Example sentences of "the [adj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I almost owe it to the reborn me not to take that kind of shit from any man again . |
| 2 | ‘ Since the semi-final everything just revolves round football , ’ says Francie , ‘ And when we were asked to write a couple of songs to mark Derry 's feat in reaching the final , we were only too happy to oblige . ’ |
| 3 | The Company did very well despite this attitude to its imports ; in the 1660s it made a number of loans to the government , amounting altogether to £130,000 , and in the 1680s it regularly paid 10,000 guineas a year , which came to about 1 per cent of the King 's total revenue . |
| 4 | Nowadays most of that set had moved on one way or another , though the odd one still dropped in occasionally . |
| 5 | That 's got ta be the the used one though innnit ? |
| 6 | The guilty one quickly slumped to the ground and her body jerked in all directions . |
| 7 | Having broken the ice , the shy one then feels more confident to contribute on his own later . |
| 8 | The development of commercial airlines had an immense impact on travel and in the thirties they really began to take off . |
| 9 | Yet when the rich who largely live off the proceeds of other people 's labour are marginally threatened we are supposed to feel concern at the loss of ‘ incentive ’ this might entail . |
| 10 | She told herself to clear all thought of their bankruptcy from her mind , to think like the rich he still believed them to be . |
| 11 | The exchanges in turn affect labour-market behaviour , opinion formation , collective action and the level of informal ‘ community ’ support for the unemployed which together constitute the local social response to high levels of unemployment . |
| 12 | Its share of votes in social groups AB rose from 14 to 20 per cent on 1987 ; among the unemployed it actually did worse . |
| 13 | Certainly it was the British who now ruled the land but they ruled it not as owners or conquerors , but as trustees for the League of Nations . |
| 14 | From deserters von Kneussl 's intelligence officers gained very precise information on the passages through the enemy wire ; even the French themselves afterwards claimed that ‘ doubtful elements ’ had entered into parleys with the Germans , and actually shown them the way . |
| 15 | Today it is only the old who regularly die , so only the old who have to deal with the universality of death . |
| 16 | A kind and intelligent psychiatrist ( one of the few we ever saw outside the hospital ) came to talk to us about schizophrenia — the most feared mental illness of all . |
| 17 | Although he was active in the local government of Warwickshire , Worcestershire , and , more briefly , Buckinghamshire , Throckmorton 's chief claim to fame is as one of the few who openly attacked Henry VIII over the divorce of Catherine of Aragon [ q.v . ] . |
| 18 | Yanaihara Tadao was one of the few who courageously advocated home rule for Korea and even , if necessary , independence . |
| 19 | I give way to the hon. Gentleman , who is an endangered species on the Opposition Benches as he is one of the few who still speak their mind . |
| 20 | One of you dies , the remaining one still owns all the property cos he or she always has done so and therefore it belongs to that person . |
| 21 | The six who originally slept about 8 hours did not immediately return to their baseline level , and continued to sleep less than they had before , and even a year later they were sleeping 1 to 1.5 hours less than when they started . |
| 22 | Obtaining a place at a university for one 's daughter is a service and is so despite the accused herself not obtaining the service for herself . |
| 23 | The 1969–73 Normangate Field excavations revealed three circular structures , the central one heavily robbed . |
| 24 | There is only one tower ( recently restored ) at the southwest corner ; the façade is arcaded and has three doorways , the central one finely sculptured . |
| 25 | In recent years serious damage to the historic interiors of pubs has resulted from the creation of the open-plan which now seem to be pubs ' standard internal layout . |
| 26 | Both signals were sent to the Pentagon , the second one also going to the White House . |
| 27 | Despite all the hi-tech it really had been my birth — and and of course . |
| 28 | Since the first of January this year safety representatives have been given legal rights to be con consulted and I quote in good time regarding the following one any measure which substantially affects the health and safety of employees two the arrangements for appointing specialist staff three any health and safety information circulated to employees four the planning and organization of any health and safety training and five , the introduction of new technologies . |
| 29 | Out of the thirteen which still had a formal Railfreight allocation in 1989 , many had become specialised bases for traction belonging to a particular sub-sector . |
| 30 | When in the aftermath of Alexander the Great the Romans greatly increased the flow of trade between India and the Mediterranean they notably enlarged the range of precious substances . |