Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the finest of these were on the walls of Puang Sangalla 's house , where Ranteallo took us the following morning to meet his dead father , and barely alive eighty-seven-year-old mother . |
| 2 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 3 | And although Hill-Wood assures them the cash is there , he insists there will be no panic buying . |
| 4 | Josh erm if Chuck gives me the money before like Jed does , yeah , do you mind if I sell the ticket to him cos I 've sold one to Ian ? |
| 5 | Southampton 2 , Manchester City 1 City ripe for Kendall salvation if Swales gives him the time . |
| 6 | Cos Dr offered me the the other day , a nurse to do my leg . |
| 7 | and she er she said what and she said oh well I do n't think I 'll phone Graham but if Maxine shows him the paper , she said I reckon he 'll phone them because er , it did say , I think in the paper that the , that she said they 're letting everybody know |
| 8 | I do n't know if Fenella knew what the Kraken was , but she knew who I meant . |
| 9 | If problems exist which the client sees as significant the probability is that he will welcome the opportunity to discuss them — provided the questioner is confident and has rapport . |
| 10 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 11 | ‘ We had found nothing until Oscar showed us the way . ’ |
| 12 | Tobie spared a thought for Cairo , and Mamelukes , and Tzani-bey , and wondered if Nicholas knew what the emir was doing in the Mameluke camp outside Famagusta . |
| 13 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 14 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |
| 15 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
| 16 | The best preserved of all , beautiful and often illustrated , shows Herakles supporting the sky while Atlas brings him the golden apples and Athena prepares to help them exchange roles.93 This comes from the east end and conforms strictly to pattern : figures ranged against the flat ground , in simple postures , frontal or profile . |
| 17 | He listened while Gabriel told him the day 's events . |
| 18 | She rocked him gently while Bridhe told her the story , and she felt a confusion buzzing in her head . |
| 19 | It 's not always easy to compare like with like , as some makers give pto power at rated ( =maximum governed ) engine rpm while others give it the revs equivalent to unc shaft speed(s) . |
| 20 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 21 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 22 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 23 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 24 | An interesting insight into the kind of restructuring which had occurred in memory when subjects discovered what the theme of the passage was in Thorndyke 's experiment comes from recall in the narrative after-theme condition . |
| 25 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 26 | This figure was painted in the same syrupy pastel shades as the rest of the crucifix , but when Zen tapped it the head resounded not with the dull thud of plaster but with a light metallic ring |
| 27 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 28 | It is better still when parents set them the right example by not smoking themselves . |
| 29 | The passage was not some ghastly simile of war or territorial domination ( though heaven knows what the Iranians would have made of it ) , but just a pictorial explanation of the passage North said he read them next , from the third chapter of Galatians : ‘ Know ye therefore that they which are of faith , the same are the children of Abraham . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't see what difference it makes , people 's ages , ’ he said when Carrie told him the girls in her class thought this odd . |