Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the " source " for a story dies , or is out of the country , or has been promised confidentiality , or goes back on what he said , the difficulties of proving the truth of a true statement may be too great . |
| 2 | When she visited the hostels and goodwill centres or was out on the soup run distributing food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London , the caring side of her nature came fully into play : " I think something of my mother came back into me . " |
| 3 | And the programmes that are on during the day , but erm this sort of thing is slightly more important I feel . |
| 4 | American travellers became stranded in Europe and turned into expatriates or exiles in Henry James 's novels , shadowy amalgamation of foreign manners with shreds of familiar accents that were up to the narrator to decipher , but it could n't happen to her , not in 1928 , even with a crash . |
| 5 | I believe that we should establish a different international organization that is up to the task of managing whaling . " |
| 6 | Having children is a life choice that is down to the individual . |
| 7 | You do your homework and hope that the rest of the team have done their best because it 's your life that 's out on the grid at the start . |
| 8 | ‘ Anything that 's out of the ordinary , Maurice . |
| 9 | I 'm glad that 's out of the way . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ said Hargazy , laughing , ‘ I 'm afraid that 's out of the question . |
| 11 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 12 | Do you know , the slightest thing that 's out of the ordinary , they 'll charge you for doing it . |
| 13 | What about , are we going to put that one in the sale this year , the one that 's out in the shed ? |
| 14 | We 're not worried , we 're not actually keeping you to anything that 's down on the gift voucher . |
| 15 | The one that 's Down In The Borders yes , I mean that , I 've seen so , another piece of print about that one Down In The Borders and erm it 's , it 's not our version of audio description , so I am going to write |
| 16 | In a new biography of him , Lineker says : ‘ The substitution was a decision that was up to the manager . |
| 17 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 18 | It may well be well the one that was out in the public in the public domain . |
| 19 | Another remarked that once one had seen the ostriches ( he meant the ospreys at Loch Garten ) , the Aviemore Centre , and been up in the chair lift to Cairn Gorm there ‘ was n't anything else to do ’ . |
| 20 | If he 'd gone right down , he 'd have stuck in the mud , and been out of the tide . |
| 21 | ‘ The country is less broken farther on , so we should make better time tomorrow and be out of the hills the day after that . ’ |
| 22 | With luck Vic and Emily should be gone several hours , giving him ample time to search for evidence and be back at the white house long before they returned . |
| 23 | Somehow or other , she must get the cards to Mr Miller and be back to the surgery by two o'clock . |
| 24 | It was already nearly six o'clock , and I would n't be able to find a one-hour photo lab open anywhere that evening ; and I had to return to the Sheraton to collect my bag , and be back on the train by seven-thirty or soon after . |
| 25 | She thought perhaps that Eve might like to serve the breakfast in the refectory and clear away , and that she should also leave classes ten minutes before lunch and be back in the refectory to serve soup to the other students when they came in . |
| 26 | His plan was to wait until Pearman had left , and then creep up on the baker 's young wife , knock her unconscious with the cudgel , and be off with the takings . |
| 27 | So she went with the architect and he was wanting to show us this kind of and we were like , were cold and were back to the hotel , we did n't even go into the house . |
| 28 | and , who work in Risley 's Effluent Plant Projects Office , were quick off the mark in the second race and were back in the boat house long before the second boat , crewed by and , had completed the required four laps . |
| 29 | Matt is competing in Germany in the European Cup and is up with the leaders … |
| 30 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |