Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 2 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may be amused to hear that one of my sons spotted you the other day training with Korchnoi and the Brighton and Hove Albion football team . |
| 3 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 4 | Funnily enough , it was one of my nephews brought him the message — Josh 's eldest boy , Jimmy . |
| 5 | The thought of soiled nappies and vomit on my clothes gives me the horrors . |
| 6 | The two Chairmen of that Committee gave distinguished service , and I am sure that no one took my remarks to mean what the hon. Member for Glasgow , Cathcart ( Mr. Maxton ) says they meant . |
| 7 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 8 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 9 | Her employers told her the work was too stressful for someone in her condition . |
| 10 | Our school was evacuated to Hadlow Down in Sussex , just about where the German bombers used to off-load their bombs to save themselves the trouble of having to go all the way to London . |
| 11 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 12 | These people now face annual medical inspection for the rest of their lives to assess what the radiation may have bequeathed to them in terms of a legacy of cancer or birth defects . |
| 13 | After a long descent the shaft widened a little , and the light of their torches showed them the interior of the mine , the southern end of the tunnellings . |
| 14 | Despite all her efforts to ignore it the sensation lingered on to torment her long after the contact had been broken . |
| 15 | Helen half-turned and tipped her toes to show him the grazes on her calves . |
| 16 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 17 | But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's up to Foucard and his superiors to decide who the suspects are … ’ |
| 19 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 20 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 21 | When his lips touched hers the tears overflowed . |
| 22 | When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen . |
| 23 | He became recognised as one of the most accomplished half-backs in the Division and his displays won him the approval of the fans on many grounds besides our own . |
| 24 | Those who liked the Prince called him Slender Billy , while his detractors called him the Young Frog . |
| 25 | Our instructors taught us the correct names for the parts of the Topper . |
| 26 | The evening will be semi-business anyway , so your qualifications make you the best candidate . ’ |
| 27 | We plan our holidays to give you the maximum enjoyment . |
| 28 | Our prizes give you the chance to be penny foolish for once . |