Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 32 | The petitioning period expires , in the case of a November order on 22nd January and in the case of a March order on 23rd May , and the agent would normally then report to the client on petitions received , examine the petitions and advise on the action taken to settle them or to meet them in the inquiry . |
| 33 | If you can keep your characters partially obscured , or fly them behind the enemy lines and out of his fire arcs then so much the better . |
| 34 | In the corner of another carriage there sits , his face screened by a magazine , some lonely soul who has no one to bid him adieu at this end of his journey or welcome him at the other . |
| 35 | I found the wire loops , though , having seen the boys set them , and I tore them out or put them under the grass on the paths the boys used to take when they came to inspect their traps . |
| 36 | Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels . |
| 37 | Yes , erm , that 's right , or put them on the |
| 38 | If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid |
| 39 | Place the joint in a trivet over the tin , or put it on the oven rack directly above the roasting tin , so that the juices from the meat ‘ weep ’ into the potatoes and onions . |
| 40 | ‘ So only the person who served the lobster or put it on the plates could have poisoned it ? ’ |
| 41 | • The UNIPOT needs the minimum of cleaning , to keep its good looks simply wash in hot soapy water or put it in the dishwasher . |
| 42 | stick it in your pocket for next time or put it in the bin . |
| 43 | I might be going swimming at lunchtime today so I could probably run up there or put it in the post if I go . |
| 44 | Five or six people I 've never met lounge discreetly in chairs with their legs crossed , or spread themselves upon the floor , clutching their knees . |
| 45 | There seems to be little difference in the actual amount of weight lost whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go , or spread it over the day . |
| 46 | Less practical is physical destruction like squashing or bashing them on the head . |
| 47 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 48 | or tramps him off the kerb and into shit . |
| 49 | From time to time Shelly Films held evening previews of certain feature films , either for clients , or to screen them for the local parent company . |
| 50 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 51 | This duty does not extend to protecting the economic welfare of the employee by taking out insurance or warning them of the need for insurance cover . |
| 52 | A throw forward occurs when a player carrying the ball throws or passes it in the direction of his opponents ' dead-ball line ’ . |
| 53 | First , many patients in hospital have taken overdoses or injured themselves in the past . |
| 54 | If an employee has produced a computer program outside the normal course of his duties , but has used his employer 's equipment or done it during the hours of his employment , the ownership of copyright is more difficult to predict , although it is more likely that the employer will be treated as owner . |
| 55 | While the child is in care no-one may cause him to be known by a new surname or remove him from the United Kingdom without either the written consent of every person who has parental responsibility or the leave of the court ( s33(7) ) . |
| 56 | Congress is not empowered to make laws for the states or to substitute them for the laws of individual states and so on . |
| 57 | And then they started recruiting or or or promoting them from the ranks you know . |
| 58 | I cooked it over a fire or dried it in the sun . |
| 59 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 60 | Craig Chalmers must continue to bring his backs into the game rather than kick away possession or run himself into the thickest traffic . |