( Nordlinger , 1981 , p. 1 ) . |
| 18 | If a child does not know any other black people , he or she does not value them ; all his or her values descend from the adoptive parents . |
| 19 | Their fingers skim on the silk |
| 20 | ‘ Tasso keeps them apart , though their fingers meet on the pillows of his pastoral . |
| 21 | The danger is that sometimes people who observe focus groups or read the reports on their discussions fall into the trap of saying that ‘ the majority ’ of members favoured a certain viewpoint , when this simply means five out of eight selected individuals . |
| 22 | The motion was proposed on Aug. 31 by the extreme Serbian Radical Party ( SRS ) led by Vojislav Seselj and the Serbian Socialist Party ( SPS ) led by Borisav Jovic , but on Sept. 2 the SPS recommended that its deputies vote against the motion , following criticism by Federal President Cosic . |
| 23 | ‘ Respect for the individual ’ still drives personnel policies , but its manifestations move with the times . |
| 24 | Stories of entrepreneurial heroism , come from across the economy and across the country : professors who create whole new industries and become instant millionaires when their inventions go from the laboratory to the marketplace ; youthful engineers who quit their jobs , strike out on their own , and strike it rich . |
| 25 | All the company 's research , development and manufacturing takes place in Abingdon , but less than 10 per cent of their products stay in the U K. |
| 26 | Some channels are direct , as when a computer firm sells its products direct to the users . |
| 27 | As the nights grew darker and colder , dinner parties grew scarcer and most nights Alexandra spent by her own fire , doing her meticulous accounts , writing faithfully to her father or answering George Langley 's breezy and frequent letters from Cambridge , Rose and Grace Langley were in London until Christmas , their hunters idle in the stable and Alexandra 's life was both peaceful and satisfying in their absence . |
| 28 | Her fingers swim with the water between folds of flesh and take up the rhythm of the light . |
| 29 | His first job will be to try and persuade Wigan 's promising trio of Alan Johnson , Allen Tankard and Bryan Griffiths that their futures lie with the club . |
| 30 | The problems arise when their activities interfere with the freedom of other hill users . |