Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 2 | Then one of my sons went down into the village to see if the army had left , He came back to tell us that they had destroyed everything , that they had taken all the maize , all the cows and had burnt every house in sight . |
| 3 | and my knickers fell down in the snow . |
| 4 | My eyes light up at the sight of her even though she 's hitting me about the head , so to speak . |
| 5 | Agnes is losing patience and revenue , I 've practically got my legs sticking out of the Boomerang window , when there 's this heavy handslap on the roof of the car . |
| 6 | Due to my forward speed the mat and my feet ended up under the AOC 's desk at the same time saluted , and my Wolseley sun helmet sped to the opposite corner of the room . |
| 7 | I also loved The Flintstones , I wanted to have a car like Fred Flintstone 's with my feet poking out of the bottom , ’ said Kylie . |
| 8 | we had our red and white rosettes and when our , I was sitting watching the match and when they scored the goal my slippers went up in the air . |
| 9 | ‘ If all my guests end up in the swamp , where is that gon na get me . |
| 10 | I had my ideas worked out by the time I left for the 1960–61 Tasman series , and on the 24-hour flight to New Zealand I sat with a slide rule and drew the car as a pin-jointed structure , stressed it and arrived at all the tube sizes . ’ |
| 11 | There is a moment of slow motion in which I have time to register the force of the water rushing over my body , my toes slipping out of the footcups , the paddle flying out of my hands . |
| 12 | My pursuers swarmed over into the lane and seized me . |
| 13 | I discussed the format of the diet with various callers and then one of my members came in to the shop . |
| 14 | ‘ I would be the first person to tell my players to get on with the game because when you do n't do that , you are only upsetting your rhythm . |
| 15 | I heard hoof beats and opened one eye to see my attackers run back into the trees , two of them not moving as quickly as they would want . |
| 16 | I invariably receive responses such as ‘ anger ’ , ‘ fear ’ , ‘ frustration ’ , ‘ inadequacy ’ , ‘ failure ’ , ‘ my ideals went out of the window ’ , ‘ I wanted to throttle him/her ’ . |
| 17 | That 's great because at home , when I go to Sainsbury , I find my hands reach out for the same products every week . |
| 18 | Landing feet first , I broke only partway through the crust , so that nothing but my boots plunged down into the softer material beneath . |
| 19 | My thoughts rippled out to the airport , then to the bus to Chinchero , to the large numbers of people who were there , who must have seen what was going on , who did nothing . |
| 20 | With my impressions stored up from the initial set of interviews , I came to see an intriguing challenge . |
| 21 | Their views trickled down through the student nurses ' years and were apt to be accepted as gospel , since that saved the students the bother of forming opinions for themselves , and also it was not often a student in her first couple of years , if not longer , had the opportunity to form any opinion on our men . |
| 22 | A few of the owners , like the Lorrimores and Daffodil and Filmer , had arranged their own transport separately in the shape of chauffeur-driven limousines , their chauffeurs coming over to the train to carry their bags . |
| 23 | The six-day separation from William and Harry over the traditional family holiday was the first time Diana had not seen her sons wake up to the excitement of Christmas Day . |
| 24 | There is good evidence that a flourishing trade in false antiquities existed at the turn of the century , and its products filtered through to the United States and Europe . |
| 25 | With a low gasp she let her fingers slide up over the daunting hardness of his shoulders , touch the short , thick hair at his nape … he moved his hands down to her hips , in a quick convulsive movement , crushing her against him . |
| 26 | The passion of his kisses on her throat were leaving her weak and she had to will her fingers to hold on to the bodice . |
| 27 | Along the broken kerb of the road stood a line of taxis , their drivers dozing in the back seats with their legs dangling out of the open doors . |
| 28 | Some financial planners have worked out another loophole , telling their clients to hang on to the part of their income paid in company shares , because taxes on capital gains are unlikely to rise under President Clinton and may even fall . |
| 29 | Her words tailed off at the expression in his eyes . |
| 30 | A diet which is bizarre or extreme may bring about weight loss if strictly adhered to but , as the brain draws on its reserves to make up for the deficiency in vital nutrients , the dieter is likely to become edgy , easily upset and to experience difficulty in making decisions . |