Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we usually change them into the same thing do n't we if we 're going to add them . |
| 2 | Linguists belonging to the Prague School by and large conflate the two structures and combine them in the same description . |
| 3 | With a less diversified business , the likelihood grows that , while he is satisfied with the service he gets , he will keep his business , at least for a period , with the same insurer , and place it through the same broker . |
| 4 | If you or I were to mix mud and water and place it in the same position it would fall off . |
| 5 | They place themselves on the same plane as trees or stones . |
| 6 | If you want two matches to be satisfied simultaneously you put them on the same row in the criteria range . |
| 7 | ‘ She collected all the patients ' false teeth last night — and put them into the same bowl ! |
| 8 | They put me in the same category as Martinho . |
| 9 | Hold them at the same height above the ground and let go of them both at the same moment . |
| 10 | Look at it and then erm measured it I did I d and then I redid this one and put it in the same scale , |
| 11 | If there are criticisms then I accept them with the same magnanimity which Martin claims I do not possess . |
| 12 | Remember you can not receive a confrontation and give one at the same time . |
| 13 | A qualified instructor will demonstrate how to use equipment properly , how to get the best from your body and enjoy it at the same time . |
| 14 | Many other organisations are envious of all the In-Service training we provide , so do your best to support it and enjoy yourself at the same time ! |
| 15 | I hope to show ways you can help heal our environment and enjoy yourself at the same time , regardless of your earning capacity , age , sex , sexual orientation , race , political ideology , whether you 're an individual , couple , group , family and whether you 're country-folk or a city-slicker . |
| 16 | Now this er of course was railway waggons and er when you started work you was put with a skilled man and i er it was his job to repair the waggons and teach you at the same time . |
| 17 | Notice what Jesus says in verse seven , he says , I tell you in the same way there 'll be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents , than over ninety nine righteous persons who need no repentance . |
| 18 | I tell you in the same way , there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents . |
| 19 | So design one on the same scale as the backcloth . |
| 20 | I do n't see how that you can possible reduce the number of deaths within the county , or even maintain it at the same level . |
| 21 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |
| 22 | Ludo and I hear it at the same moment . |
| 23 | If I set it to the same frequency as the only Mark I Super C64 in existence , I might just be able to contact an old friend of ours . ’ |
| 24 | This point Marx made much more explicitly in Capital , Book ‘ [ 378–9 ] : ‘ The simplicity of the productive organism in these self-sufficient communities — which continually reproduce their kind , and , if destroyed by chance , reconstruct themselves in the same locality and under the same name — this simplicity unlocks for us the mystery of the unchangeableness of Asiatic society , which contrasts so strongly with the perpetual dissolutions and reconstructions of Asiatic states . ’ |
| 25 | The expression I is not of course the only such troublesome feature of English ; the following examples all present us with the same sort of problems ( with the relevant deictic expression italicized , a convention followed throughout this Chapter ) : ( 6 ) You are the mother of Napoleon ( 7 ) This is an eighteenth-century man-trap ( 8 ) Mary is in love with that fellow over there ( 9 ) It is now 12.15 The sentences are true , respectively , just in case the addressee is indeed the mother of Napoleon , the object currently being indicated by the speaker is indeed an eighteenth-century man-trap , Mary is indeed in love with the fellow in the location indicated by the speaker , and at the time of speaking it is indeed 12.15 . |
| 26 | Though that 's beginning to be qualified a little because of the erm effects of erm national legislation , for example national employment legislation nowadays requires that all employers in a certain field of employment , and universities is one , erm pursue similar policies towards their staff , and indeed in our case erm pay them on the same pay scales and erm so in that sense we have to enter into agreements with trade unions and others which are binding on our members . |
| 27 | I needed more of the thinner timber , but I ca n't fetch , chop and feed it at the same time . ’ |
| 28 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 29 | One of his bands are at the Paprika tonight ; they are called Dance Lance and they consist of three limber , head-shaven , androgynous boys who all knight themselves with the same name , which is Ron . |
| 30 | As more people find themselves in the same position , men stop mocking each other for doing housework and mothers-in-law cease criticising their sons ' wives about going out to work . |