Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When surveyors started sizing up her land , ‘ I got my shotgun out and showed them the gate , ' she said . |
| 2 | Will the Foreign Secretary go a bit further and say what the attitude is of the British Government ? |
| 3 | I thought it was Annie , and we 'd go home together and see Marie and they 'd both be proud of me and we could sit in front of the Christmas tree together and guess what the wrapped up presents were , and eat mince pies and all that . |
| 4 | It will provide spacious accommodation for the journey home and spare you the expense of my fare . ’ |
| 5 | How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’ |
| 6 | Go and visit the marchioness to-morrow and tell her the story . |
| 7 | Louis and his great men deliberated , and decided : at the summer assembly in July , the Ordinatio Imperii accommodated Lothar 's ambitions by giving him the title of co-emperor forthwith and promising him the whole of Francia on his father 's demise . |
| 8 | Who can put their hand up and tell me the next number ? |
| 9 | Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest . |
| 10 | Walked in the lady said Oh right , you can can have a look round and showed us the rooms . |