Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me it begins to be noticeable at the railway station where I get off the train each evening , and becomes gradually stronger , like a magnetic field , as I walk up the hill . |
| 2 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They wanted a dramatic ending where I kill off the central character and they also did n't like me making fun of the audience . |
| 4 | She knew nothing of the future other than that it was an inhospitable fog that no-one had any choice but to enter , but she was certain that there was a scene all laid-out and waiting for her where she brought in the name of the man — or woman — who 'd first talked to Chrissie and then run her down . |
| 5 | And where she blows up the lorry . |
| 6 | She was collecting glasses and plates from all over , slinging the contents in a vile bucket , and Philippa noticed that she was n't particularly careful where she stubbed out the cigarette that dropped a little trail of ash wherever she went . |
| 7 | This is the same as the main route until you come to the Great Moss area , but where you cross over the River Esk , continue to follow the river to its source at Esk Hause , where you rejoin the main route . |
| 8 | Or you went up the fire escape , which had fifty two steps , to go up . |
| 9 | You either hear this truth or you crawl along the ground looking for worms . |
| 10 | No , last week you probably would have got the little joining letter with map , but you probably talked to people in the branch who may have been there , or you talked to your manager , or you picked up the phone and said , how do I get here , you may have even got the map out if you were driving , to actually see what junction you came off the motorways and things like that . |
| 11 | Sperber and Wilson 's ( 1986 ) principle of relevance entitles the hearer to expect adequate contextual effects for the minimum necessary processing effort.5 This means that a speaker who is asked to say what , for example , was said in a lecture would not satisfy the principle of relevance if he or she read out the entire content word for word . |
| 12 | It is very easy for a Secretary to fail to capture the feeling of a meeting when he or she writes up the minutes . |
| 13 | The only memories are of the long walk down from Parkhead Cross where we get off the bus we 've taken along the Gallowgate from the centre of town . |
| 14 | Celebration room — the room ( or space ) in which the catechists and sacred experience take place : where we gather round the Word of God and receive his message through symbol and example . |
| 15 | The girls continued to sing , ‘ Wallflower waltz , where we sit around the walls … ’ |
| 16 | Where they roughed out the areas they could cover , and possible sources of material . |
| 17 | The stolen car was damaged as they made their getaway and the three men transferred to Wishart 's own car and drove to his mother 's home where they shared out the money in the attic . |
| 18 | Before you throw away the plastic strap which holds a four-pack of cans away , snip each ring the straps can end up in ponds and rivers , where they catch around the legs of waterfowl and wildlife , with potentially lethal consequences . |
| 19 | This circularity is apparent in the seminal article written by Goody and Watt where they lay down the reasons why they attribute such importance to literacy . |
| 20 | ‘ The tree in the forest , where he sealed up the dybbuk … ’ |
| 21 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 22 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 23 | But as he prepared to switch from the more austere environs of the Treasury , where he saw out the final 16 months of the last Tory Government , Mr Mellor spoke of the importance he and the Prime Minister attached to encouraging artistic excellence and preserving the national heritage . |
| 24 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 25 | no , not yet , I 've seen the beginning where he set up the and that |
| 26 | He pushed past Sharpe into the map room where he threw back the heavy wooden shutters to flood the tables with sunlight . |
| 27 | When he was at home he had begun living at the School , where he boarded up the broken windows and had the chimneys cleaned . |
| 28 | There was no roof and the rain that had fallen in the night left dark stripes where it trickled down the greasy surface of the cows ' rumps . |
| 29 | So it 's er just out this one , or it came out the end of er last year , December , January time . |
| 30 | Rain said : ‘ My conscience dictates that I drive down the Cap and interview Peter Leary . |