Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | However , if your crystal is too heavy to wear , you can carry it in your handbag , place it near you during the day , and take it to bed with you at night . |
2 | Because quite honestly we tell them absolutely everything on the phone before we we go . |
3 | So she relayed that and I heard it Well what about the small stuff ? |
4 | They tell us almost nothing about the labourers employed by the more prosperous peasants . |
5 | This may be true at the population genetic level , but it tells us absolutely nothing about the developmental complexity of the process itself . |
6 | I had them all myself from the former British monopoly , the Central Electricity Generating Board , when I was the minister responsible for the day-to-day operations involved in privatising the British electricity industry : ‘ the integrity of the system ’ , the need to ensure the adequacy of contra power or ‘ vars ’ , safety considerations , the impossibility of storing electricity — all excellent points in themselves , but each fully capable of being accommodated in a competitive system such as has been invented , at least in embryo , in Britain . |