Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 2 | I 'd just got my licence and I drove into Manhattan , because I got my licence the day I turned sixteen . |
| 3 | In his satirical cabaret days , Nichols used to do a sketch with Elaine May about a Jewish mother 's shock at her son 's choice of profession : ‘ Can you imagine me saying , ‘ There goes my son the nurse ’ ? ’ |
| 4 | Now Nichols 's mother could say , ‘ There goes my son the movie director . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm seeing my friend the video company owner today . |
| 6 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 7 | ‘ No one understands my speedboat the way your brother does . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd broken my heel the week before whilst soloing at Pex Hill ! |
| 9 | Catching my eye the young medic grinned and gave a thumbs-up sign . |
| 10 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 11 | I went home and visited my GP the next day , and he gave me calamine lotion . |
| 12 | As soon as I loosened my grip the tiniest fraction — say to alter the angle of insertion from one that caused grievous bodily harm to one that was only very uncomfortable — the damned thing sprang into a new incarnation as a frisbee and shot across the room . |
| 13 | Houses the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland , presided over by the Lord High Commissioner , representing Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 14 | If Heini 's wife , Tita , a former Miss Spain , has her way the final home of the picture will be Madrid . |
| 15 | He has her report the matter to the police . |
| 16 | Announcing their victory the Dwarfs retreat to the mountains and refuse to fight any more . |
| 17 | IF the BBC wants to secure its future the first thing it should do is cut down on the huge fees it pays to presenters . |
| 18 | They found their bedroom the hardest room to decorate in the new style . |
| 19 | Her flippancy helped her distance the odd reality of the blue that wove through her vision . |
| 20 | Partly to counteract its influence the TUC created official Unemployed Associations in 1930 . |
| 21 | When he finally turned into Brunel Road and stopped to catch his breath the others were nowhere to be seen . |
| 22 | ‘ Richardson had a chance of qualifying in the world championships but he failed and now he has won his place the officials think that their choice was justified , but it was not . ’ |
| 23 | But even as this thought entered his mind the Padre 's voice came promptly to reprimand him : " Adulterers and fornicators and all unclean persons , God shall judge . " |
| 24 | She gazed into his face raptly as he described his clinic the day before at St Mary 's and passed on good wishes from Sister Concepta . |
| 25 | Morrison was host to such Victorian worthies as Ruskin , the great art critic , and Charles Kingsley , who is said to have been inspired to write his book The Water Babies by his visits to the Dales ( Vendale being based on Littondale ) and who once told somebody that the black marks on the face of Malham Cove were made by " the fingers of little chimney boys " . |
| 26 | I 've seen him like this before , before you were born , when he cracked his ankle the week before the final trial . |
| 27 | He was an open supporter of the Covenant and when he visited his friend the blacksmith , he was on his way to join a band of Covenanters about to confront a party of Dragoons . |
| 28 | Once you have decided where you want your kitchen the next decision to make is what sort of kitchen you want . |
| 29 | Like , for instance , waking up to find your face the butt of tiresome vegetative humour . |
| 30 | We all ran like hell and when we stopped to catch our breath the police said keep on running , there 's another one . ’ |