Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said it was n't long and that she worried for nothing and I changed the subject . |
| 2 | IT was widely assumed that Sir Lawrie Barratt was working for nothing when he re-took the reins of his housebuilding empire last summer . |
| 3 | Then coral pink walls of rock closed about them as they took the deep cut into Wells . |
| 4 | ‘ Get out now , ’ Shamlou ordered the other two terrorists and waited for them before he entered the makeshift cage . |
| 5 | Many Home Helps become very fond of the elderly people they visit , often doing all kinds of extra jobs for them when they have the time , and the moral support they give to lonely old people is invaluable . |
| 6 | Conservative Members know what is in store for them when they have the guts to call the general election . |
| 7 | If they , if they do n't become media personalities and do all the things they do on the telly and visit the hospitals , then we might very well get fed up paying the money for them when you consider the Queen is the richest person in the world is she not ? |
| 8 | Celtic pressed forward — and Collins made it a memorable night for them when he shot the third goal eleven minutes from time . |
| 9 | There would hardly have been harmony between them if they had the same desires , if their interests coincided , if they were a threat to each other . |
| 10 | There was no contact between them as they toured the magnificent sixth-century shrine . |
| 11 | ‘ You were having a nightmare , chick , ’ he said and his face looked gaunt and anguished in the spill from the street-lamp as he rearranged the bedclothes , making a ‘ little nest ’ for me before he left the room , pulling his nightshirt round him . |
| 12 | I think he bowled a hundred or so deliveries for me before I got the images right . |
| 13 | Then I ask my neighbour , also a paan seller , to double check for me before I return the change to the customer or else I would be cheated . |
| 14 | Having graduated from a BBC machine to a PC I have found your magazine the best for me because I like the practical side as well as the computing . |
| 15 | ‘ Wait for me when you hit the road . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ All my friends were concerned for me when I got the part , ’ Kilmer admits . |
| 17 | Later still , my realisation was confirmed for me when I read the following statement from one of Bruch 's patients : ‘ I am completely isolated , I sit in a glass sphere . |
| 18 | generally erm and if we 're talking about the strategy we 've got ta sort of er sort out for ourselves whether we think the strategy of getting rid of the local tyrants and the evil gentry is the wa right way to actually achieve that the aims of getting rid of warlords . |
| 19 | He found out himself because he read the note Barbara asked him to deliver to you . |
| 20 | I protested , waving my arms and running after her as I saw the possibility of getting into Ashley 's increasingly attractive body slipping away from me . |
| 21 | He saw also the way the Hogans looked after her as she left the kitchen . |
| 22 | She shuffled after him as he left the house , almost too exhausted now to put one foot in front of the other . |
| 23 | He could still hear the men yelling and laughing and whistling after him as he dragged the iron gate closed with a loud clang behind him . |
| 24 | She was obliged to follow , stumbling after him as he took the ladder two at a time . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , each Neapolitan is out for himself but he recognises the need to live as harmoniously as possible with everyone else . ’ |
| 26 | He quickly made a name for himself when he reversed the works lorry into a workshop wall and was banned from driving the Company vehicles until after he could drive properly . |
| 27 | He had the best for himself and he wanted the best for his Mollie . |
| 28 | A peaked cap was cutting its way through the crowd towards me and I recognized the Feldwebel . |
| 29 | The glory of victory , the bitterness of defeat , the sunny nature of everyone as they cross the bridge into the magic world for a few hours on a frosty January day . |
| 30 | Yes , it slipped past me as I opened the door . ’ |