Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 2 | She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses . |
| 3 | After saving up my hard-earned wages for the past four and a half years I managed to scrape the 1750 or so quid together and bought myself the most stunning quilted maple P.R.S. Custom you ever saw . |
| 4 | I thought it was Annie , and we 'd go home together and see Marie and they 'd both be proud of me and we could sit in front of the Christmas tree together and guess what the wrapped up presents were , and eat mince pies and all that . |
| 5 | Now you can , those are both the same sides so you 're gon na en add them together and give it the sign that is common to both . |
| 6 | In their previous league match two weeks ago , they had travelled to Leicester knowing that a win would all but give them the championship , but that day they slumped to a surprise 3–2 defeat . |
| 7 | But that meaning is not determinate enough to be able to adjudicate between rival translations , so as to make it the case that at most one is right ( though we may never be able to tell which ) . |
| 8 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 9 | ( a ) it enables them to demand standards of quality , and ranges of goods which fit into their market strategy , rather than accepting what the manufacturer might prefer , |
| 10 | She had felt she 'd die rather than give him the satisfaction , but now she 'd have to be clever , for by implication she had denigrated his power and his commitment to protect her . |
| 11 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , go away and get us the coffee , ’ said Milton . |
| 13 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 14 | The prowl-car boys handed me downstairs and gave me the hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car routine while they frisked me . |
| 15 | I 'm surprised I 've had so few reactions but its holiday time and I guess a lot of people have smiled anyway and remembered its the ‘ silly season ’ ! |
| 16 | She stopped in front of him , leaning forward confidentially and giving him the full benefit of the satin décolletage . |
| 17 | He nodded politely and showed me the palm of a gloved hand . |
| 18 | Richard Dorment of the Daily Telegraph said : ‘ What a pity a dealer did not take him aside and tell him the work he proposed to exhibit was unexhibitable … a visual boredom so total that no amount of metaphor or allusion can give it the kiss of life ’ . |
| 19 | When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story . |
| 20 | Will the Foreign Secretary go a bit further and say what the attitude is of the British Government ? |
| 21 | It will provide spacious accommodation for the journey home and spare you the expense of my fare . ’ |
| 22 | All the more important that you should choose wisely and know what the cost of any anticipated repairs will be . |
| 23 | Er and er you 'd say , well try and get on old sheet and wash it thoroughly and iron them the p cut it up and iron them with a hot iron . |
| 24 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 25 | So why do n't you put an end to it here and now and tell me the truth ? |
| 26 | Er , and if your Lordship is happy to do that then I can open it now and indicate what the case is about and invite you to take some time . |
| 27 | Indeed , one correspondent went as far as to call it the ‘ sexiest ’ although that must be debatable . |
| 28 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 29 | Well that tells you the voltage of the battery at that particular |
| 30 | I went back to Brigade headquarters that evening hoping that all would go well and wondering what the next problem was going to be . " |