Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although judges were appointed by the authorities at the remaining levels ( circuit courts , judicial tribunals , and the Senate , which acted as a court of appeal ) , they could be dismissed only if they broke the law themselves . |
| 2 | Yet such a demand must be clearly formulated so that it challenges the stereotypes of women 's role . |
| 3 | One rather exciting will home made will I hasten to add I dealt with last year , the lady of some who was not getting on with her husband and I think although I 'm not absolutely sure that the handwriting is that of her sister and we have this form filled in and it mentioned the bank or special savings account and it mentioned the premium bonds and it mentioned everything in the back bedroom and the linen in the linen and the linen cupboard because she 'd brought all this lot and it failed to appoint an executor and it failed to deal with the residuary estate it meant that technically there was a partial intestacy , as there was a partial intestacy the rules applied to that , first person to inherit ? |
| 4 | The Seven Points to Remember were revised so that they mentioned the four types of diarrhoea ( previously described ) and stated that all four types should be treated with LGS . |
| 5 | It must be redesigned so that it illuminates the choices facing the country — not , as now , obscures them . |
| 6 | A bedcradle was placed so that it relieved the weight of the bedclothes from her legs . |
| 7 | On the other hand , taking the issue costs of equity shares to the statement of total recognised gains and losses may be considered right as it reflects the nature of these costs as a permanent loss of capital . |
| 8 | He skirted the branch that lay across the path and carried on till he reached the feeding-place . |
| 9 | By 1870 the old city ramparts and defensive gateways had been torn down because they hindered the greatly increased flow of traffic . |
| 10 | No sooner had they sat down than they heard the distant ring of the telephone . |
| 11 | Charles Archer says , ‘ I had just been manning my gun and had sat down when we took the hit . |
| 12 | Peeping up at him , she just as quickly looked away when she saw the devilry in his eyes . |
| 13 | I just do n't know what was wrong with it , I 've work , Jason said Ja we a subject turned to what he wore in bed Ja and Jason said nothing , right but he said when it 's winter I wear my t-shirt and the pants and I cuddle up to my glow worm and we was all taking the mickey out of his glow worm , right so I 've come home and I read the paper and I 'll see glow worm in it , so I cut it out and give it to him and he stuck it up in the factory ! |
| 14 | But now the ring leader Smyth Harper , 16 , has owned up that they invented the story for a laugh . |
| 15 | Next to his plate was a jotting pad and pen which he must have picked up as he passed the navigation station . |
| 16 | People who were incredibly enthusiastic at first dropped out because they thought the language barrier would be a major problem , even though they were assured that an English-speaking teacher would accompany the children . |
| 17 | Amiss looked back before he closed the door . |
| 18 | Now this is very common you do n't know what you 're working with so you ca n't really be expected even if you get the answer if |
| 19 | She put four mince pies in a little basket she 'd decorated earlier when she made the other table decorations , put on her coat and was out of the back door in a flash . |
| 20 | I was interviewed recently and I mentioned the long-term effects of being asked about drugs in interviews . |
| 21 | Her lips parted uncertainly and she tasted the sweet caress of his mouth like a child tasting fizzy sherbet for the first time . |
| 22 | No sooner had he done so than she wiped the place on her cheek with her handkerchief . |
| 23 | It was the first time as far as she could remember that any male person had done so since she left the convent school , where the visiting priest would call all the girls by their first names . |
| 24 | His language was certainly not watered down when he charged the scribes and Pharisees with being ‘ white-washed sepulchres ’ , ‘ blind guides ’ and even ‘ a brood of vipers ’ . |
| 25 | He comes across a flock of sheep belonging to the priest , one of which he takes ; he then returns to the priest , pretending not to be the traveller already refused entry , and this time is accepted in as he offers the sheep in payment . |
| 26 | The difference can be seen easily if we turn the Apostles ' Creed into a series of questions ( Do you believe in God , the Father Almighty ? etc. ) and then ask what reply is appropriate . |
| 27 | I replied that if Seius Oceanus ( to whom the estate ought to be made over when he reached the age of sixteen , under trust under the will of Seius Saturninus by the trustee-heir Valerius Maximus ) died before he completed the set period of time , the estate under trust belongs to the person to whom the rest of his property will belong , since the trust vested during his lifetime , that is if by postponing the time for payment the testator would seem rather to have granted the trustee-heir custody than to have imposed an uncertain term on the trust . |
| 28 | Most of them have moved off since they broke the squat . |
| 29 | She lived in a world of detail and precision , of getting the names right and the appearances correct , and had done ever since she joined the Security Service straight from Oxford fourteen years before . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not every day that someone wanders on to my property and , when charged at by a Dobermann who 'd shot off as I closed the door after us , goes blithely forward and greets it with the words , ‘ Hello , darling ’ , ’ he replied , reminding her , had she forgotten , that , the dog never far from his control outside of the house , he had soon been on the spot to witness events . |