Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ He and I grew up in the same town . |
| 32 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 33 | She went , and I got on with the life of Ellen Parkin , about to emerge from her chrysalis , to spread her wings as Eleanor Darcy . |
| 34 | And I got up with the intention of diving off the second one and I went no ! |
| 35 | And I got up on the wall right ? |
| 36 | Oh no you know she 's gon na sort of , sort of suus , so erm , I said oh it 's alright it 's only Eve 's house keeper , and I got back on the phone I said no I 'm every sorry to leave you hanging on I said no I do n't know where she is , I have n't seen her all morning , I have n't seen her at all , and er I said bye then , she said what 's the matter with you she said , I said what do you mean what 's the matter with me , she said oh , why you talking funny ? |
| 37 | And then when the sc , we had a look at the script and we changed it a little bit , and then we all went , they were cutting out words , so we were doing , the first few all three ways , and we 'd look and say , okay , so it was a scrambled mess as we all looked through for three words and ended up with , and I got down on the floor , so we knew where we were . |
| 38 | I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops . |
| 39 | ‘ I came to wake you , and I got in through the bathroom , which you forgot to lock . ’ |
| 40 | When the shelling and mortaring ceased , Taff and I got out of the trenches . |
| 41 | He is a forestry expert and has a small stud as a hobby , so now the stables are being used again and I wake up to the clop-clop of horses ' hooves on the cobbles in the morning . |
| 42 | I was chatting to the team doctor and secretary and I told them I was a Leeds United supporter , and I kept up with the Leeds news via the computer network ( spread the word ; - ) ) . |
| 43 | But she opened the door just like I wanted and I shot through to the living room only to encounter more men in dark clothes , too many for me to tolerate . |
| 44 | ‘ We parted company and I took up with the bozo in the trenchcoat . |
| 45 | On one side was the flower-garden view ; on the other , one window had been bricked up at the time when windows were taxed , and I walked over to the remaining window . |
| 46 | The man moved away , in surprise , and I walked over to the desk . |
| 47 | By then it was too late to get the room and I walked back to the spot where I had committed the robbery . |
| 48 | The police sounded surprised that I had bothered to call them , and I walked back to the boatyard feeling strangely foolish . |
| 49 | That afternoon , my feelings soothed with company and talk , Sally and I walked back down the bright valley through cricket-loud grasses and thousands of flowers . |
| 50 | Benjamin and I walked back into the hall . |
| 51 | A quick shower in the bright pink bathroom with its already peeling tiles , more cream , a fast selection of long skirt and blouse , a final comb through my hair , and I walked out into the sun . |
| 52 | As soon as I dropped about 70 feet down towards the restaurant , via the tourist runway with its ridiculous little suburban garden fences bordering the steps , the wind ceased and I stepped out of the snow . |
| 53 | And I stepped out of the bath and wrapped myself in one of the big white towels in which these places specialize , and , with an innocence born no doubt of the habit of the past , opened the door . |
| 54 | I walk out to the bus , I get on the bus at the end of Care Street , I walk right along Care Street , right up Dawsons Street , brisk walk and then I 'm walking around the garage , I do n't do that much walking now , the bloody car , but I take a walk at lunchtime and I walk down to the bar , walking , if you walk , that would be total couple of miles a day |
| 55 | And I lay back in the cradling pouch-seat , enjoying the feeling of being safe and relaxed — and financially secure for a while , with that fee safely tucked away in my Fedbank account . |
| 56 | For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there . |
| 57 | She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall . |
| 58 | So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm . |
| 59 | Denis and I drove in to the theatre . |
| 60 | As Princess Flavia and I drove back to the palace in an open car , one man in the crowd called out , ‘ When 's the wedding ? ’ |