Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hamish would take pity upon this sorry figure and give him the duffle-coat to keep himself warm . |
| 2 | He showed Mr Utterson the broken stick and told him the servant girl 's story . |
| 3 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 4 | All of this gives Dickens a very individual and interesting style and gives you the feeling that every episode is useful and vital in some way to the plot . |
| 5 | ‘ Rats , ’ I told him , but he opened the cover on the drain outside my back door and showed me the trap to stop rats climbing up . |
| 6 | The research aims to describe how police authorities give effect to this duty and to analyse what the consequences of their adopting different strategies — formal consultative committees , public opinion surveys , informal liaison etc — are for the work of police authorities , for policing priorities and for police management practice . |
| 7 | A panel of experts decided Kate 's winning menu made the best use of French cheese and awarded her the top prize a Concorde flight to Paris for a supersonic celebration . |
| 8 | As Ken told John Lahr , author of the official Orton biography Prick Up Your Ears ( Lahr also edited the Orton diaries ) : ‘ He ( Orton ) had this capacity to have a sexual adventure and tell you the conversation that went on as well . |
| 9 | For example , let's say an old lady with a walking stick approaches you in the High Street and asks you the way to the nearest public toilets . |
| 10 | I hope our fee proposals reflect this view and give you the flexibility to achieve your goals economically and efficiently . |
| 11 | He knew somehow that I was dealing with this section and gave me the serial number of a wagon and told me not to go anywhere near it . |
| 12 | Will the Chancellor have a word with his Chief Secretary and tell him the facts of life , which are that the burden of taxation is much higher than it was in 1970 when the Labour party was in office ? |
| 13 | Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass . |
| 14 | And then , as she sat watching the dancers , Molly thought of something which made her shiver , so that Ken Corduroy , noticing it , thought she felt cold in the dark garden and offered her the sweater which , like so many of the older guests , he wore knotted about his neck . |
| 15 | Now , before speaking to that person , whether your boss or partner , ask your mentor to inspire you and to tell you the right time , to choose the right place and to give you the right words and the correct approach — and to help the other party accept what you have to say . |
| 16 | It 'll be worse now , in retrospect , it 'll worse phoning Amy up at that moment and asking what the name was . |
| 17 | However , no amount of relationship building will replace hard work and accomplishing what the public relations campaign set out to do . |
| 18 | She heard that : — — Papa is grown stout and has need of bigger trousers but Mama cries he is more handsome than ever and so do I. I have little time my Lily to write because I am put to Latin with the Abbe which is sore hard work and gives me the headache . |
| 19 | So let's really all commit ourselves to the national raffle and make it the biggest and most successful raffle Save The Children has ever had . |
| 20 | The captain followed the direction of the American boy 's pointing finger for a moment , then lifted his left wrist and showed him the dial of his watch . |
| 21 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 22 | The committee carried out a range of fascinating research and confirmed what the public knew already , namely that the ham sandwiches available in motorway cafeterias had a tendency to be ‘ thin , tasteless ham in soggy bread ’ . |
| 23 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 24 | Despite this fact , the Principality itself is still reluctant fully to recognize the importance of the Polytechnic 's contribution to advanced vocational education and to accord it the status it merits . |
| 25 | The council reinstated Tengiz Sigua ( who had resigned in August 1991 when Gamsakhurdia dismissed other senior ministers — see p. 38417 ) as acting Prime Minister and gave him the responsibility of forming a cabinet , which would assume power temporarily once the situation in the country had stabilized . |
| 26 | Reaching down under the counter he pulled out a flat bottle and showed me the label . |
| 27 | So you will walk into that store and give him the haughtiest stare you are capable of — and you can do it , ’ he promised . |
| 28 | And it is this regular aerobic routine that speeds up the body by increasing its metabolic rate and gives it the ability to shed those extra pounds . |
| 29 | IT IS not a new idea to take an impressionable , imaginative girl and make her the saviour of a man on the run , providing food , warmth and emotional support . |
| 30 | It was a glittering prospect and gave him the courage to brush his hand against Eloise 's breast as he kissed her goodbye . |