Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine the situation where employers are now obliged to notify employee members of that rise in contribution and also reminding them that they have the right to withdraw their authorization . |
| 2 | In any event he came to see me and we discussed the matter , and I said exactly that to him : that if he had appealed to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary , it seemed to me a very remote prospect that anything I could do would be of the slightest effect . |
| 3 | Manningham , a burly fifty-year-old with an aggressive manner and a paunch , met them as they descended the far side of the bridge . |
| 4 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
| 5 | Suddenly , out o' the blue , 'e asked me if I knew the Tunnel Mob . |
| 6 | As the two of us struggled with an awkward table at the 3p.m. closure of a day in Christian Aid Week 1992 , my companion asked me if I knew the answer to number 13 in Duncan Innes ' C.A. Quiz . |
| 7 | Sometimes parents fail to give the true reason why something upsets them because they think the youngster is not old enough to know about such things . |
| 8 | Pardon me while I tuck the arse back into my trousers ) . |
| 9 | He had so many wives that there was no counting them and the wives had so many young that even Frith could not count them and they ate the grass and the dandelions and the lettuces and the clover and El-ahrairah was the father of them all . " |
| 10 | He thought of Jos , Emily and Alice as his friends , and yet how could he trust them until he knew the truth of the incident ? |
| 11 | She was coming to the end of months on the barren atoll of Pity Me when she heard the moth rattle against her window , between tacked-up scarlet and black batik fabric and the glass . |
| 12 | George had brought him along to meet me when he joined the organisation . |
| 13 | With two hundred students it was impossible for her to know everyone but she enjoyed the air of camaraderie , companionship , being in it together , the sense of fun . |
| 14 | If he caught them before they reached the Isthmus of Corinth he killed the suitor ; and he always did , because he had divine horses given him by his father Ares . |
| 15 | Mock me and you mock the crown ! ’ |
| 16 | The preacher 's fiery words pursued them as they passed the house of Crutched Friars and turned left down an alleyway towards the Tower . |
| 17 | Mr Davidson , who runs a pizza takeaway on High Northgate , Darlington , said : ‘ They stopped me because they thought the engine numbers were filed away and the car was stolen . |
| 18 | And so it came to be that the bewitching gesture of her father 's secretary walking down the golden path ( which bewitched me when I saw the woman in the swimsuit take leave of the lifeguard ) had completely gone to sleep in her . |
| 19 | Faye lay back again and closed her eyes for a moment , opening them as she heard the rustle of paper . |
| 20 | Since we 're in town , we might as well enjoy ourselves while we got the chance . |
| 21 | They punished you when you did the wrong thing , and they rewarded you when , when , when they did , when you did the right thing . |
| 22 | I 'll catch you when he hits the dirt . ’ |
| 23 | Violette stopped herself as she caught the expression on Katherine 's face . |
| 24 | And then he entered her and she felt the sudden glorious thrust of possession as together they reached the pinnacle of pleasure and he took her heart and soul forever — with his love . |
| 25 | If this is indeed the respondent 's belief , we want him or her to advance the idea spontaneously , so we might have : ‘ Had you any difficulty in making the choice of subjects that you study ? ’ ; |
| 26 | The night became a blur of faces , trees , light and dark , the scents of the woods enveloping her as she stirred the warm night air with her urgent flight . |
| 27 | Katherine divorced him and he married the Italian girl , Yolanda . |
| 28 | And yesterday his heartbroken wife Jane slammed police for failing to find him after she raised the alarm 48 hours earlier . |
| 29 | ‘ Grab him while you 've the chance . |
| 30 | When he got within twenty yards of her , something spooked him and he gunned the hog , speeding past her . |