Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 2 | While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two . |
| 3 | Many ageing people need to understand and accept the changes in their sexuality in order to continue enjoying it to the full . |
| 4 | Secular books on the New Age tend to treat it as the latest fad ; the ‘ in thing ’ of the eighties , full of Alternative Types and quaint ideas about the ‘ good life ’ down on the organic , backyard farm . |
| 5 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 6 | In another experiment , subjects were woken either five or fifteen minutes after REM sleep had started , and asked to estimate which of the two intervals had been used . |
| 7 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 8 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 9 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 10 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 11 | And since he obviously had n't recognised me , I did n't want to connect myself with the house , until I 'd found out what his game was . ’ |
| 12 | Her job is to push Cabinet ministers ‘ to do what is right ’ ; this involves reminding them of the Government 's strategy laid down in the manifestos and combating what she regards as the inertia inherent in departments . |
| 13 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 14 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
| 15 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
| 16 | That this person should harbour aggressive feelings towards you is unimaginable , but then suddenly , she goes to poke you in the eye — and you blink . |
| 17 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 18 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
| 19 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
| 20 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
| 21 | If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ? |
| 22 | There was a spare one lying around We 'd finished u er stopped using them during the war some time during the war . |
| 23 | Some transracial adopters may prefer to isolate themselves from the cultural background and ethnic origin of their child because it is easier in the short run to escape conflicts . |
| 24 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 25 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 26 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 27 | JEWKES : But she sits cooling herself in the hall over against the staircase . |
| 28 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
| 29 | An important element of any compensation payment is the damages intended to compensate you for the injury itself , and the effect it has on you and your lifestyle , both today and in the future . |
| 30 | This is why , at the moment , I 'm being a bit cautious about remaining in my cavity I do n't want to find myself in the situation that I 'm held to sell . |