Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local people caught them in vast numbers for food , eating them fresh or drying them in the sun , and until recently they made up 80 per cent or more of the total catch . |
| 2 | Surely it is better for them to strive to be literate than to engage themselves in the fruitless task of emulating the speech of the hearing . |
| 3 | Mike dragged me clear and carried me into the house . |
| 4 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 5 | I had to be told which character was Chaplin ; he was so old and looked nothing like the silent comic I knew so well . |
| 6 | His eyes went to her head and he snatched her hat free and flung it into the back of the car . |
| 7 | The sentence trailed off as Hitch pulled the Beretta free and aimed it at the crewman . |
| 8 | But when researchers cut sections of these rings , ground them down into slices so thin that they were translucent and examined them through the microscope , they found , preserved in the chert , the shapes of simple organisms , each no more than one or two hundredths of a millimetre across . |
| 9 | The Rangers will help the area and visitors by advising , guiding and informing them about the Hills and the many interests to be seen and enjoyed . |
| 10 | Keep close watch on the stitches , it is worth working a little slower to make sure that all the stitches have knitted and should you find that an occasional loop stays over the needle after knitting the row , set the main carriage for EMPTY and move it across the knitting to knit any unworked loop . |
| 11 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 12 | Erm , right that gets us to the er performance analysis , and er graphs . |
| 13 | It 's a very positive way of letting out pent-up aggression and far less dangerous than slashing someone across the face with your stick — and I 've got the scars to prove it . ’ |
| 14 | For some obscure reason , Tawell was convinced that installing himself in the company of such a simple and pious set would give him a veneer of respectability , however he conducted himself otherwise . |
| 15 | One of the younger men charged up to Sabine and pulled her into the circle . |
| 16 | The co-existence of IP 3 Rs and RYRs may somehow help to integrate information coming in from the outside and to relay it throughout the neuron through the process of CICR already described . |
| 17 | Once the momentum of marketing is established the ideas and actions become almost self-generating and weave themselves through the normal contacts and business of the day . |
| 18 | Six was brought up in the family business but declining trade prompted him to retire early and devote himself to the wide range of interests typical of an eighteenth-century intellectual , although there is no evidence that he ever received any formal training . |
| 19 | Now Lizzy had taken all that her grandmother held dear and dragged it through the dirt . |
| 20 | Phone Rich and ask him about the sound ! |
| 21 | It is essential that all Teachers fill in the enclosed form with regard to information for the Annual Report as soon as possible and return it to the Office or to at the latest by the end of January . |
| 22 | We shall come back as quickly as possible and take you to the Hall . |
| 23 | One of them , the landlord of the pub , got pissed and kissed me on the mouth and talked about the problems of these demarcations — and this is in spite of all the AIDS hysteria . |
| 24 | The book had worthy intentions , and the text made some good points , but the illustrations were weak and said nothing about the real conditions of the poor . |
| 25 | I 'm sorry if landing you with the girl 's clothes is an embarrassment . |
| 26 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 27 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 28 | ‘ So , ’ Nathan pulled the towel from his shoulder and tossed it aside , ‘ after you 've tidied the galley , wipe the oilskins dry and hang them in the locker . |
| 29 | It is recommended that this error log is never allowed to grow so large that typing it to the screen takes a significant amount of time . |
| 30 | ‘ I hope John will work exceptionally hard and get himself on the bench for the QPR game . |