Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the room was suddenly bathed in light and Nancy Leadbetter , who had pressed all the switches by the door , was among them and telling them to go out to the barbecue because that was where the fun was about to begin . |
| 2 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 3 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 4 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 5 | But if Liverpool are playing in a big match , we let them stay up until the end . |
| 6 | Last week , the hon. Gentleman was trying to be a lawyer and attempting to make me read out on the floor of the House a document that he wanted me to table . |
| 7 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 8 | Walking with his gauche , bouncy tread , his shoulders hunched , Nicola 's husband led Blanche and Dexter down the steps into the kitchen and gestured for them to sit down round the kitchen table . |
| 9 | You 're preparing me to go out into the street , but I still have to go back to the system first . |
| 10 | We had a grand doctor from London once , who told me to go out in the fresh air and try to get well . |
| 11 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 12 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
| 13 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
| 14 | ‘ Does Faye … or Dr Greene … want me to go in to the hospital ? ’ |
| 15 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 16 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 17 | You were n't supposed to turn the radio off , but I used to so they could n't hear me singing along with the tape . |
| 18 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
| 19 | Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered . |
| 20 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 21 | In preparation for the ceremony of toppling , a huge power pylon containing the loaves to allow them to fall out into the water , the group made an application to be granted an exemption from the law prohibiting the dumping of waste at sea . |
| 22 | In Philip Burton 's version , from then on , all was sweetness ; Richard occasionally went back to the house of Cis and Elfed ( on Sunday mornings ) and the two of them got on with the transformation of the street boy into the stage man . |
| 23 | More of them got in on the industrial act — Sri Lanka was the latest brave new industrializing country , while India finally took off as a major supplier of iron and steel on the global stage . |
| 24 | But today there was the picnic , and who could tell what would happen once the four of them got in amongst the pine coverts of Ham Park . |
| 25 | Both of them got out on the restaurant floor , but Pavel carried on down to the entrance lobby . |
| 26 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 27 | Maisie pushed Robert towards the stairs , and the two of them moved down towards the crowded entrance hall . |
| 28 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 29 | He waited for them to pass through into the central chamber . |
| 30 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |