Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Rather dubiously I put it to the Chairman and I was relieved to find that he was quite enthusiastic about the idea .
2 The situation called for some drastic action and so I laid it on the line ; either they won this game or I would resign .
3 So I chucked it in the Tyne .
4 So I tell him about the search for her , and he sits and listens .
5 So I took them in the lorry .
6 So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me .
7 So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath .
8 So I kissed her on the cheek .
9 I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 .
10 So I brought her to the valley .
11 I got cushions up there so I put them on the top .
12 so I put her on the floor , lifted her feet up to get the blood back to her head
13 so I put it on the top of there , every time anybody went by they knocked it off !
14 So I put it on the dim switch so as he can see to get in the bedroom .
15 so I put it in the paper and luckily somebody came along
16 So I told them about the C in Mister C. I said ‘ It 's C as in E equals MC 2 .
17 So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … .
18 Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England .
19 So I wrote it along the top of the er paper I was using .
20 ‘ They said his name was Simon so I punched it into the computer and went through the alphabet for burglars .
21 The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally .
22 So I invited them to the gig at St Martin 's .
23 so I paid it in the November , the second of December they announce me redundancy do n't they ?
24 Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated .
25 So I moved it to the other side of the step .
26 or NAAN , I do n't care , so long you include it at the end of your first appointments because at the end of the day all you 're doing is saving yourself a bit of time , and that 's the whole purpose of ANNA to make sure that when you go back on your second appointment , this guy is committed to do something .
27 If Eleanor Darcy can manage a private room in a prison , perhaps she manages one in the local pub as well ?
28 Perhaps you know them over the garden wall to speak to you , you might even know their children by name and you know their christian name , but beyond that I think it 's true to say , even making allowance of generation gaps that you do n't know your neighbours in the same way that you knew your neighbours in London .
29 Perhaps you pulled her by the ankles , dragging her head beneath the water ?
30 All positive stuff , as Madeleine Kingsley points out on page 82 , if only you approach it in the right way .
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