Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the essential work is done by a function called hbba whose value is the goal , if the algorithm finds one , or else false . |
| 2 | The porter fetches it every morning . ’ |
| 3 | This third body is disposed of , but as the porter returns he encounters the hunchback husband who he supposes to be the corpse returning yet one more time . |
| 4 | Where the defence arises our courts will act upon the so-called ‘ M'Naghten ’ rules , propounded by the judges in response to questions addressed to them by the House of Lords . |
| 5 | The defence rests its case . ) |
| 6 | As the uranium reacts its radioactivity produces unstable atoms . |
| 7 | Conversely , if the house is demolished the layout of the park loses its main feature and is likely to become more and more ragged . |
| 8 | It must be ten years since I went to the optician and I keep promising myself I will go when the opportunity presents itself , because I love to read . |
| 9 | We are all in agreement that we will return to Lourdes when the opportunity presents itself , and are very grateful to the parishioners of St Bernadette 's Parish , who donated money to pay for us to go . |
| 10 | I 'll tell her when the opportunity presents itself . |
| 11 | Individual desertions are bound to take place , and perhaps in considerable numbers , on the rare occasion where the opportunity presents itself . |
| 12 | A true soldier always eats , drinks , sleeps and takes a wench whenever the opportunity presents itself . ’ |
| 13 | For protestant loyalists , the majority means themselves . |
| 14 | Unable to stop the spell which has made the broom fetch water , the apprentice breaks it in two only to have both halves doing the job at twice the speed . |
| 15 | ‘ With any data at their disposal ’ — the terminology puts us back into Louis Agassiz' laboratory . |
| 16 | USL repaid approximately $13m to AT&T from the proceeds and the remainder allows it to fund its cash flow requirements . |
| 17 | The grain is sealed before a basecoat is applied ; solid colours or tints are put on next , then the guitar receives its top coats of clear polyurethane . |
| 18 | Dubbed The Convertible Z , the guitar changes its shape by means of a concealed metal bar . |
| 19 | Otherwise you will have to slow down until the water flow around the skeg re-establishes itself . |
| 20 | We clean him up and the caveman makes us look cool . |
| 21 | The housewife retains her control . |
| 22 | The housewife says she has an old and inefficient vacuum cleaner : this is a statement about the inappropriateness of the tool to the work . |
| 23 | By choosing home grown potatoes the housewife knows she is buying only the best for her family . |
| 24 | The Prince feels he has a responsibility as a landowner to set an example to others , always to take the humane or the conservationist route above the straight commercial . |
| 25 | ‘ The Prince tells me your woman is French ? ’ |
| 26 | I suppose that 's why the Prince likes them so much . |
| 27 | ‘ The Prince thinks he 's involved . ’ |
| 28 | The Prince wants me to go to a bloody ball . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The French envoy , Monsieur de Craon — the Prince wishes me to speak to him . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm sure that like any other dad the Prince loves his offspring . |