Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no other way in except to walk through the priory , but a stranger would be stopped by the porter and seen by any of the community , be it nun or one of the lay workers . |
| 2 | I think Colin Cooper just got round the side of this a brilliant run from Young good turn and he 's a he 's attacked the heart of the defence and look at Cooper 's position now I think he 's just slightly nearer to the keeper than Laws . |
| 3 | Perhaps Tony can go to the College of Music in the daytime and work in a restaurant in the evenings … ’ |
| 4 | He lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside . |
| 5 | Charlie marched into the tent and came to a halt in front of the colonel 's desk . |
| 6 | All self-respecting citizens were in the pub or watching the rugby , so he suggested we pitch the tent and wait until Monday . |
| 7 | I dived back into the tent and scrambled into my sweater and shoes . |
| 8 | Laughing and joking we flop by the tent and lie in the bliss of our aching limbs . |
| 9 | I think I 'd rather live in the park than go to the smelly old place . |
| 10 | Both parents were able to devote a great deal of time to their son , walking with him in the park or going for carriage drives , sometimes as far as La Malmaison , for which Napoleon III had a special affection because of its links with his mother and grandmother . |
| 11 | Emerging in the darkness , I vaulted the chain-link fence surrounding the park and ran through the high grass into the trees . |
| 12 | The national park committee also agreed to support a timetable for all public transport within the park and to help with British Rail 's Esk Valley line . |
| 13 | She is not very enthusiastic about the light rail proposals , but er she sees the park and ride as an excellent idea , but as she said , it 's not exactly inviting to leave your car in er a car park which is not necessarily big enough , which has n't got a proper surface , is n't properly lit , is n't supervised , has great big notices up that say there are thieves about , and where the bus service stops at half past six . |
| 14 | So he walked to the park and sat on the park bench and let his thoughts pass through his head . |
| 15 | Nine o'clock — we go down to the park and look at the trees and animals which is very interesting . |
| 16 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
| 17 | I should have seized the opportunity and said to Una Stubbs , ‘ Here 's your next title , A Farewell to Arms . ’ |
| 18 | Even before the earthquake of 1977 had provided the opportunity and excuse for clearance , various Romanian architects and planners but also potential patrons , from Carol II onwards , had looked on the so-called burnt-palace site as a suitable location for redevelopment . |
| 19 | If the official receiver has a number of general proxies given to him , it is usual for him to vote with these proxies in accordance with the wishes of the majority as expressed at the meeting itself or by virtue of special proxies lodged . |
| 20 | The proposals accepted by the majority as flowing from these principles provided for fifty-eight unitary authorities with populations increasing in a steady progression from 195,000 ( Halifax ) to 1,081,000 ( Sheffield and South Yorkshire ) . |
| 21 | Well he knows that his views may not necessarily be the majority and count in the end , but at least they 're being taken into account and being considered to be important . |
| 22 | I would argue with the author on the merits of the wing-down as opposed to the crab cross-wind landing techniques , and feel that he should have concentrated less on right-hand tractor American rotation engines , but other than that I ca n't fault him , and would class the book as absolutely required for anyone aspiring to be a tailwheel instructor . |
| 23 | Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina , |
| 24 | The four circles are not presented as dealing with quite separate topics , such that to move from one to another would be in any sense a change of subject , but rather as four equally fundamental and interlocking dimensions of the same ground-motif that runs throughout : that Jesus Christ is the actualisation and realisation in time and history of God 's eternal decision to be God for and with man ; he is himself the everlasting covenant of God with us , and in that covenant the meaning and purpose of the created universe itself is contained ; and in him too lies the uncovering and overcoming of man 's estrangement from God by the divine ‘ No ! ’ of the cross which leads on to the ‘ Yes ! ’ of the resurrection . |
| 25 | Both of these rejected the notion of the primitive as used in the earlier studies , as well as the evolutionary concepts which had legitimized that notion . |
| 26 | It is top feed to the boiler and proves to be a very efficient design . |
| 27 | In some heating systems the water circulates naturally , ; hot water rising from the boiler and returning to it by force of gravity when it is cooler . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't see how anybody can pick up a guitar nowadays and not give some credit to Jimi Hendrix because , at the time — people do n't remember this — but at the time he came out , people were ready to give up the guitar and go onto other instruments . |
| 29 | The neck is Brazilian mahogany , 44mm wide at the nut , finished in thin , gloss water-based lacquer like the rest of the guitar and shaped to a well-rounded V. The headstock , which is bound and has a koa wood facing to match the back and sides , carries a set of gold Schallers with ebony buttons . |
| 30 | Thus ‘ dexter ‘ refers to the left -hand side of the shield as viewed from the front , and ‘ sinister ’ means the right -hand side . ) |