Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | Athelstan turned to the porter and tossed him a silver coin . |
| 3 | So I 'm afraid you 'll just have to contain your Aries impatience a little longer — unless , of course , you intend to call the porter and have me put out … ’ |
| 4 | In the next attack Toman again ran at the defence and laid the ball off for the supporting Les McJannet ten yards out , but the full back was denied by a last ditch tackle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Every day he works with the defence and makes sure everything is tight . |
| 7 | Northumberland National Park were pleased at the response and felt it was a very worthwhile event , while in the Peak District 17 schools took part . |
| 8 | To endorse the response and to decide how it should be promoted . |
| 9 | To achieve more precise control over the response and quantify it , the researchers immobilized the slug by pinning it to a stage and standardizing the tactile stimulus by using a jet of water delivered with a water-pick . |
| 10 | By providing this service you can monitor the response and encourage more sales . |
| 11 | ( See Hall v Marians 19 TC 582 , Wild v King Smith 24 TC 86 , IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 cf Lord Radcliffe in Thompson v Moyse 39 TC 29 at 337 ; it is not felt that Harmel v Wright 49 TC 149 at 159 alters the position because if one is " keeping one 's eye " ( p157E ) on the income and benefit it does not find its way to the United Kingdom ( it is hardly the case that the income and benefit " come in at one end of a conduit pipe and pass through certain traceable pipes until they come out at the other end to the taxpayer ( in the United Kingdom " ) ) . ) |
| 12 | ( See Hall v Marians 19 TC 582 , Wild v King Smith 24 TC 86 , IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 cf Lord Radcliffe in Thompson v Moyse 39 TC 29 at 337 ; it is not felt that Harmel v Wright 49 TC 149 at 159 alters the position because if one is " keeping one 's eye " ( p157E ) on the income and benefit it does not find its way to the United Kingdom ( it is hardly the case that the income and benefit " come in at one end of a conduit pipe and pass through certain traceable pipes until they come out at the other end to the taxpayer ( in the United Kingdom " ) ) . ) |
| 13 | All the Official Custodian was doing was receiving the income and paying it over to the charities . |
| 14 | Having examined the income and retained earnings statements of the firm , the final way to look at the firm 's financial structure is to examine its balance sheet . |
| 15 | He did not speak , stayed in his room and ate there , slept in the daytime and spent many hours listening to the radio . |
| 16 | Naps during the daytime and waking up during the night would both increase ; these changes are often observed . |
| 17 | Perhaps Tony can go to the College of Music in the daytime and work in a restaurant in the evenings … ’ |
| 18 | Uranium comes in two isotopes , U and U. It is U that releases energy ; but 99.28% of natural uranium is U. For this natural uranium to be made more potent it must be enriched in U , which means sorting through the uranium and discarding some of the U. A little enrichment — to a U content of 2–6% — is good enough for most reactors , though some can work with unenriched uranium and some research reactors use highly enriched uranium . |
| 19 | Jacob ducked outside the tent and began shouting for his men to gather around . |
| 20 | He lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside . |
| 21 | These are usually sewn into the tent and cover the bottom plus two or three inches up the sides of the tent . |
| 22 | Charlie marched into the tent and came to a halt in front of the colonel 's desk . |
| 23 | They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison . |
| 24 | Seb ducked inside the tent and saw Jacob Brailey leaning back against a heavy , wooden chest , his arm about a well-rounded girl . |
| 25 | " The only fun I get , " he muttered in the voice of a man with nothing left to live for , " is at the end of every day when I have fed the dog and I climb in the tent and change the bandages on my blisters . " |
| 26 | All self-respecting citizens were in the pub or watching the rugby , so he suggested we pitch the tent and wait until Monday . |
| 27 | The evening was cloudless and warm and after pitching the tent and cooking something called " Hunter 's Goulash " ( a freeze-dried meal that I 'd brought home from a trip along the Appalachian Trail — it tasted like fried sofa stuffing doused with monosodium glutamate ) , I walked up the narrow lane above the youth hostel to watch the sun going down behind Pikedaw Hill tingeing the sky a dusky orange — a wonderful sight . |
| 28 | You can just stick your head under the flap of the tent and crawl right in . |
| 29 | After drinking a mug of tea , I packed away the tent and set off , watching the trees float nearer as the pale sun thawed the earth . |
| 30 | I dived back into the tent and scrambled into my sweater and shoes . |