Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation .
2 Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert .
3 Play another sound effect — perhaps a door opening , keys jangling , a car moving off , a bomb exploding , or a dog barking — and it becomes difficult not to link the two sounds together and make them part of the same story .
4 ‘ Oh God , ’ I moaned , and lowered my head to the cool steel pipe of the bridge rail .
5 ‘ I got my chance in the national side when injuries put me into the match against Romania in Bucharest three years ago .
6 Because how does Philip know that in five years ' time , I 'm not going to ring him up and say , hey you know when you recommended me to invest my money in the Japanese fund , well it 's just gone through the bottom of the market .
7 ‘ I will make my judgment about the overall balance of taxation in the economy at that time , ’ he insisted .
8 That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays .
9 That was how she met my father in the early years of the war .
10 ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side .
11 By a week before Christmas , I was beginning to see my way across the spare bedroom at home , or the stockroom as my other half styles it , and light at the end of the tunnel .
12 Another recently asked my advice about the finer points of his own computer program so that he might catalogue more accurately his card collection , so vast had it become ( if any one has a mint Drummahoe No 1 , he would be most indebted ) .
13 I seemed all set to continue my way to the top outdoors , but as it turned out , the highlight of my summer was getting my photograph in Athletics Weekly , the bible of the sport , for the first time .
14 I am helping my Pa with the outdoor work , as is right and proper .
15 I put the list away in my file , lock the room and carefully pick my way down the little staircase .
16 I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement .
17 I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour .
18 After a few days my condition improved , the weather changed dramatically , and I made my way across the cultivated , fertile fields of Normandy .
19 Ignoring them , I made my way to the Norman castle .
20 I left the broch and walked uphill as far as I could without disturbing the bird colony , then made my way towards the southern end of the island , where the land sloped gradually down to the sea in long , flat terraces of rock .
21 I felt a strange sensation in my stomach as I made my way down the sloping gangway and on to the tarmac , If I had felt like this on the morning of the 6th June , Lord Lovat would probably been going ashore without his bagpipe music .
22 I left them to it and made my way along the inner side of the curving wall towards the doorway .
23 I made my mark against the Conservative candidate .
24 The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track .
25 At seven on the Saturday night of the prêt-à-porter showings , I make my way up the mirrored staircase in Chanel 's couture house in the rue Cambon .
26 I keep crouched and make my way through the low bushes , heading diagonally through the wood towards the estate .
27 I walk slowly through the tunnel beneath the line , one of a dozen returning commuters , cross over the road with ten of them , make my way through the gnarled little streets beyond the redundant town hall with eight of the ten , and begin to climb the scarp of the South London hills with the remaining five .
28 No , I 'll treat you to them , I make my lot to the nearest bottle with Unicare if I can , how many you 've got ?
29 It is because of that commitment and my understanding of the values and decent opinions of the Province that I have placed my resignation at the Prime Minister 's disposal .
30 There 's no doubt he relieved the pressure on me and the rest of the dressing-room and enabled me to enjoy my game to the full . ’
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