Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon .
2 She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses .
3 Porter , one of the country 's most respected authorities on paediatrics , had taken a shy Puerto Rican intern called Carmen Rodriguez under his wing twenty years ago and given her the confidence to start up her own practice soon after graduating from medical school , and she was now one of New York 's most popular and in demand paediatricians .
4 Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead .
5 He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year .
6 Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day .
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