Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin .
2 I had visited the apartment at least a dozen times , but I still found the fact of a lift opening directly into a living room incredibly impressive ; a proof of wealth as convincing as the possession of gold taps or of mink rugs or of the girl who waited to greet me just beyond the lift doors .
3 The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me .
4 ‘ And you know very well that once you are gone Miss Araminta will throw me out of the house . ’
5 At a fair distance , and without being able to see them clearly in the encroaching dusk , they seemed a friendly lot and we yelled back .
6 I was surprised to see them up in the tall grasses , instead of moving along the exposed bank , but I realised that the rising river level had forced them up .
7 The Class 50 refurbishment programme was completed , although they are destined for a short life , while limited work was also carried out on Class 20s , 26s and 33s to see them through to the arrival of new designs .
8 Would you like to see them in against the outside candidates if we look at this
9 There are outright racists holding Tory membership cards and I want to see them out of the party . ’
10 Phil , his ever-cheerful self , telling me he has stood up his girlfriend to see me through till the end .
11 ‘ A French officer called to see me yesterday about the Hamnett affair . ’
12 Once when I was leaving for Europe , he came to see me off at the airport , bringing a parting gift .
13 Oh , when she came with the baby and the young girl to see me off at the station , I was unable to speak .
14 Peter first came to see me halfway through the golfing season .
15 The noise is formidable , for the rocks clatter and bang away down a steel chute that dumps them back on the ground .
16 ‘ Pray take my arm m'lady and I shall convey thee hence in the twinkling of an eye . ’
17 Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season
18 He is not just the Pope of the Roman Catholics but a symbol of human beings striving to create institutions and practices which bring them closer to the ways of God .
19 ‘ You bring them on from the time they 're little , and they think they 've got it made , then — wallop . ’
20 Yes , that was some time ago when I was working as a hostess with the British Council and used to collect meet VIPs at the station and bring them here to the university .
21 ‘ He says bring them straight to the first tee .
22 Fathers , do not exasperate your children ; instead , bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord ( Eph. 6:1–4 ) .
23 Paul 's direction to parents is contained in the words , ‘ Fathers , do not exasperate your children ; instead , bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord ’ ( Eph. 6:4 ) .
24 He would help fructify their holdings , bring them up in the world where they should be .
25 Y'know you a you 're going along and they 'll say group , and you write therapy or something y'know and you 've done it and you think whoops and you just hope , and the worst thing is when they say Smith and Jones and you put seventy nine in and you think , shit and y'know they get the thing slightly wrong Draw up a revision plan , pick out the topics that you 're going to revise Any problems , bring them along to the seminar .
26 so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty
27 Each pupil had to detail a movement in front of the squad pretending to be a drill sergeant and my detail was to get my squad from the stand easy position , slope arms and march them some 50 yards , then bring them back to the original position order arms and stand at ease .
28 ‘ We bring them inside in the bad weather .
29 Nevertheless there is little doubt that in the cases of Frederick and Joseph at least a feeling that an enlightened ruler ought to be above merely personal and family considerations , that it was his duty to sacrifice them ruthlessly on the altar of the State , was a factor in their behaviour to their own blood relations .
30 It conveyed nothing out of the ordinary .
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