• The headline caught my eye this morning.
• The idea still hasn't been laid to rest.
• The idea suggests itself.
• The increase in profit has reached double figures.
• The instant I saw her ...
• The irritating thing is that...
• The jig is up.
• The journey is scheduled to last 2 hours.
• The judges' decision is final.
• The laugh is always on the loser. prov.
• The lease was prematurely terminated.
• The leopard cannot change his spots.
• The letter doesn't indicate whether ...
• The library lends books.
• The line is busy .
• The line's gone dead.
• The longer the speech, the less thought.
• The luck has turned.
• The machine runs on AC.
• The main parts were well cast.
• The main problem is ...
• The matter has resolved itself.
• The matter has sorted itself out.
• The matter is under consideration.
• The meeting was turbulent.
• The merchant of Venice
• The mistake is mine.
• The money won't last.
• The moon is waning.
• The more danger, the more honor.
• The motion was defeated.
• The murder is out.
• The museum will be opened on schedule.
• The name is a guarantee of quality.
• The news is good.
• The news is important.
• The news made me jump.
• The news spread like wildfire.
• The noes have it.
• The novell is set in ...
• The numbers are dwindling.
• The only criticism I have ...
• The opportunity arises.
• The party is breaking up.
• The penny has dropped.
• The period runs.
• The picture has turned out well.
• The picture is crooked.
• The plan failed.
• The police are looking for any relevant information.
• The pot calling the kettle black. fig.
• The price is all-inclusive.
• The program will include several breaks.
• The project didn't get beyond the early stages.
• The proof of the pudding is in the eating. prov.
• The question came up.
• The question doesn't arise.
• The question has to be put differently.
• The question is whether this is true.
• The rain passed off.
• The rain was coming down in sheets.
• The responsibility lies with you.
• The results haven't come in yet.
• The road is under repair.
• The room faces north.
• The same old trick!
• The scheduling is a real problem.
• The sense escapes me.
• The shell of the house is complete.
• The ship is lying in the roads.
• The ship was on schedule.
• The show flopped.
• The show is over.
• The snow is more than a meter deep.
• The sooner the better.
• The speech lacked coherence.
• The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
• The station is after this house.
• The story goes ...
• The subject never came up.
• The subject of ... came up.
• The sun is low.
• The survey shows that ...
• The tide has turned.
• The time is not ripe .
• The tongue is sharper than any sword.
• The train doesn't run on Sundays.
• The train is already due.
• The train is scheduled at 11 o'clock
• The train leaves at 2.
• The train was on schedule.
• The train will be long in coming.
• The tree is known by its fruit.
• The trial is still pending.
• The trouble is that ...
• The twins are the spitting image of each other..
• The two are fond of eachother.
• The upshot was that ...
• The very idea!
• The washing is on the line.