Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crilly hugs my brother back warmly and introduces him to the languid one . |
| 2 | Its secondary antennae have become adapted , forming claws with which it digs in and fastens itself to the delicate gill lamellae . |
| 3 | She runs away but it bears down and casts her to the ground . |
| 4 | It 's gravity that pulls you down and presses you to the floor . |
| 5 | This encodes the audio and video signals together and puts them onto the tape via the high-speed rotation of the head-drum ; it is this ‘ high writing speed ’ recording method which greatly improves the audio quality compared with VHS mono . |
| 6 | Its official name is atheroma , and its three main ingredients are platelets , the tiny blood cells that are the raw material for any blood clot ; fibrin , a stringy protein that forms a three-dimensional mesh to entrap the platelets ; and cholesterol , which binds the whole lot together and sticks it to the sides of blood vessels . |
| 7 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
| 8 | But we had to choose , early on , which side we belonged to , and children have to come down on the side that brings the food home and gets it on the table . |
| 9 | So takes it up and knits it on the back . |
| 10 | A drive that is ‘ unaware ’ of how it is set up and knows nothing of the way it 's data is stored . |
| 11 | We then see the goal , hopeful chip into the box , Rush attempts to take it to one side on the half volley with Fairclough bearing down , misses it completely , flies up and hits him in the shoulder . |
| 12 | She then sorts all the vests and folds them up and puts them in the box , then the pants , then dresses and lastly cardigans . |
| 13 | he takes them out and puts them on the sideboard . |
| 14 | Then Howard sits back and tells them about the terrible balls-up he made of his arrival in the city . |
| 15 | well , then that brings them into the realm of politics and is it such a good idea to have a royal family with opinions that are funded by the state ? |
| 16 | Scotland is extremely lucky in this context , with its record on beef , whisky and salmon — not to mention oatcakes and haggis — which sets it apart or differentiates it from the rest of the market place . |
| 17 | I feel pressure on my back as Frank leans forward and pushes me against the window with his paunch . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not every day that someone wanders on to my property and , when charged at by a Dobermann who 'd shot off as I closed the door after us , goes blithely forward and greets it with the words , ‘ Hello , darling ’ , ’ he replied , reminding her , had she forgotten , that , the dog never far from his control outside of the house , he had soon been on the spot to witness events . |