Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On hearing my voice he put down the phone . |
| 2 | So prolific was my perspiration I steamed up the viewfinder , and I imagine my acquaintance now possesses a fine set of prints featuring the edge of my thumb and some clouds . |
| 3 | He broke all records , but it was my mother who filled in the forms . |
| 4 | In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath . |
| 5 | After hitching her cover more firmly round her shoulders she made up the smouldering fire and sat on the pouffe . |
| 6 | When gannets are on the ground , you ca n't miss the yellowy orange band of colour on the top of their heads which reaches down the back of their necks , and the unusual blue-grey hue of the beaks and feet . |
| 7 | When the mouthbrooder picks up her eggs she gathers up the Synodontis eggs with them which she incubates inside her mouth along with her own fry until they are released as tiny replicas of their natural parents — possibly after preying on the cichlid fry while they are inside her mouth . |
| 8 | I 'd never give him instead of bought for her for her christening she match up the jacket and sh the socks , the socks what somebody just bought for her . |
| 9 | With a tea cloth around her hand she opened up the oven and took out the mince pies and sausage rolls , placing them on the top of the stove to cool as she put the turkey in to cook . |
| 10 | In April that year she married William Arbuthnot and during their honeymoon they walked up the Schilthorn from Murren , accompanied by a guide . |
| 11 | To refresh her memory she picked up the telephone , closed her eyes , and recalled how his gloved finger had moved over the first four raised knobs of plastic . |
| 12 | As soon as Mauer knew their destination he switched on the siren and within minutes they had reached Landstrasse , drawing to a halt opposite the Landerbank . |
| 13 | She looked up and saw that the lights had changed to green and as the car behind her sounded its horn she let out the clutch too quickly and the car lurched forward . |
| 14 | Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic . |
| 15 | Reaching into his car he hauled out the powerful pair of binoculars he always carried . |
| 16 | So extracting his fireman they went down the yard and got onto 4913 . |
| 17 | He grabbed his overcoat which hung on the inside of the door . |
| 18 | As Polly took his place he started down the companionway . |
| 19 | Early in his career he turned down the title role in David Lean 's Lawrence of Arabia ( eventually played by Peter O'Toole ) after producer Sam Speigel insisted he sign a long-term picture deal . |
| 20 | Despite the opposition of his father he took up the study of medicine , first at Leipzig University and then in Vienna , where his funds ran out , forcing him to take employment for a time with the Governor of Transylvania until he had accumulated sufficient money to continue his studies . |
| 21 | Taking an envelope from his pocket he wrote down the names of his guests . |
| 22 | Upon his accession he set about the introduction of the Norman feudal system by dividing his realm up into feus or fiefs , and gave monopolistic trade charters to many towns on whose loyalty he henceforth hoped to rely . |
| 23 | In his extremity he put down the punch he could not hold steadily , and began to handle the half-shaped blocks of stone , dragging them forward and turning them to the light . |
| 24 | Murphy rejects the first , accepts the second and does not actually consider the third at all ! in fact it is probably the key , since in an earlier part of his discussion he opens up the possibility of interpreting not only into ASL ( or BSL ) but also into a manual English form . |