Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also carried out fibre and hair tests , but found nothing that connected Nichol with the crime . |
| 2 | Although both were impeccably dressed in dark suits , there was just something about them that reminded Fran of the old wolf in sheep 's clothing story . |
| 3 | He raced up to them and grabbed Harry by the arm . |
| 4 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |
| 5 | Betty gradually breaks the news to him and helps Frank to the sofa , where he asks , ‘ And can he tell ? |
| 6 | Worthington obtained a copy for him and suggested Bruges as the title for the Group ( he later became its parliamentary liaison officer ) . |
| 7 | At such moments the commentating voice differs sufficiently from Nietzsche 's to make the mode of paraphrase unavailable : The intrusive authorial voice here asks the reader to stand back with him and construe Nietzsche for the purposes of his own argument . |
| 8 | I ca n't be sure what my face looked like when I opened it and saw Maureen on the doorstep , but I imagine it must have had a grin on it from ear to ear . |