Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 2 | Philosophy has effectively challenged what the theologian often persists in seeing as the ‘ proofs ’ of God 's existence which he or she must hang on to in order to have an absolutely secure and certain faith . |
| 3 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 4 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 5 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 6 | His name has already made him the butt of many jokes . |
| 7 | Her heroine on the show is Lightning and she has already christened herself the junior version , Spark . |
| 8 | ‘ Which is why the lady has already promised me the pleasure of her company tonight . |
| 9 | Indeed , Central has always brought you the unlikely . |
| 10 | She has probably known what the doctor is going to say and may feel she has betrayed the family or patient and her relationship with them by not previously telling them the truth . |
| 11 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 12 | Consumers who were asked to nominate three dates for flying claimed the travel firm handling the offer has now told them the dates must be 30 days apart and to three different destinations . |
| 13 | He has now offered them the use of his white Rolls-Royce for the wedding as well as a Renault 19 for the honeymoon . |
| 14 | Mr. Green has again promised me the pencilled sketches of Dove 's Nest . |
| 15 | He looks ahead to see what the Masai have found . |
| 16 | It is only now , in middle age , that joy is beginning to develop in her heart , as she begins to realize that God has truly given her the gift of life . |
| 17 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 18 | Fate , thought Charlotte , gazing innocently back into his admiring , devoted , humiliated and furious face , has certainly given me the upper hand of you , my boy ! |
| 19 | My right hon. Friend the leader of the Labour party has never said what the right hon. Gentleman has suggested — and the right hon. Gentleman knows that that is the case . |
| 20 | If anything is demonstrated by the USSR 's record on energy over the past decade it is that the resources , the equipment , manpower and the money do exist broadly to achieve whatever the mighty planning and executive mechanism dictates . |
| 21 | ‘ I think you 'd better tell me the whole story , Charles . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'd better tell you the whole story right from the beginning . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 'd better leave me the matches , then . ’ |
| 24 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 25 | That 's correct Chairman I think erm , we will be looking obviously to see what the prospects were within er the urban area and er sites do and surprisingly do continue to arrive and come up and we some other uses , erm they would make some contribution obviously erm , the other options would as you say be to look beyond beyond the greenbelt at the opportunities that are available there . |
| 26 | It was a monologue called ‘ Good News ’ , in which Beattie enthused down the phone at great length to a young man who 'd apparently done her the most enormous good turn . |
| 27 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 28 | Yeah , well tell him you 'll put him in his diary , I I would have thought if you 'd just sent him the notes to each meeting he would come if he would , if he could , and if he ca n't , he ca n't . |
| 29 | He 'd often asked himself the same question . |
| 30 | It is worth pausing here to consider what the notion of gay broadcasting serving a lesbian and gay audience and community might mean . |