Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashworth 's analysis uses interesting concepts drawn from sociology and psychology but his data cover everything from the official histories of the war , including divisional and battalion histories , right across to the diaries of ordinary soldiers , some of which were based on notes taken during the war but written up years later . |
| 2 | He half stood up as Myeloski came towards him , when an aircraft called him over the radio . |
| 3 | Cannon stole one at the sixth to go 5-1 up . |
| 4 | As for venue , only 58% made it to the bedroom . |
| 5 | We must now return to the general situation in which 5 Corps found itself at the end of 15 May . |
| 6 | The plants are also safe , these fish exhibiting none of the JCB habits of our old friends , the cichlids . |
| 7 | They have set up a trust fund , the Aber Trust , run independently of them , to raise the money around £200,000 to buy it for the nation . |
| 8 | In 1984 " Union Jack " Hayward received £50,000 to console him for the untrue allegation that he was involved in a murder plot . |
| 9 | Recently released statistics indicate something of the potential for the would-be investor in the Singapore art market . |
| 10 | Breakfast and the Pekinese awaited her in the dining-room . |
| 11 | The eel does it with the aid of electricity . |
| 12 | There were commercial laundries in the 1920s and the large linen hampers that took two people to carry them to the laundry van show that this was a luxury enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Dolls ' House . |
| 13 | The King of this country ( which was called Lilliput ) had ordered his people to carry me to the capital city , about a kilometre away . |
| 14 | primitive people regarded themselves as the only humans . |
| 15 | Instead of putting their money into business , people lent it to the government in the hope that ERNIE ( the nickname of the Electronic Random Number Indicator ) would select their number for the top prize ( then ) of a modest £1,000 . |
| 16 | The statement made by the right hon. Gentleman on 2 July included the following two sentences : ’ At present advice and assistance but not representation are available to those whose means qualify them under the legal aid green form scheme . |
| 17 | EVERYWHERE YOU GO , PEOPLE JUDGE YOU BY THE WAY YOU LOOK |
| 18 | But we as crime prevention officers regularly meet with erm the newspaper people to say can you make sure your staff push them through the letter boxes and they assure us that the er , the next thing on their list to prioritize but it does n't happen . |
| 19 | I have sent out a memo to all staff reminding them of the procedure for sickness . |
| 20 | On the first day our staff introduce you to the yachts and their quirks . |
| 21 | To make people think someone in the Martin family was the informer . |
| 22 | That is um in Burstow 's clinical practice she reckons that um sometimes people say something along the lines of well well um perhaps it was my fault , I was flirting with him , and things like that it and these are people who maybe have been about five or six when the abuse has happened and so y'know do five or six year olds flirt ? |
| 23 | ‘ There will be no great welcome back here for the tour party — the only people to meet them at the airport will be their wives , ’ he said bitterly . |
| 24 | When we arrived it seemed such a friendly place , there would be 2 or 3 people to meet you at the gates and welcome you in . |
| 25 | Gary said : ‘ It 's obvious that people want him in the England team . ’ |
| 26 | If you ever get to be a concert violinist , which I personally doubt , you 'll always wonder if people want you on the platform because of your looks or because you 're any good . ’ |
| 27 | You know , particularly , you know the female may have only a state pension you know the part state pension nothing else coming in , and a lot of these accounts are still net , not gross , so the revenue have got money to give away , and they 're quite happy to do that providi providing that people tap them on the shoulder . |
| 28 | Few people used it during the day and those who were there when Wickham entered appeared not to notice him . |
| 29 | If people associate you with the ‘ Carry On ’ films , they do n't think of you as anything else . |
| 30 | Black people found themselves on the receiving end of racism in all manner of forms from the beginning of their arrival in Britain . |