Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sends them dozy and open the door and put them back in again . |
| 2 | However , most of the campaigns are run by authorities in the more accessible countryside ; there are few campaigns organized by those in the remoter or upland areas , either because they deem them undesirable or consider the likely returns insufficient . |
| 3 | Nothing easier than to turn the husband into a trustee for his own wife . |
| 4 | I kept the rooms clean and made sure that no-one robbed or attacked the clients . |
| 5 | I trundled along the valley , keeping the curve of the plateau to my left and watching the distant Land Rover , which seemed to be going too far south . |
| 6 | I rose , broke my fast and slipped the landlord some pieces of silver which made his vinegarish face look more congenial and subservient . |
| 7 | It 'd be nice to have 5 or so in hand with Scum only 13 points ahead , we win em all and take the league from under their noses . |
| 8 | Although it was my health I was considering , and no one else 's , it was still difficult to step out on my own and leap the bounds of convention . |
| 9 | I had to go on my own and ring the doorbell with an easel and canvas under my arm and I did n't know what to wear . |
| 10 | She lay , half asleep , listening to the blustering wind outside her shutters , and then , satisfied by the sound of steps somewhere outside , and the decisive snap as someone shut and latched the loose door , she went to sleep again . |
| 11 | Keep them warm while frying the remaining mixture . |
| 12 | Transfer cooked croquettes to a plate and keep them warm while frying the remaining mixture . |
| 13 | Most of them required or sought the help of the pope or his standing officers and courts . |
| 14 | Around her squealed and shouted the sixty or so pupils of Thrush Green Church of England Primary School . |
| 15 | Let us consider this line at its worst and discount the farm , which can be counted only as ‘ corroborative ’ evidence of alignment , and even then only if prehistoric remains are to be found there . |
| 16 | ‘ He was a student at the university : they were to be married until she decided a career on the stage suited her better than becoming the wife of a Hapsburg cavalry officer . |
| 17 | K : ‘ No , she is just too small and I do n't have enough hands to keep her safe and use the shower head as well . ’ |
| 18 | The office of collector of supply was one which held its value over time , for the salary appears to have increased at a rate which more than compensated the holder for the ravages of inflation . |
| 19 | Broadly speaking the interest of the State in vocational guidance , registration and placement , and after-care , marks the beginning of its concern with wage-earning youth , which was to develop over the next twenty years with the formation of the Juvenile Organizations Committee in 1916 , the various measures to ameliorate juvenile unemployment between the wars , and the inauguration in 1939 of The ‘ Youth Service ’ , each of which was a response to economic and social pressures , and all of which refined and extended the image of youth . |
| 20 | Through the open window came a breeze which separated and fluttered the curtains , which in turn made moving watery patterns of light and shadow on the white ceiling . |
| 21 | They made a lot of jokes in their speeches , which pleased and shocked the Americans , for it was not then thought right in American debates . |
| 22 | Then they wrote some papers of their own and forced the Mexicans to sign them . |
| 23 | After lunch , pensioners had the choice of venturing off on their own or visiting the Tales of Robin Hood Centre . |
| 24 | They heard her open and close the bedroom door likewise . |
| 25 | This not only entitled the State which manufactured and certified the aircraft type to participate formally in an investigation by means of an officially accredited representative , and so make their very considerable resources and knowledge available to the investigators , but it also ensured that when an accident occurred in one of those States which did not possess a well developed aviation industry , all the necessary expertise would be forthcoming and available to the investigation . |
| 26 | The souk was not located , as markets usually were , in a square of its own but occupied the space created by a crossroads . |
| 27 | It took all the courage he had to thrust his head and shoulders into the mouth of that entrance , but he closed his eyes and twisted and turned and after a time tumbled out into a great stone chamber , lit with a soft light of its own that dimmed the glitter of his shining key . |
| 28 | However , MacArthur doubted whether the Soviet Union would attack Japan — ‘ Even if the Soviet Government had aggressive intentions towards her it would be incapable of carrying them out , unless it could secure mastery of the air and either had a Far Eastern fleet of its own or possessed the means of neutralising any action by our own fleet . ’ |
| 29 | According to unofficial indications the Janata Dal ( S ) had 61 votes of its own and had the support of Congress ( I ) and 27 members of parties allied to Congress ( I ) . |
| 30 | Under the Third Republic , Fumaroli observes , Braque , Picasso , Giacometti and Matisse received no State subsidy ; nor did Proust or Gide ; popular boulevard theatre was left on its own and produced the likes of Pitoeff , Guitry and Jouvet . |