Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Britain getting closer to Iran and with the US constantly improving its rapport with Syria , we felt that now we were all together , we could be released without having to wait for all the governments to restore relations . |
| 2 | ‘ Large numbers of entries were received for all the competitions , which ran over the two days and were thrown open to the past members of the Club , as well as members of the Ladies and Artisans sections . |
| 3 | I got through half the book . |
| 4 | You feel punished for all the sins you never committed ; you 're supplicated and invaded . |
| 5 | ‘ The world 's exotica is over there , parading for all the universe to see , and you are here … ’ |
| 6 | That was why India-May could handle being ripped off all the time . |
| 7 | ‘ Father vould n't really vant him to go for all the summer . ’ |
| 8 | Nevertheless , even allowing for all the frailties of palaeontologists , there still remains a remarkable picture of palaeontological persistence . |
| 9 | And is it not ( by its elastic force ) expanded through all the heavens ? ’ |
| 10 | Repeat for all the towers . |
| 11 | Stunned by the sensation , she had to search for all the willpower she possessed not to let her reaction show in her expression . |
| 12 | Points given for all the norw. players in VG ( max 10 — which is — very — seldom seen ) — 4–5-1 formation . |
| 13 | As Carol had heard it , the Special Air Service had somehow broken through all the perimeter fences in the night , evaded the Ministry police and their bloody dogs , and reached the doors of the earth mound where the chemical explosives were stored . |
| 14 | Those who suffer most are the prisoners who allow their mask to sink through all the layers of their personality and blot out the warm , loving , sorrowing parts of themselves . |
| 15 | He goes through all the emotions . |
| 16 | , I do n't think you 've got anything to worry about , have you seen that advert for Babycham no erm the advert with Babycham , erm , er running on about true romantics and he goes through all the differences his and this woman marrying this guy and she must be and she must be fifty five , and he 's about twenty three , twenty four and Rob turns round the other day and said , she 's got |
| 17 | Because I believe that it is the women that goes through all the pain , suffering and has to carry the burden of the chance of getting pregnant which a man does not have for obvious reasons . |
| 18 | and the , the free papers I mean that 's the one that goes through all the doors |
| 19 | And I unloaded at Mr Riggs on Norwich Hill ( he used to contract for all the horses with the post-office ; and we used to take hay there ) , and I pulled the load into his yard ; took the horses out , and put them into this load what my uncle — what they sent away . |
| 20 | While France stands shoulder to shoulder with Germany , and the two countries together account for half the EC output , the exchange rate mechanism will survive , representing a beacon of hope for federalists who still see a common currency as the bridge across which Europe must pass to a federal future , and a baleful threat for the sovereign Britishers , who see it as a black hole which could draw EC members inexorably into the same destiny . |
| 21 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp 's NTT Mobile Communications Network is to split itself into nine regional units : its present headquarters in Tokyo will become the group 's parent company , which will wholly own the equity of the eight subsidiaries , and the move is intended to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the fight with its biggest domestic rival Daini Denden Inc , which has no unit in Tokyo and Tokai area , which together account for half the population . |
| 22 | If that continues during the 1990s , inflation averages 5% , and homes account for half the value of all bequests , Mintel thinks property transfers between generations will rise from perhaps £16 billion in 1990–91 to £25 billion in 1999–2000 . |
| 23 | They asked for all the recommendations for a carer , and home support to be implemented . |
| 24 | Then I asked for half the fee in advance , and was given a wafer confirming the immediate transfer of the amount to my Fedbank . |
| 25 | You had to search through half the estate to gather a pound of coffee for 2 colones . |
| 26 | There was one good Carling Black Label ad — where a guy walks into a bar and asks for a pint of Carling Black Label and they say , ‘ I bet he drinks Carling Black Label ’ — but we did n't have to sit through all the others just to see that . |
| 27 | I 've got it timed so that I arrive just before your French maid number , so I do n't have to sit through all the rest of it . |
| 28 | Ahmed : I must say that I did n't think much of the group when it was first set up because f felt that it wasted a lot of time whinging about all the things that were ‘ being handed to the Black workers on a plate because anti-racism was currently fashionable ’ . |
| 29 | If and so long as the terms of any settlement are such that any person has power to pay or apply income or capital to or for the benefit of the settlor or his spouse , all income arising under the settlement shall be treated for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of the settlor for that year and not the income of any other person ( TA 1988 , s674 ; and see Blausten v IRC ( 1971 ) 47 TC 542 ( CA ) ) . |
| 30 | Restricting your consumption of fats is a sound way to lose weight and a healthy way of eating for all the family . |