Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My eyes light up at the sight of her even though she 's hitting me about the head , so to speak . |
| 2 | ‘ If all my guests end up in the swamp , where is that gon na get me . |
| 3 | ‘ My friend Sheilagh up on the mountain is very nervy and distraught until she has her turf in . |
| 4 | I told her it 's my wife come down for the day … ’ |
| 5 | That 's great because at home , when I go to Sainsbury , I find my hands reach out for the same products every week . |
| 6 | To help its clients keep up with the seemingly exponential growth of market data , Yamaichi Securities Co. , Ltd. has created the world 's first integrated information system focused exclusively on the financial sector . |
| 7 | Their heads thrash about on the bloodied floor , gnashing their teeth and foaming at the mouth . |
| 8 | Place the horses inside the stable holes , securing them with royal icing and positioning them so that their heads peep out over the doors . |
| 9 | For a while they walked in silence , retracing their steps back up towards the house . |
| 10 | Its origins go back to the rediscovery of perspective in the Renaissance , and then to the architect 's drawings of the eighteenth century . |
| 11 | In a crumbling mansion on the edge of a lake from which a mist constantly rises , Roderick Usher and his sister live out their lives cut off from the rest of the world . |
| 12 | ‘ What does this mean for those millions in Britain who live their lives shut out from the Conservative view of how society should be ? |
| 13 | Her regents stride back to the foothills ; |
| 14 | In Mary Barton the working-class heroine and her husband go off to the colonies to start a new life . |
| 15 | Its accountants sit down with the auditor for a day of conjuring tricks and , hey presto , £15m gets lost in a cloud of smoke , leaving a mere £7m to find . |
| 16 | The committee of six ( nearly all their names turn up in the 1910 sample ) organized a programme which included songs such as " The Old Countree " , and " Flight of Ages " , sung by Misses Forrest and Waugh ; the opportunity to dance quadrilles and waltzes ; and a pianoforte selection by Miss Thomson , who was , like most of the other performers , a compositor . |
| 17 | They were heading north-east , the morning light in their right eyes and their shadows cast back towards the Skriaig and Ralarth 's western border . |
| 18 | Outside young girls in pairs hold hands facing each other and , leaning back , they pirouette so fast that their shawls flare out from the tops of their heads . |
| 19 | She was still so entranced by the timeless atmosphere of their night-time sail back round the island that it was strange to hear Lucy 's familiar voice on the telephone that night . |
| 20 | My heart ached for her as I realised that she had joined the ranks of so many others I had known , who had watched their men fly off into the dusk , never to be heard of again . |
| 21 | She believes that it is essential that her children grow up in the outside world and not be hidden away in the artificial environment of a royal palace . |
| 22 | The rest of the section were standing in the rain with all their clothes spread out on the wet grass because he had not wanted to admit that he was ill . |
| 23 | Slowly , inch by inch , the three men advanced the half mile across no-man's-land , towards the Allied front line , pressing their faces back down into the mud whenever the moon reappeared from behind its unreliable screen . |
| 24 | The 16-year-olds could play for the juniors at the same time as their fathers turn out for the club 's over-35s team in a national competition . |
| 25 | Batty and Sterland play in tonight 's continue their fitness build up in the reserve game against Newcastle , tonight Wed and if they come through will be considered for the Boxing Day game at Blackburn . |
| 26 | Booth 's survey also had an influence on a similar movement in the United States , though its roots go back to the middle of the nineteenth century when a number of small surveys on the " dangerous classes " were undertaken . |
| 27 | His eyes light up at the recollection of some of the challenges he has tackled that would have daunted the more faint-hearted . |
| 28 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |
| 29 | Michael looked up from where he knelt on the floor in front of the old armchair , his books spread out on the chair . |
| 30 | MICHAEL THOMAS will be handed the chance to set his Liverpool career back on the rails this weekend . |