Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun prp] and [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout his country he is known as the ‘ Professor with the smile ’ , and when he returns to his village in central Vietnam , children follow him like the Pied Piper and call him ‘ Uncle Vo ’ . |
| 2 | But instead of openly endorsing Brezhnev 's initiative he called for ‘ more details of the ways to neutralise the Arabian Gulf and keep it out of international conflict ’ . |
| 3 | He watched me pull down the Jolly Roger and throw it overboard , then he said , ‘ I expect you 'll want to go ashore now . |
| 4 | My old man occasionally joined us on a Saturday morning , but only to get some cash off Granpa so that he could go to the Black Bull and spend it all with his mate Bert Shorrocks . |
| 5 | Perhaps Otley would clean the oven and water the busy Lizzies and leave me here . |
| 6 | Heavenly father , we praise you as the living God and thank you that you have called us to look to the growth of your church in this parish ; we thank you for those who have worked to help plan the proposed church building ; we especially pray for John Taylor , our architect , and the city council planners and planning committee . |
| 7 | Then he charged to the other end to anticipate a precise through ball from McMahon and reach it just before the advancing Lukic and flick it into the empty net . |
| 8 | Then , after the end credits , we catch the genuine Daine and slitch him back to Princetown swiftkick . ’ |