Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By 1618–19 output had improved sufficiently , it seems , to warrant the building of a water-powered stamp-mill at a site believed to be at the foot of Red Dell or Thriddle and which , despite its altitude , was well placed to serve the mines about there which would now include the newly discovered God 's Blessing at the head of the dell and which like its namesake ( almost ) in Newlands Valley near Keswick , was highly esteemed but mistakenly so . |
| 32 | You can see the difficulty if you recall our discussion of Heisenberg 's y-ray microscope in Chapter 5 . |
| 33 | There is evil here , and you and I , Athelstan , will stay like good dogs following the trail until we sight our quarry . |
| 34 | It was silent again ; the click as he cocked his weapon made Thiercelin start . |
| 35 | The Editor has commented in previous editions of ‘ NG ’ that graduates of the former University College , Nottingham ( the University before it received its charter in 1948 ) and people who hold external Nottingham degrees are regarded as members of Convocation just as are those who have obtained their degrees after study on the Nottingham campus . |
| 36 | They have an arrangement with the University and they have their own buildings , and they collaborate with the people here , mostly in Engineering . |
| 37 | But for the time being I happen to think it best to wait a little , in the hope that something triggers your memory into returning of its own accord . ’ |
| 38 | Come that we might see you in the people of every race , and commit ourselves to the hope that we celebrate our life together in true community and justice . |
| 39 | His experience with Mossadeq also convinced the Shah that he needed his own money , and outside the country . |
| 40 | ‘ Go on up to the cottage while I get my shoes on . ’ |
| 41 | No you 've probably nipped the skin when you took your moustache off |
| 42 | But the ball cannoned into a tree , back on to the course and he salvaged his par to get into the play-off . |
| 43 | Even though he had been expecting it — hoping for it , really — he resented the interruption because it broke his chain of concentration . |
| 44 | I understand the reply that you gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) , but is it not possible to ask the Leader of the House , who is present , when we will have a statement about Mr. Rushdie and the ayatollah 's decision ? |
| 45 | There was a pile of logs and some firelighters and paper in a large basket in the hearth , and Preston started to pile them in the grate while she continued her explorations in the garden . |
| 46 | He read the letters interlaced with hearts ; he lit a cigarette , exhaled slowly , watching the smoke nudge across the roof until it found its way out into the sky through the circle in the roof like a full moon ; he lifted the door open , and looked across the olive grove . |
| 47 | The womenfolk would no doubt be beside the wood stove , talking over the din of the roof as they did their needlework ; the men would be in the wool-shed , cleansing and grading the fleeces in time for the next lorry down to port . |
| 48 | Ya see , I just flew in from the States and I took your British Airways — my all-time favourite airline — and you know what they did ? |
| 49 | You too can eat with the animals if you hold your reception at the Zoological Gardens in London 's Regents Park . |
| 50 | An 18-cm ( 6-in ) ruler is not only used for its measuring abilities when framing designs , but also if you are working directly on to a piece of material rather than card , it is easy to slip the ruler under the fabric when you sign your picture . |
| 51 | Small gold hoop earrings caught the light as she turned her head . |
| 52 | He waved a languid hand ; the pale material of his sleeve caught the light and she turned her head fractionally toward it . |
| 53 | She turned her face away from the light when she heard his voice , but Jan Coggan had also recognized her . |
| 54 | He loved the way she smelt , the atmosphere with which she surrounded you , the way she gestured , the ear-rings that sparkled in the light when she turned her head quickly . |
| 55 | From its shelter the Corporal and I stuck our snouts up . |
| 56 | And then , if somebody else clicks their fingers they be tha they become their enemy and the enemy if they click their fingers he becomes their enemy . |
| 57 | Because they , too , have a special relationship with a child 's mother — with its own areas of physical and emotional exclusivity — children have to give up the illusion that they own their mother , and so they must learn to share . |
| 58 | ‘ This he could not do in folly , fool though the man can be , ’ said David , white to the lips as he watched his father 's face . |
| 59 | That was her style in the Falklands and it remained her style in a number of the confrontations that she faced over the next years . |
| 60 | The dolphins , engrossed in feeding on an anchovy school , fall to detect the vessels as they make their stealthy approach . |