Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can cope with small units and for the present will keep it that way . |
| 2 | A win or draw for the Army will give them their 29th outright title while victory for the RAF will result in the 10th triple tie of the competition . |
| 3 | Nothing dates faster than bathroom colours , so bear in mind that the colour you choose for the bathroom may make your house difficult to sell in the future . |
| 4 | A victory for the pragmatists may help them to speed up the reforms . |
| 5 | An impressive feature of the early post-war Palace sides was the triumvirate of Alderson in goal , Little and Ernie Rhodes at full-back , and those who watched them play for the Palace will tell you of an understanding between them that bordered on the uncanny . |
| 6 | Two masons who were chiselling at the finials which Flemyng had ordered for the gables would stop their clinking from time to time to confirm something that one or other had said . |
| 7 | The son had no right to complain for the father might make what distribution of his property he liked ; and the son 's abstaining from doing what he had no right to do can be no consideration . |
| 8 | He could not go near the lights for the Men would see him ; so he would seek the most darkness — away from the Zoo and over towards the blackness of the Park centre . |
| 9 | ‘ BNFL 's backing for the project should ensure its success and West Cumbria is going to have a unique and exciting new facility on its hands , ’ he said . |
| 10 | They provided a bus , you had a bus ride and you picked up a couple of guides er , who during the night would take you over the er take you over the er Pyrenees , er over the mountains er , the Pyrenees , you see becau er you 're in need of a guide because the er the frontier posts etcetera etcetera were shut , were closed . |
| 11 | This may be known to some as ‘ appraisal ’ or ‘ evaluation ’ but such titles are inappropriate if the process is meant to enable advisers to express freely whatever is on their mind , as the idea that advisers are in some way being assessed during the meeting could inhibit them from airing problems . |
| 12 | It begins with the dead body being moved into the sun as the sun used to awaken him both at home and in the trenches , in France . |
| 13 | LEGGY Danniella Westbrook — Sam in TV 's EastEnders — put on a pair of classy striped pants for a trip to a wine bar party in London 's more glitzy West End ( or WestEnd as the BBC might call it ) . |
| 14 | I looked down on those falls — ‘ the smoke that thunders ’ as the Africans used to call them , with the white plumes of spray towering above the bushes and trees ; and I thought of David Livingstone trudging , the first modern white man to find them . |
| 15 | Finally , as we have shown earlier , what is defined as criminal varies across time and place , thus making it difficult to argue that in-built differences between the sexes can explain what is a variable phenomena . |
| 16 | She tried to thrust him away ; that appalling woman through the wall would hear everything they did . |
| 17 | IN these times of recession , the advice is DO N'T PUT YOUR CASH INTO CARS — as any classic car owner who has seen his investment crash through the floor will tell you . |
| 18 | Not only that , but the way the light came around the edges and through the door would enable you to perceive clearly and in three dimensions what was happening on the other side of the door ! |
| 19 | Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile . |
| 20 | Got a wardrobe like ours and then oh no it is n't it 's a combination one it 's having to go up through the window let's hope they do n't drop it ! |
| 21 | She heard Tess sobbing , and through the keyhole could see her half lying over the breakfast table . |
| 22 | Your best bet is to give the person who is going to do most of the riding top priority ; if a five foot five woman and her six foot husband want a horse between them so that she can compete and he can hack , they should find that a 16hh middleweight that is deep through the girth will suit them both . |
| 23 | ‘ In any case , a glance through the lens will convince you that I am right . |
| 24 | The rabbit that goes back through the gap will run his head into trouble . |
| 25 | It is not far away ; an hour 's journey through the Forest would bring us to the shore from which it can be seen . |
| 26 | They say the thought of having coach loads of inquistive tourists driving through the hamlet would turn their Paradise into a living Hell . |
| 27 | Dr Tariq , frail and looking as though the gentle zephyr that came in off the Tigris might flatten him , could muster a savage temper when attacked . |
| 28 | Dramatists or actors whose work is maliciously booed or hissed off the stage would sue their tormentors for slander rather than libel . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , the Cane Toad does n't warrant inclusion , because anybody who scrapes the skin off the toad would find themselves in possession of a substance called Bufotenine , which happens to be listed as a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 . |
| 30 | No woman worth the name would let it happen . |