Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
| 2 | She was severely scolded for the commotion she caused , but since it was n't entirely her fault the matter was n't taken further . |
| 3 | Their secret is stamina rather than speed and when they have worn down their prey the kill is clumsy but efficient . |
| 4 | All along its sides the railway is flanked by grass verges and small scrubby bushes which make it an ideal habitat for wild flowers and birds so keep looking for these as you walk along . |
| 5 | When it handed down its ruling the High Court agreed that an arrangement offering the exclusive occupation of a Licence of land for a fee of rent was not a Licence but a tenancy instead . |
| 6 | Young Pamela used to have to don a tutu and dance until she dropped , hot angry tears rolling down her cheeks the while . |
| 7 | It may also bring in its wake the danger of a too-ready acceptance of that which is not yet proven . |
| 8 | When the jury handed in their note the judge should have asked the jury to retire . |
| 9 | But our King 's grandfather once cut a finger while breaking his egg this way , and so his father the King ordered all Lilliputians , from then on , to break the smaller end of their eggs . |
| 10 | And when he he was told to bring in his car the next day and his company stock . |
| 11 | So whatever reassurance the Party gives , what matters more is whether the peasants actually genuinely erm trusted the Communist Party and had |
| 12 | In many cases they already lay down what colour the shirt must be . |
| 13 | So what price the ton ? |
| 14 | hard copy status ; that is whether a hard copy of the module version has been requested and if so what stage the hard copy process has reached |
| 15 | ‘ [ the appellants ' ] ordered documents may show not only what inquiries the appellants made or did not make in the performance of their duties as auditors , but what they were told and by whom , |
| 16 | By so doing , one player does better whichever choice the other player makes . |
| 17 | The lecturers whom we send through the country are a kind of missionary ; wherever they go they carry on their foreheads the name of the University they represent . |
| 18 | Those firms that take on their payroll the early leavers will again either gain a subsidy via a reduction of their training levy , or , if they are already claiming the maximum rebate , the payment of a grant from the training board . |
| 19 | Right , since I 've taken over my territory the first thing I 've seen , I 've got to educate my customers as in paperwork . |
| 20 | No chance , I thought , just my luck the clocks are n't working . |
| 21 | And everybody else seemed to get on it so I thought , oh , just my luck the two five twos had broken down . |
| 22 | It flowed over her hips the same way , and over her buttocks . |
| 23 | Some pupils find it off-putting to have someone looking over their shoulder the whole time ; others would like to see fewer tutors per class . |
| 24 | For was not their home the Salem of the Gorbals ? |
| 25 | Difficult to decide exactly which age-group the book is pitched at . |
| 26 | Oliver argued but Stan made a grumpy mention of ten minutes and tossed over his shoulder the order that the chairs were to be put back where they belonged . |
| 27 | Rufus stubbed out his second cigarette , put the paper into his briefcase and slung over his shoulders the marvellous black leather coat from Beltrami he had bought in Florence , which would have made him look like a gangster if he had not been so fair and ruddy-faced and with such blue , English eyes . |
| 28 | As it stands , the process favours the chairman , but some would say the twenty-six member council knows best what art the taxpayers need . |
| 29 | It shows just what dunces the Tories are when it comes to education . |
| 30 | It was never really clear , in any practical sense , just what burden the white man was supposed to take up . |