Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I move against them do not expect me to treat you differently from the way I treat them . |
| 2 | And he stopped me and said : ‘ Son , I saw ye practising , and I 've always found with a player of your capabilities it is best to tell them to hit it straight at the pin ! ’ |
| 3 | He wrote round to fifteen builders on 22nd March and , with what today would be regarded as incredible naïveté , asked them to meet him together at the Office of Works on 24th March . |
| 4 | ‘ It was very competitive with everyone stabbing everyone else in the back as they tried to become stars . |
| 5 | we 'll have to let them catch you right at the right , where the music tells you too , dum , oh |
| 6 | I asked her once about the packet . |
| 7 | I mean I normally in the past I 've always gone for experienced keepers because you know I mean they they do n't come to their prime until , I do n't think goalkeepers over twenty six twenty seven onwards . |
| 8 | Then , slowly , she fell forward and I laid her gently on the ground . |
| 9 | I met him infrequently on the subway journey to and from work . |
| 10 | I met them leeward of the middle vehicle , where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position . |
| 11 | So I push him backwards into the mountain of stinking rubbish , and he sinks down on it . |
| 12 | When the fellow returned I entertained him here in the manor house . |
| 13 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 14 | I associate myself also with the remarks made by the Opposition Chief Whip about the dignity with which the hon. and learned Gentleman has borne himself in adversity . |
| 15 | I beat him once in the 1988 Olympics and I know I can beat him again . ’ |
| 16 | When he finally got on his feet , Roger seemed unduly keen , and I found myself unexpectedly on the defensive . |
| 17 | I found myself aground in the middle of the loch , firmly wedged on one such stump , and the only way out of the problem was to leap overboard and shove . |
| 18 | I found him here on the floor with his neck broken . |
| 19 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 20 | I want him here until the end of his career . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Down you come , the pair of you , I want yer both in the scullery bath before yer dad and brothers get 'ome from their work . ’ |
| 22 | I want you there for the speedboat race . ’ |
| 23 | I mean it 's such a variety and it 's involved both face to face and direct sales that er er I know I stopped you right in the middle of your spiel there . |
| 24 | So to impress him I told him briefly of the four stages of polio — first the porodomal , second the muscle pain , then the period of muscle destruction which usually took no longer than fourteen days , and finally the period of repair . |
| 25 | Someone drove it right to the door and charged me nothing . |
| 26 | In my diary I recognised it almost from the beginning , probably because I made no connection between it and non-eating , but seemed to have ascribed it to being overworked academically or being hounded into sporting activities which I resented for their profound pointlessness . |
| 27 | After the service , the Mayor had said his piece : ‘ I welcome you warmly to the city of the Prince Regent . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I knew she was on this wavelength , ’ Elinor said excitedly , ‘ I believed her right from the start . ’ |
| 29 | Erm , does any member of the Council wish to make any comment on this resolution before I put it formally to the vote ? |
| 30 | I buried myself deeper in the warmth of my own blanket and slept again . |