Example sentences of "[indef pn] [coord] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it was getting dusk , he was certain that he had seen someone or something fall from the bridge . |
| 2 | She needs to find someone or something to blame for the catastrophe that has overtaken her , so she looks for reasons , because she may not yet be ready to face up to the extremely anxiety-provoking fact that life itself is unpredictable and the world is an insecure place . |
| 3 | Why speculate what Mother Anne might have thought about modern glues — they had none and she spoke to the brothers and sisters in their instant present . |
| 4 | And there was a shadow , something or somebody moving against the eastern window . |
| 5 | But I did hear this one and I run to the window |
| 6 | The role of foremen or front-line supervisors in these evaluations is a central one and it developed during the 1950s as an integral part of efforts to promote QC activities . |
| 7 | then , no Ian had an orange one and when we pedalled it up and down it kept falling off so Katie put a bolt in it , a wee little one and it screwed onto the tractor bit . |
| 8 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 9 | The Deputy Under Secretary had no one but himself to blame for the irritation that his starched collar created just below the line of his neatly cut hair . |
| 10 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 11 | Anything and everything happens around the kitchen table , and if anything nasty occurs , it is aired , talked about and solved . |
| 12 | Communication with Hull was maintained by horse-drawn vehicles , daily local carriers taking anything and everything needed by the villagers . |
| 13 | But for the thousandth time I do n't do anything and we get to the bathroom safely . |
| 14 | It may not apply to anything but I know in the past when she 's given me those things to try erm she 's got a book at home and it 'll say erm particular |