Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the first leg little or nothing separates the two teams . |
| 2 | All this activity did little or nothing to reduce the level of local taxation . |
| 3 | By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level . |
| 4 | If the manager runs a sales team where everyone has the job title ‘ sales executive ’ , then that manager can only manage effectively when his or her team have regard for the manager 's active status over and above his or her overt status . |
| 5 | He adds : ‘ I do n't like living like a big star — where everyone has the potential to hurt you or want something from you . |
| 6 | But it was quite impossible for the TCPA or me to bless the Plan unreservedly . |
| 7 | ‘ It draws all the Gentlemen to it whenever they are within , especially after Dinner , so that my Br Fanny & I have the Library to ourselves in delightful quiet . ’ |
| 8 | Valdo , Alemao and others often showed a remarkable lightness of touch in the soggy conditions but several times promising movements failed for want of a penetrative final pass or someone reading the right space at the crucial moment . |
| 9 | ‘ Everything you want to do someone has just done or someone has the rights . |
| 10 | On my first day in Alaska I made a bee-line for the local radio station KFAR where I met the manager , Augie Hiebert and we spent the rest of the day talking shop . |
| 11 | After the reception in the Great Hall , where I met the Hon. |
| 12 | We stayed in that house till I were eight year old and then we were went on to where I lived the rest of my time and that would have been from nineteen twenty to oh a couple of year ago . |
| 13 | For example in B , I had tried several times without success to contact a third-year female physics student who , it seemed , never looked in her departmental pigeonhole where I left the notes . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , I rushed him back to our nearby hotel , where I cleaned the wounds and fixed three or four large Band-Aids on them . |
| 15 | ‘ Is this where I make the noble suggestion of keeping away at weekends to leave you free to sail as much as you want ? ’ he demanded . |
| 16 | The weeping girl , Vicky , threw herself out of danger into the recesses of the cave , where I stored the fruits of the autumn . |
| 17 | It ended up where I felt the whole world was on my shoulders . |
| 18 | I went by the Galerie de Diane and then down the stairs leading to the basement in the Pavillon de Flore where I followed the underground passage , badly lit — but where were the kitchens ? |
| 19 | In the lunch interval of the Test I made my way to the bar , where I saw the editor of the Herald , Mac Pollock , father of Springboks Peter and Graeme , and decided to discuss Vorster 's threat with him . |
| 20 | I turn for where I remember the door to be and see others pitching forward , slamming drinks down to cover their faces with their hands . |
| 21 | ‘ Where I stay the police do n't do enough to stop crime . |
| 22 | where I mucked the whole thing up trying to get the |
| 23 | I I ca n't be sure where I got the information from but from that time until the end of my shift at ten P M I was gleaning information from all different directions about the and the connection . |
| 24 | To minimize confusion , I shall use consumerism where I mean the first , and the consumer movement to denote the second . |
| 25 | JUNE 16 : Today I visited the Department of Trade and Industry , where I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of The Personal Protective Equipment Directive ( Directive 89/686/EEC ) , which as a every single-market fan will know , cam into force on July 1 , 1992 . |
| 26 | And if I wear where I had the eternity ring on and the engagement ring and the wedding ring |
| 27 | No lights came on where I figured the master bedroom probably was ; that comforted me a bit . |
| 28 | The second half brought Tchaikovsky 's 4th symphony , where I fear the fourth movement was a little too fast , certainly on its opening , although a conductor can well afford to accelerate the pace towards the conclusion . |
| 29 | I led him into the billiard room where I stoked the fire while he sat down in one of the leather chairs and began to remove his shoes . |
| 30 | I return to the lawn , make an excuse to go to my room where I lock the relics away in my blue metal toolbox … |