Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , there might be situations of doubt ; a man might claim that there was nothing to alert him to the girl 's age ( e.g. a 15-year-old girl , who looks much older , soliciting in a street with other prostitutes ) . |
| 2 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
| 3 | Boys pouring into the room below , laughing , chattering , me seeing them through the crack . |
| 4 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |
| 5 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
| 6 | FERDINAND … . my imagination will carry me To see her in the shameful act of sin … . |
| 7 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 8 | And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator . |
| 9 | ‘ Here , let me shield you from the wind . ’ |
| 10 | No-one seeing her on the move , rushing headlong through drear fuming tunnels , would really note the missing arms and absent tail , the sealed face , the scarlet sash . |
| 11 | Now the thing that worries me is that the N R A and our linkage with them is I do n't think it 's early days for them and they have n't got the the power and the erm law behind them to enforce it as the way which I think most of us would like to think of have a erm erm an organization tha that can in fact start bringing the law in that if people fail to do what they say erm so that aspect I think I now Chris also mentioned this erm tilting in West Sussex and again that mentioned in the structure plan , because I six mill a year but in ten years that 's two and a half inches . |
| 12 | The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss . |
| 13 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 14 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 15 | As I do not , as a rule , take alcohol , the one glass of sherry I had with lunch enabled me to enjoy myself with the other guests . |
| 16 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 17 | If an employer does not prevent them availing themselves of the opportunity to learn business secrets how can he later seek to restrain an employee from using the same information . |
| 18 | In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’ |
| 19 | What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time . |
| 20 | then go on to the ones you marked as " different " and listen to them read one after the other . |
| 21 | Everyone pats themselves on the back and goes home . ’ |
| 22 | Let me introduce you to the world of press releases . |
| 23 | Let me introduce you to the class . |
| 24 | Scientific research is usually carried out by a team of scientists , often from several disciplines who work together , each of whom contributing something to the whole . |
| 25 | Erm , if erm , if one of them contradicted me in the class , I burst into tears , I think you 'd think something was seriously wrong with me , would n't you ? |
| 26 | He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others . |
| 27 | Crilly tells me to meet him at the Hope and Vixen in half an hour . |
| 28 | He tells me to meet him at the magistrates ' court the following morning , tells me to keep away from the scumbags . |
| 29 | ‘ It told me to meet him by the Princess Alice in Forest Gate , ’ he recalls . |
| 30 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |