Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have survived if he had accepted the plan in the first place and done what the Corporation had wanted him to do instead of putting forward his own counter proposals . |
| 2 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
| 3 | Although historical events have conspired to seal Russian Formalism off from other intellectual developments in the twentieth century and to give it the character of an isolated and localized phenomenon , it does nevertheless have connections with a variety of more recent theoretical movements . |
| 4 | Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe . |
| 5 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 6 | I came here briefly last year and found it the most comfortable of cities to walk about in , so I 'm here for two months to learn Spanish . ’ |
| 7 | Its cooking partner was the Costard which was sold in the markets of Oxford from 1296 until the end of the seventeenth century and bequeathed us the word ‘ costermonger ’ — meaning someone who hawks fruit and vegetables in the street . |