Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's going to remain dry but dull the temperature only rising to seven Celsius forty five Fahrenheit so it will feel chilly in the easterly breeze . |
| 2 | So , having D'Arcy in the band has been an education , not only from playing with someone who 's obviously a girl , but seeing how people perceive that and seeing the kind of shit she takes because she 's a girl . |
| 3 | Bitterness , frustration and jealousy crept slowly in and only proud bar room nostalgia ( ‘ I remember one night when me and Pete Shelley got pissed and spent the night in Piccadilly Gardens … ’ ) remained . |
| 4 | Much of the daylight hours should remain dry but dull the temperature only rising to seven Celsius , forty five Fahrenheit which will feel chilly in the easterly breeze . |
| 5 | For Oxfordshire residents who are registered unemployed or retired the fees are waived for part-time associate study , and from 1988 — 89 part-time degree students will pay only half ( £24 ) the normal rate per credit . |
| 6 | Getting out to open the passenger door for her , he noticed that , in contrast to Francesca , she expected this and accepted the courtesy gratefully . |
| 7 | The action took her by surprise , and at first she told herself to remain calm and to take the kiss in the spirit it was being given , which was merely a making up between friends after cross words . |
| 8 | When each main idea has been sufficiently tested and sufficient knowledge has been gained , the chief executive goes public and announces the decision secure in the knowledge that there will be support for it , because the decision merely ‘ crystallizes ’ the views already put to him , whether he subtly induced them or not . |
| 9 | The council or Boule , which met daily and prepared the agenda for meetings of the citizen assembly , was enlarged from 400 to 500 members . |
| 10 | As the sun sank lower and touched the edge of the cloudbelt on the horizon , Hazel came out from under the branches and looked carefully round the lower slope . |
| 11 | The FMLN radio station Venceremos described this as marking the reintegration of the guerrillas into civilian society . |
| 12 | She rose early and spent the morning with Aunt Emily or visiting the kitchen and garden and orchard and doing the household accounts and the correspondence she had taken over from her aunt . |
| 13 | Make your way to the block marked 4 , then build left and collect the gem . |
| 14 | The importance of this scheme can not be over-emphasised as it provides pupils with set targets which will motivate them to work hard and raise the standard of their play . |
| 15 | After three weeks most peace went mad , but very quietly , and without an argument , but the strong minded continued to stand fast and weather the quiet and unargumentative storm . |
| 16 | Nails concentrated hard and found the stride about once in every two circles , but could not keep with it for more than two or three strides before he lost his balance and came down while Midnight was coming up . |
| 17 | Identifying districts for the development of comprehensive local mental illness services and making firm plans to provide these and facilitate the closure of two large hospitals , and providing local inpatient facilities for severely mentally ill elderly people . |
| 18 | it is possible to write large and use the camera to reduce the size , but I find it better to do all artwork at the finished size because thin lines tend to disappear on reduction . |
| 19 | The latter and associated rubber air pipes caught alight and set the main avionics loom on fire . |
| 20 | Resolute again , as though energised by his own words and thoughts , he told Theo to stand firm and take the broad view . |
| 21 | And then he had turned his head and seen that Grainne was watching him , and a sudden , surprised joy unfolded within his heart , for there was such desire in her eyes that lights exploded inside his head , and he wanted to stand still and savour the moment . |
| 22 | Clearly the same did not occur in the UK ; the increased propensity to offend more than counterbalanced the decline in the high-offender groups in the population ( Liddelow 1990 ) . |
| 23 | This example shows that tailing has more than prevented the loss of £22 424 from meeting variation margin payments . |
| 24 | The most daunting problem facing Louis Gerstner is that as yet he has absolutely no idea just how much he does n't know — and he will be Superman if in six months he has more than scratched the surface on that problem . |
| 25 | He has more than earned the right to confront the IRA with the tragic error of their ways and to demand a cease-fire . |
| 26 | The Conservative Government has more than halved the top rate of tax . |
| 27 | He , Jacob , who has wrestled with God all night and has more than survived the experience , now grovels before his brother ! |
| 28 | ‘ The organisers the Cleveland Community Care Forum was accused of becoming bureaucratic and excluding the people it aimed to represent , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Better , he felt , to appear over-talkative than give the impression of a man of mystery . |
| 30 | Jesus caught one and popped the seals . |