Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the more important that you should choose wisely and know what the cost of any anticipated repairs will be . |
| 2 | What I think my colleague is saying is that when the actuary is assessing the commitments of the funds , he is looking at the anticipated increased earnings until the person retires and I think when the calculation is made for somebody who is er a deferred pensioner of leaving er a pension fund to take his money elsewhere a similar calculation or the same calculation should be used , the one that the actuary last used in , in looking forward and saying what the commitments are . |
| 3 | He nodded politely and showed me the palm of a gloved hand . |
| 4 | I 'm surprised I 've had so few reactions but its holiday time and I guess a lot of people have smiled anyway and remembered its the ‘ silly season ’ ! |
| 5 | She had felt she 'd die rather than give him the satisfaction , but now she 'd have to be clever , for by implication she had denigrated his power and his commitment to protect her . |
| 6 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 7 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , go away and get us the coffee , ’ said Milton . |
| 9 | I went back to Brigade headquarters that evening hoping that all would go well and wondering what the next problem was going to be . " |
| 10 | I 'm my own man and that 's very important in these times , even if you have n't had the problems I 've had , and you have n't , because that 's perfectly obvious , you 're sitting there and asking me the questions . |
| 11 | What reason could we produce to allow that she may have the capacity to act autonomously while denying her the capacity-to-act-autonomously ? |