Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | And after two and a half hours , the doctor made the decision for me and gave me the epidural . |
2 | We ask that person to look after them and to show them the ropes . |
3 | But he 's , he just really has to get in touch with one of them and tell them the prices . |
4 | Crawl out of that little shell of yours and tell me the truth . |
5 | But it was the knowledge that he 'd deliberately set out to make a fool of her that wounded her the most . |
6 | I felt very proud of her and read her the letter . |
7 | He was only placated by the ale wife placing a frothing tankard in front of him and throwing him the most longing and sly of glances , as if he was Paris and she Helen of Troy . |
8 | She will not hear of it and tells him the summer will restore her to her full strength , a story you have heard before and will not believe any more than I do . |
9 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |
10 | I shall hire Benedict to live with me and leave him the place in my will ! ’ |
11 | ‘ Do you want me to come with you and show you the way out ? ’ offered Endill . |
12 | But he was a kind man and took the trouble to sit with her and show her the hope in the Bible , the comfort and joy as well as the gloom . |
13 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
14 | How can you stand before her and offer her the nothing , the nothing , that you are ? |
15 | He pulled out his wallet , removed a twenty-dollar note from it and offered me the money . |
16 | He turns the mangle for her and reads her the newspapers , ‘ doing the police in different voices ’ . |
17 | I 'm not going to jump on you and seduce you the minute we 're behind closed doors . |
18 | I 'll write to you and give you the information . |
19 | She had entered into the union for her own reasons and she had taken her marriage vows with no thoughts other than to be a dutiful wife to him and to give him the happiness he deserved . |
20 | ‘ Not all that big , ’ Mungo said , sitting down beside her and showing her the golden ball . |
21 | The Americans went nuts over it and awarded it the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film . |
22 | There was nothing for it but to tell her the truth . |
23 | is abolished the taper will be changed so that , instead of people over social security levels losing 15p in the £1 , they will lose 20p , thereby penalising people who are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty , provide pensions for themselves and do what the Conservative party always preaches — stand on their own two feet . |
24 | As Noel Blanc , who has a collection of 20 classic cars , explains : ‘ When I 'm driving down the street in my hot-rod , people are waving at me and giving me the thumbs up . |
25 | I pulled back the glass panel between us and gave her the ritual Belfast greeting . |
26 | But Chelsea boss Ian Porterfield defended Fleck , saying : ‘ We 've got to stick by him and give him the confidence to bring a change of luck . ’ |