Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I can colour my hair to fill in the gap . |
| 2 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 3 | ‘ I used my shirt to put out the flames . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 5 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 6 | I could smell the citronella that I put on my skin to ward off the mosquitoes and feel the breeze beginning to rise from the river . |
| 7 | The phantom of the opera is here inside my mind pull back the curtains |
| 8 | ‘ They were old and shredded but it crossed my mind to get out the glue stick . ’ |
| 9 | My boss put down the Record , rose and stretched expansively . |
| 10 | ‘ But my daddy babbled out the truth . ’ |
| 11 | My eye skips down the page . |
| 12 | In fact my gynaecologist looked up the other day and said , ‘ Dame Edna , when will you stop giving ? ’ |
| 13 | Then one time when I put my hand in my sleeve to bring out the compass , it was n't there . |
| 14 | I 'd sit up in my room bashing out the blues like I was Blind Lemon Matlock . |
| 15 | My husband gets out the car |
| 16 | It 's my job to weed out the black sheep really , it 's pretty straight forward . |
| 17 | I let my back slide down the pillar until I was virtually squatting on the floor . |
| 18 | My wife went down the fellside to a cottage and the lady kindly called 999 for help . |
| 19 | I ran upstairs , pausing by the back stairwell window to watch my father disappear round the dune before the bridge , ran up the stairs , got to the door to the study and twisted the handle briskly . |
| 20 | ‘ My father , Leslie , was his agent and I remember my father screaming down the phone at Joseph , usually about money ! |
| 21 | My father picked up the Book of Remembering . |
| 22 | My father turned up the ring on the cooker under the soup-pan , looking beneath the lid into the warming mixture and then turning back to look at me . |
| 23 | My aunt looked up the records and told me about her . |
| 24 | I thought I was about to faint , and could pay no attention as my companion pointed out the Clervals , a wealthy merchant family , of whom Henry Clerval was a close friend of Victor 's ; Duvillard , a rich banker , and his new wife ; Louis Manoir ; and many other local notables . |
| 25 | My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . |
| 26 | The level of opposition that existed when my predecessor brought in the contract will be shown by history to have been wildly overstated . |
| 27 | PAMELA : As it is your will and you have determined , it is my duty to yield up the point . |
| 28 | I helped my dad clear up the house — he 's very good at that . |
| 29 | When my date comes back the credits are rolling on the first film . |
| 30 | I closed my eyes and grasped the legs as my master picked up the corpse by the shoulders . |