Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Did you start doing a passenger service when you got the mail contract or did you to the mail just on its own first or did you
2 Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes
3 In the summer months do n't shut your plants in a hot car or leave them in the sun while they are waiting to be loaded .
4 He went down there only to make tea or hide something in the fridge .
5 I notice that even when you are simply listening to music on tape or watching it on the TV monitor when you are editing you are still breathing with the music even though you are not conducting it .
6 Control the interview or lose it to the candidate ?
7 For example , in 1983 it was said that ‘ even where the husband had been violent , it would be reasonable for the wife to continue to reside in the matrimonial home but to seek a court order restraining his violence or barring him from the home ’ and in these circumstances the authority 's duty would be ‘ to advise the applicant so to do , not to accommodate her as a homeless person ’ .
8 The driving force that keeps you on the road best .
9 Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny .
10 This makes me wonder if it is the creative thought that guides the discoverer or whether it is the emotion that is the creative force that impels him to the solution .
11 In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process .
12 Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison .
13 The Ford ‘ Edsel ’ , unveiled as the car that had everything in the way of advanced engineering , flopped like a dead duck with the public which presumably was little interested in engineering .
14 That is a talent that followed him to the Foreign Office and to the Department of Health , where he helped Ken Clarke take on hospital doctors attacking their tales of long hours as ‘ fishermen 's stories ’ .
15 If you go along to a good quality golf course they have the score card a planner but they also have a little script that tells you about the hole .
16 Just when you think you 've got it straight , along comes the Fool with his pig 's bladder and whops you on the nose .
17 The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow .
18 If you have quick release wheels , take off the front wheel and lock it to the frame and back wheel .
19 ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house .
20 Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal .
21 When , a long time ago now , Stephen had tried to call him Dad or Father and drop the babyish name , he had shouted that Stephen was all he had in the world and could n't he have a little bit of kindness and call him by the one name that meant something ?
22 If you put your Orc Shaman on a wyvern and fly him to the other end of the battlefield he wo n't be able to use his Waaagh magic .
23 procedure for taking goods out of stock and transferring them to the shop floor
24 She pulled out her warrant card and slapped it on the desk then marched out of the office , slamming the door behind her .
25 Fill in the yellow registration card and return it to the address shown on the card .
26 As an extra reminder , you could write a special message on a pretty piece of card and fix it to the back of the picture , noting both the date and the event .
27 It was still soaking wet and now Wexford carefully removed from its leather partitions a photograph of Lilian Hatton , a driving licence and a darts club membership card and spread them in the sun to dry .
28 Tell your audience that you are going to spell out the names of a complete suit of cards and , each time you spell out a letter , you are going to take the top card and place it on the bottom .
29 Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man .
30 There they would force Khomeini to negotiate a deal and to broadcast it to the people .
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