Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marsh was always expected to return for the World Cup , and Waugh , with this superb innings , made it extremely difficult for the selectors to ignore him too . |
| 2 | Sally Gilbert-Smith and Ruth Gilbert from Cornwall — Sally , 28 , who works in Lloyds Bank in Newquay , entered herself and her mother for the competition because it seemed like the perfect opportunity for the experts to show them off to their full potential . |
| 3 | If you ca n't remove the stain yourself , at least you will possibly be making it easier for the professionals to get it out later . |
| 4 | For health reasons she returned to England in 1883 , but her husband 's appointment in 1886 as Italian and Greek correspondent for The Times drew her back to Italy , where she lived in Rome until 1897 . |
| 5 | The butler was arguing with a tall fair man , threatening to send for the footmen to turn him away physically if he persisted in demanding to see the person who was refusing access to everyone , and particularly to anyone answering to the name of Cochrane . |
| 6 | It s going to take a bit of time for the factories to dole us out some more . |
| 7 | To assess the damages it is necessary to form a view upon three matters each of which is in greater or lesser degree one of speculation : ( 1 ) the value of the material benefits for his dependants which the deceased would have provided out of his earnings for each year in the future during which he would have provided for them had he not been killed : ( 2 ) the value of any material benefits which the dependants will be able to obtain in each such year from sources ( other than insurance ) which would not have been available to them had the deceased lived but which will become available to them as a result of his death : ( 3 ) the amount of the capital sum which , with prudent management , will produce annual amounts equal to the difference between ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ( that is " the dependency " ) for each of the years during which the deceased would have provided material benefits for the dependants had he not been killed . |
| 8 | Well not a lot really , like just getting people up on the bank for the ambulances to pick 'em up from the motorway . |
| 9 | It was surely preferable for the superpowers to fight it out in the space race than blow the world to bits ( Wolfe 1979 ) . |
| 10 | The Panel agreed it would have been too traumatic for the children to bring them back . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , yes , indeed ; aim for the legs to bring them down . |
| 12 | Yeah , what have they , those people who are waiting for the police to check it out , the is it ? |
| 13 | New competences may be acquired , others may become redundant as the contexts calling them forth change in relation to the situation of the social actor . |
| 14 | For a more curly effect , tong smaller sections of hair then run your fingers through the curls to separate them out |
| 15 | Had the disengagement happened in any other way , it would have been worth sending all his army , Normans included , crashing through the trees to clean them out while the fighting-power was still in them and Siward 's troops were disorganised by the sudden descent of the cavalry . |
| 16 | The person who did tip off the authorities turned it down . |
| 17 | He took one hand off the controls to sweep it out in a large gesture that took in the whole of the City of London . |
| 18 | Meredith marched across , grasped his pullover in both hands and dragged him off the pillows to shake him violently . |
| 19 | The impact of the rounds knocked him over on top of Kaptan . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes I do — I guess one of the others picked it up and it was just an unfamiliar name . |
| 21 | One of the respondents turned it over and read it and said oh well you could put that in the wine shop . |
| 22 | By using test-kits and keeping a record of the readings obtained you also build-up and invaluable data bank for future reference . |
| 23 | ‘ The cry of Versailles and the clamour of Paris became as loud in favour of Monsieur Jones as of Monsieur Franklin , ’ wrote Franklin himself , ‘ and the inclination of the ladies to embrace him almost as fashionable and as strong . ’ |
| 24 | Such political use of the honours makes it all the more imperative that its class system is maintained . |
| 25 | Stand still my sweet there 's a good girl How many of the things have you actually done out of |
| 26 | However , care should be taken to discourage algae , as the structure of the leaves makes them very prone to algae development . |
| 27 | If one of the managers sees me there , how can I explain what I 'm doing ? ’ |
| 28 | The end of the wars drove them back to the British Isles , and some of them turned to fight for land in Ireland . |
| 29 | To start with Wednesday night one of the customers rang me up |
| 30 | I am tempted to accept the Minister 's explanation of his motivation , but those in my constituency , one of the poorest in the country , who made claims at the time of the reforms found it more difficult to obtain any decent benefits from the system . |