Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless it may be said that Elizabeth Taylor was more often at her best in each successive collection of stories , though I do not know that she ever surpassed the brilliant study of deception in the title story of A Dedicated Man . |
| 2 | And the older you get , and you should know that you just take the nice bits out of life . |
| 3 | The hon. and learned Gentleman will know that I recently had the privilege of giving the Sir George Bean memorial lecture in which I set out in some detail to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women the basis for my approach to such matters . |
| 4 | They often came into conflict with the local Transport Committees , formed from the local branches of the main transport unions , who correctly maintained that they alone had the right to issue permits for the movement of essential items which would otherwise have been held up in the dispute . |
| 5 | ‘ I was stunned to find that you still looked the same and I was very alarmed . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The crews have reported that they actually prefer the air system because it gives them more control over the trains as they come down the hill . ’ |
| 7 | And I had spent a total of three winters playing Grade cricket in the city and found that I really liked the place and the people . |
| 8 | But Coleridge found that he rather enjoyed the rolling of the deck , and held long and facetious conversations with a talkative fellow passenger . |
| 9 | At ten the Duke of Wellington reached the crossroads and , content that nothing yet threatened the Dutch troops , galloped eastwards to find the Prussians . |
| 10 | He has often told friends he would like to write and he obviously has the creativity that could be adapted to another form of expression . |
| 11 | I wrote to Mr. Andrew there , but I do n't know if he ever got the letter , for I never had any answer . |
| 12 | But in terms of its being easier and cheaper to disband and its not carrying the same legal authority , it is not the same as marriage . |
| 13 | Elsewhere the band choose what can only be called a hardcore bubblegum sound and by the time you get to the final furlong , this regularity means the fizz is starting to fade and you dearly want the guitars to twist and shout and sing . |
| 14 | Er it seems to me that erm there are probably quite a few policies in the structure plan that could be omitted if we just took the all the P P Gs as read . |
| 15 | None of them won but they still considered the day a victory . |
| 16 | Whether it was give it a better flavour or no , I do n't know but we never used the saltpetre . |
| 17 | In doing this I have further controlled the quality of attention to be expected but it still protects the participants because the centre of their attention is away from themselves . |
| 18 | ‘ I was devastated because I really needed the job . |
| 19 | Rumours about that Van Wyk — and therefore such successful current coaches as Harry Viljoen of Transvaal and Natal 's Ian McIntosh — were not considered because they never wore the green and gold . |
| 20 | Now I do n't know whether they actually broke the door down in the end , but they did gain entrance to a flat very near us , erm and they had dogs with them that night . |
| 21 | And I and I do n't know whether they still have the wooden lockers now but they used to be , have to be all scrubbed out every week . |
| 22 | I do n't know whether you ever take the trouble to read the guarantee . |
| 23 | ‘ Because I need the work , Lady Merchiston , ’ Theda said , her eyes twinkling as she gently raised the old lady a little and placed an extra pillow at her back . |
| 24 | However , no City lawyers or top barristers are included as they rarely touch the lives of ordinary people . |
| 25 | Targoutai thinks that he alone knows the truth . ’ |
| 26 | Richard records that he always found the advice , ‘ You 'll understand when you are grown up ’ really infuriating . |
| 27 | However , serious doubt has been cast on the methodology used to collect this data on extra costs , suggesting that it grossly underestimates the true costs . |
| 28 | Unsurprising , perhaps , but in a country that for 40 years has acted like a poodle it is striking to find a Japanese suggesting that it now has the strength of a rottweiler . |
| 29 | As I wrote to you at the time ( since you refused even then to see me or any of your old friends and supporters ) I accepted the MS as a sacred trust and would do what I could to see that it eventually saw the light of day in the most appropriate form . |
| 30 | ‘ Sorry I disturbed you … ’ she began stiffly , then registered that he still wore the clothes he 'd worn earlier , minus the suit jacket and tie . |