Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb base] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wiper switch on the dash is starting to annoy me , as is the headlight flasher which refuses to flash with dipped beam on . |
| 2 | The story bring out the significance of dreams and their interpretation at this time . |
| 3 | All the leaves that fall into the pond congregate around the loosened wire for me to collect up in a simple once daily netting session . |
| 4 | The rocker switch on the side of my head clicked … work off , weekend on … stress off , mellow on … and sea air crackled static through my stale brain . |
| 5 | He could n't hear anything , but he could see his father covered in pollen and then he had watched the actress get off the train and a lot of kissing and hugging , and everyone behaving the way theatre people always did behave . |
| 6 | At the end of the bridleway continue along the path which leads to Heron Pike ( 1.5 miles ) , Greatrigg Mann ( 1.5 miles ) , and eventually Fairfield ( 1 mile ) . |
| 7 | When the onboard tuner is activated in this way the guitar signal is instantly muted , avoiding the need for the player to bend down to the tuner switch on the unit , or re-patch the guitar lead . |
| 8 | On approaching the village proceed around the hairpin bend in the centre of the village towards the disused railway bridge and the property will be found just before the bridge on the left hand side , identified by an Adkin ‘ For Sale ’ board . |
| 9 | Hopefully much will be computerised like the FAA 's at present , where the form and the ECG go down the phone line to America . |
| 10 | Not only that , but continuous 124 mph winds surging around the planet whip up the ochre soil high into the atmosphere , turning the sky pink , virtually obscuring the already wan sunlight . |
| 11 | Watching the traffic and the rain swallow up the departing taxi , the Captain wondered how the man stayed so thin if he ate that way every day . |
| 12 | The patron let out the long slow whistle of a kettle coming to the boil . |
| 13 | They still had some close escapes , the most important of which came after 49 minutes when midfielder Michael Thomas beat the keeper with his cross-shot only to see the ball come off the foot of a defender on the line . |
| 14 | And er , and he thought he was all hard , right and he was walking , I know he 's a dog but he , he , he knows , you know what I mean , and he walked past the shop and the dog come out the shop you should 've seen my wisht up in my arms Could n't stop laughing . |
| 15 | ( v ) How did changes in society and the economy bring about the need for educational change ? |
| 16 | To find each new point on the graph move up the " day " line until you are level with the correct number of kg for that day . |
| 17 | A few letters and edited sections of four interviews with the artist make up the rest of the volume which has some interesting illustrations reproducing photographs of the artist and friends . |
| 18 | Is not that what we would have expected when the Government take on the 16 to 18-year-olds and perpetuate the myth that that age group is in full-time employment , in full-time training or in full-time education ? |
| 19 | The man let out the clutch and the car moved off . |
| 20 | Patrick Field saw two rasping shots from the edge of the box go over the bar . |
| 21 | The criterion is the number of years before the pre-tax cash receipts from the project pay back the capital invested . |
| 22 | Encapsulated in their nose-to-tail cars , stranded drivers read papers , picked their noses and talked to themselves , resigned to the rush-hour wait along the Chiswick High Road . |
| 23 | Antennas around the top of the ship pick up the radar signals and a computer works out details such as their frequency , the type of modulation and the intervals between pulses . |
| 24 | Kolchinsky lowered him carefully to the floor then flicked on the intercom switch on the desk . |
| 25 | The first bite I take makes all the jam squirt out the side over my chin . |
| 26 | Was it used to say keep keep saying buy up the time buy up the time ? |
| 27 | On the earlier electronics , you ca n't use the double-length switch on the 580 and modular electronics , the knitting sequence is the same as when it is not in use . |
| 28 | Further to the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , and given the obvious confusion among Ministers about the implications of their electoral promises for the future level of value added tax , can the Leader of the House conjure up the actual figure for value added tax when his Government came to office in June 1979 , and the level now as they go out of office ? |
| 29 | They can go on the hippy trail up the coast — that 's something I have missed out on . |