Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 32 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 33 | I was just home from Germany and he asked me the way . |
| 34 | There are lots of ways to walk to Fort William if that 's what you fancy , except now one of them is littered with lots of wooden posts with painted thistles , and hundreds of people trudging about who never thought of walking to Fort William until someone gave them the West Highland Way guide book for their Christmas . |
| 35 | I told her I 'd be in the Maple Leaf in Covent Garden until about nine , then down in Fulham and I gave her the address of the party and told her to ask for Louise . |
| 36 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
| 37 | Pressure on the pound lightened yesterday as financial markets decided to suspend judgement until they heard what the Chancellor had to say , a mood which was reflected among Conservative representatives . |
| 38 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 39 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 40 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 41 | His name was Edward Greenwood , and as they all sat down , he said , ‘ I 've heard all about you from Helen and I wish you the best of luck . |
| 42 | ‘ Tom and I saw it the other day , ’ she was saying . |
| 43 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 44 | And she called me later , and said , ‘ Excuse me , but I just talked to Fred and I told him the story , and he 's invited you to tea tomorrow at his house . ’ |
| 45 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 46 | A small boy gave her his wooden sword and she brandished it the way he had shown her . |
| 47 | When she decided , with the rest of the children , to go to Waco Monday and they told me the Sunday . |
| 48 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 49 | Arguments in favour are that the video recording gives a more complete record because it shows what the lecturer writes on the board or displays on the Overhead Projector and it can also cover any demonstrations that are part of the lecture . |
| 50 | I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal . |
| 51 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 52 | The yeuk was the Well just as you would say er Just a hook but we called it the yeuk Y E U K. |
| 53 | And er oh she says to m She could n't did n't speak Welsh but she told what the old man told her in that shop there . |
| 54 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 55 | And the last one is the pragmatist erm we 've got Mark , John and Marie who have come out quite high on the on the The pragmatist th the title that you suggest what the situations you actually learn best from and pragmatists like training its practical |
| 56 | But he was always having fun so I suppose its the imagination that counts is n't it . |
| 57 | But you can see that er for someone who has no , a wife who has no income and her husband 's paying twenty five percent or forty percent then by moving a , say er twenty thousand at erm well er whatever percentage to fill up these allowances er if you 're getting ten thousand or twenty thousand put , put it into the wife 's name that they give us the interest is then hers , if she has no other income it neatly can be swallowed up by the allowance . |
| 58 | a Chinese girl she 's living in it , in a kind of a real dive of loft thing to do her art and she gives him the odd painting instead of paying rent . |
| 59 | When Victor and I gave them the slip at Victoria station they knew we were onto them . |
| 60 | Surely , do we know if we receive him and believe in his name and he gave us the power to become |