Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durkheim and Weber , two immensely influential figures , spent a great deal of time not merely defining sociology 's subject matter , but arguing for and demonstrating what the consequences of each of their different conceptions might amount to as a disciplined inquiry . |
| 2 | We decided to buy twenty letter box stickers which I am to send for and give you the cheque to this end . |
| 3 | He glared across the breakfast table at them , quenching the morning cheerfulness in the kitchen , and fiercely examined them at tea-time as if to see what the day had done to them . |
| 4 | as if obeying her the bus did appear and ten minutes later she and Erika were at Frankfurter Allee , a roaring road choked with an army convoy : dozens of lorries , their contents masked by huge tarPaulins . |
| 5 | Maurin gave a slight shake of the head as if to dismiss what the old woman was saying . |
| 6 | Fleury faltered backwards as the sepoy advanced , still making as if to offer him the sabre . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 8 | It 's really a question of finding out where the material is coming from and knowing what the conditions are like there . |
| 9 | The 1971 Act also effectively discriminated against black workers by the introduction of the concept of ‘ patrials ’ , which was intended to distinguish persons with close ties to Britain from those without and give them the right to reside in Britain . |
| 10 | ‘ Now then , our Emily , get your skates on and show him the lie of the land . |