Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He so detested the word ‘ Enterprise ’ , with its ring of commerce , that at Poindexter 's trial he scolded the prosecutor every time he used it . |
| 2 | In Colette 's description we have the sentence : ‘ There were nothing but shreds of leaves , gnawed stems and barren shoots . ’ |
| 3 | When we draw a picture of a planet 's orbit we show the Sun , of course , and a single line around it in the shape of an ellipse . |
| 4 | Sometimes during the mate 's watch I took the wheel and learnt to steer . |
| 5 | Thankful that because of Rosie 's appendix she knew the quickest way to the hospital well , Shelley drove like a demon after the ambulance , and ran in as the casualty was stretchered in . |
| 6 | In the Lord 's Prayer we say the words : ‘ Lead us not into Temptation . ’ |
| 7 | When I examined Southgate 's horse I saw the spur marks . |
| 8 | ‘ Our son , Andrew , is an RAF pilot so following Wendy 's wedding we have the house to ourselves . |
| 9 | She had seen that instantly the next afternoon ; in Rachel 's eyes she recognised the same melting joy as she had seen in Lisa 's . |
| 10 | At yesterday 's investiture he joined the newly-knighted television presenter Sir David Frost , the sports commentator David Coleman , also an OBE , and the Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies , who was invested as an MBE . |
| 11 | For Purdy 's benefit she dropped the names of her most prestigious clients . |
| 12 | The shorter prologue of Lex Salica states that With God 's help it pleased the Franks and their nobility and they agreed that they ought to prohibit all escalations of quarrels for the preservation of enthusiasm for peace among themselves ; and because they excelled other neighbouring peoples by force of arms , so they should excel them in legal authority , with the result that criminal cases might be concluded in a manner appropriate to the type of complaint . |
| 13 | After Stalin 's fall it became the Road of the Heroes and then was changed to the Road of Youth . |
| 14 | At the end of the day 's work we layered the clocks between blankets in the wheelbarrow , and trundled them into the garage to be packed . |
| 15 | At Britten 's insistence she sang the role of Ellen Orford in that premiere , which proved to be the watershed of her post-war career with the English Opera Group . |
| 16 | Never late Jo is , half-past eight sharp like a bloody train steaming up and come on Maggie for Christ 's sake they close the nursery doors at nine you should know that by now . |
| 17 | In the back streets that lead towards Victor 's place I carry the dead weight in my carrier bag , and I feel rootless . |
| 18 | In her mind 's eye she saw the assassin 's mouth open and close , and on them read the syllables of her name . |
| 19 | ’ In her mind 's eye she saw the face of her father , and her heart was heavy . |
| 20 | Only in her mind 's eye she saw the image of her father , rather big , fleshy , with bulging expressionless eyes . |
| 21 | When Zoser dabbed a little on his wife 's sleeve she took the sleeve and held it up to her nose . |
| 22 | In Nizan 's imagination it assumed the status of a moral crusade . |
| 23 | Er Theresa 's friend she wants the hip redoing . |
| 24 | With the shamelessness of the truly selfish man who has never really had to consider another 's feelings he stopped the Archdeacon dead and , taking his fork from his fish , said , ‘ What about Gray ? ’ |
| 25 | In her debut for Harper 's Bazaar she reviews The Lover , which she says reminds her of her own movie , Pretty Baby . |
| 26 | On New Year 's Day they topped the division for a couple of hours . |
| 27 | On New Year 's Day they topped the division for a couple of hours . |
| 28 | On the afternoon of New Year 's Day we reached the road end , picked the car up and returned to Queenstown . |
| 29 | Roget 's Thesaurus I threw the book at |
| 30 | So it may be that Green influenced the way that the great poet looked at his surroundings , certainly in the later editions of Wordsworth 's Guide he acknowledges the value of the painter 's book . |