Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter glanced at his watch ‘ If you hurry sir . ’ |
| 2 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |
| 3 | In addition to the activities involved in their programme , students will record their experiences , feelings , reactions and the skills used in setting up and implementing their programme . |
| 4 | The defence reverted to its Meldrew mind set . |
| 5 | It is , therefore with considerable pleasure that I can report that the Association was able during 1990 to contribute directly more than £250,000 to the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , and was able to see the income generated by its own Wings Appeal increase by 47% . |
| 6 | Thus , if in year 1 X is charged under s739 on the income arising in his overseas discretionary trust or in a company owned by that trust and that money is , for instance , then lent to him , the loan of the money would not give rise to any further charge . |
| 7 | The rain had stopped its vibrating patter above him , although the air was laden with moisture and the planked floor of the tent moved on its bedding of grey sand and mud . |
| 8 | I ran out of the park crying towards my mother . |
| 9 | He developed the park donated by his father and provided an imposing neo-Georgian town hall in 1909 . |
| 10 | Just 5 minutes from the centre of St Johann , the Park stands in its own gardens by the gondola lift , and close to the summer toboggan run . |
| 11 | Pauline was a few years older than Chris , who was 31 , but they had found mutual support and love , and together created the opportunity to live on their own . |
| 12 | I suppose my shadow calculated that I would soon come in off the streets , or perhaps he was using the opportunity to go through my baggage . |
| 13 | ‘ By the end of a show my fingers are pretty loose and I feel pretty good , so I use the opportunity to go to my hotel room and play some more . |
| 14 | We pride ourselves in being able to offer anyone and everyone the OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE in their chosen sport or leisure pursuit . |
| 15 | Children must be given the opportunity to talk through their ideas before they are expected to write them down . |
| 16 | Although it is of course true that people can be greatly helped by having the opportunity to talk about their impending loss , ( both their worries about it and their wish to talk about it together with the person who is dying ) this must be when the time feels right for the people involved and not when the helper , professional or lay , deems it appropriate . |
| 17 | I had asked the Englishman , who was tilting his clean-cut face to the sun , if I could use some of his sun cream , seizing the opportunity to talk about my robbery . |
| 18 | He needs the opportunity to talk about his feelings at the moment , what he was hoping to gain from the sniffing . |
| 19 | At the same time they try to make sure that no other males get the opportunity to mate with their own female . |
| 20 | In the 19 and 20 Centuries , many more artists welcomed the opportunity to move outside their usual medium and work with Wedgwood craftspeople . |
| 21 | Although he had neither the time nor the opportunity to continue with his verse drama , the subject was never far from his mind . |
| 22 | She took the opportunity to retire before her normal retirement date but I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age . |
| 23 | During the warm weather I take the opportunity to sit in my garden where I often do my sewing up . |
| 24 | A pedestrian zone also gives you the opportunity to wander at your leisure through the wide selection of shops . |
| 25 | It can be a problem if , for example , the groom speaks no English : either he , or the bride and her family , may feel he ought to have the opportunity to speak at his own wedding , or that he has a duty to honour his hosts by thanking them publicly . |
| 26 | Now those unused tomes of practical or technical information can be donated to a worthy cause , offering others the opportunity to gain from our over-filled bookshelves . |
| 27 | Basil Matthews gave him the opportunity to expand on his vision of the West Indies under the full glare of publicity . |
| 28 | A comic gives children the opportunity to retreat into their own world ; it is a very private thing . |
| 29 | As far as Wales was concerned , Warwick also took the opportunity offered by his control of Edward IV to help himself to some of Pembroke 's key offices : justiciar of south Wales , constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire . |
| 30 | As far as Wales was concerned , Warwick also took the opportunity offered by his control of Edward IV to help himself to some of Pembroke 's key offices : justiciar of south Wales , constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire . |