Example sentences of "the [noun] and [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a bloody business but eventually a breach was forced in the defences and Bartholomew led us through . ’ |
| 2 | The immediate ease was a great reward ; the dabbing and doctoring preoccupied him further . |
| 3 | This cuts down on the suspense and Ballantyne sees it as being comic . |
| 4 | Lee slipped off the bike and Philip wheeled it over to the other side of the road . |
| 5 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 6 | Do n't expect Pleat to get Luton out of trouble because of his perfectionist approach , but he wo n't be fired because the board and supporters know he 's never had money to spend and had to sell his stars . |
| 7 | some people put the board under the mattress and dad had it on top ! |
| 8 | The Copts bring the money and Osman takes it . |
| 9 | It is an exciting garden , the hedges and paths divide it so that you come upon different parts almost by surprise , such as the scented garden , the woodland garden , built around some of the trees that Colonel Mitchell left behind him , with a sturdy wooden tree-house for the children , and the patio garden where the Prince sits and does paperwork during the summer months to the soothing sound of water , which springs from a sculpture he commissioned of stone whales . |
| 10 | The act was only narrowly passed by the parliament and Khomeini denounced it as a " document for the enslavement of Iran . " |
| 11 | But if that was the case and doctors told me I would have to stop drinking , I 'd like to think I 'd be brave enough to drink myself into the grave . |
| 12 | Select the graphs and text charts you want to include in the screen show by dragging their icon over the screenshow icon — simple as that . |
| 13 | With their clerk and common seal , they were a proud body ; only one area , the Pallant , escaped their jurisdiction , until 1532 when the Dean and chapter relinquished it . |
| 14 | The vertical columns of Table 10.2 represent the department providing the resources and the horizontal rows the projects and activities using them . |
| 15 | When planning internal verification , centres must bear in mind that staff carrying out the role must have the experience and background to enable them to be effective . |
| 16 | Bath had felt it the week before but they had the experience and strength to overcome it . |
| 17 | The talk at the Dôme and Rotonde struck him as far more amusing than his lessons at the Lycée and before long he had dropped out of school . |
| 18 | In the former , education can provide more people with the skills and information to secure them good jobs and , thus , produce an increase in the number of people prepared for fulfilling and materially rewarding occupations . |
| 19 | We made the camp and Melanie shot me a smile as she jumped out . |
| 20 | As a result of the recession and price controls it fell to a trough of 3.3 per cent in 1972 . |
| 21 | It 's amazing to see the coat as part of a complete look — with the hair and make-up complementing it . ’ |
| 22 | THE badges and T-shirts said it all : ‘ Saddam Hussein still has a job . |
| 23 | many people see it [ the employment of women ] as a challenge to society , because it breaks with long-established patterns of family life , and with the values and beliefs supporting them … |
| 24 | By putting them through the assessment and certification process we are demonstrating that confidence , as well as showing our commitment to quality assurance . |
| 25 | Certainly the foreign mystery of the Inca — part of it feminine — stirs Pizarro 's bluff existentialist heart , but the play and production defines it too readily in familiar terms . |
| 26 | Mr and Mrs go to play bridge with the Fountains-Abbotts and Seb takes me to a film . |
| 27 | McEllhoney was surprised , unprepared for the confrontation and Dobson sensed it at once . |
| 28 | Chaos is a negative state and idleness of the mind and body encourages it . |
| 29 | She let the light and colour soothe her . |
| 30 | After the darkness and coolness the light and heat struck him like a blow . |