Example sentences of "[subord] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is far tougher to dive at the legs of an oncoming player than to haul them down by the neck or straight-arm tackle them as they run past you . |
| 2 | He had n't known whether to put it down to the fact that she imagined he was being left outside the camaraderie of the brothers or that in some strange way she was laying claim on him . |
| 3 | The minority parties , including the Liberal Democrats , would have to decide whether to support a Queen 's Speech based on consensus politics ‘ or whether to throw us back into the melting pot of a general election ’ . |
| 4 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |
| 5 | They had their midday meal fairly early , so as to have it out of the way before their peculiar visitor arrived . |