Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I sat up and he gave me the handkerchief out of his pyjama pocket . |
| 32 | I think it would have been a disaster and a recipe for disaster because practically if you know what the situation is in the Moat Centre and the Highfields youth and community centre then people would have never resisted to that change . |
| 33 | On the other hand , what are the ethical problems involved in deceiving volunteers , as did Milgram , or hospital doctors , as did Rosenhan , just for the sake of avoiding the problem of their behaving differently because they knew what the experiment was about ? |
| 34 | ‘ Mrs Shakespeare , ’ said the interviewer , ‘ now that we know what the terrorists are asking in return for your son 's life , has your view of the situation changed ? ’ |
| 35 | now that we know what the problem is , we get , we 're on top of it . |
| 36 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 37 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 38 | Keep them out and you deny them the chance to share in our unpopularity . |
| 39 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |
| 40 | And I sha n't come back until I remember what the great Daybog said , " This news made the old man very sad , for he loved Yanek the best of his three grandsons . |
| 41 | It wo n't obstruct no light though because I told you the sun is more er , without the back it joins down the car |
| 42 | company insurance , right , now before I ask you the company that we 're hiring the mini bus off , I 'd like a , er a copy of the |
| 43 | Now as I understand it the minister 's position is that he be bound to refer that matter to the partner responsible for audit and that partner er would then be put on notice that er he ought to report it to the relevant authority . |
| 44 | Well if we know what the policies are |
| 45 | Well if I knew who the hell Dawn 's brother was ! |
| 46 | A group of lads talked loudly and one gave me the eye |
| 47 | Even if you think me the most immoral bastard ever to walk the face of the earth , why would you react so personally ? |
| 48 | DAYFLOWER a strong finishing fifth in the Newmarket 1000 gns , may find conditions more to her liking at the Curragh tomorrow and I make her the selection for the Irish ‘ 1000 ’ . |
| 49 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Yes , I want the Eubank return and Iran Barkley as well because he gives me the fear I thrive on , ’ said Benn . |
| 51 | We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has . |
| 52 | Well as I understand it the er these lawyers for the defendants took the view that as all the statements had been prepared for the police complaints authority investigation , public immunity er yes er public interest immunity attached to them . |
| 53 | He had no doubt it was one of the verderers ' horses and that it was dying ; indeed , even as he watched it the spasmodic movements seemed weaker and less purposeful . |
| 54 | Suddenly she knew the answer , even as she asked herself the question , and realised what she had to do . |
| 55 | Although even as she said it the thought rushed through her mind that that was exactly what she was doing now . |
| 56 | On the lower rung of legal self-determination the grant of customary franchises might be in a lord 's interests , for it could secure his revenues in perpetuity , even as it barred him the chance of arbitrary exaction ; besides , an early concession might prevent more explosive demands later . |
| 57 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 58 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |
| 59 | It is for that very reason that I am moving this motion today as it gives us the opportunity to implement the rules of the union and at the same time would enable us to put into position , people who would be able to do all those things that are necessary to achieve what we require , recruitment , organization , paperwork , back-up service to full-time officials . |
| 60 | Even though it cost us the life of a very good agent . ’ |