Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A passenger sitting next to me flung a coin into the river with great enthusiasm . |
| 2 | If we look at the Church we find the numbers of monks and secular clergy growing , especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; we also find that more and more of them lived a life of celibacy after the papal reform . |
| 3 | In front of them rode the moon , silver-skirted , in a flurry of dark-blue clouds . |
| 4 | One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically . |
| 5 | One of them became a cardinal , and , in 1130 , pope — or , as he came to be reckoned , an anti-pope . |
| 6 | Carvajal was survived by a wife and two sons : one of them became a broker on the exchange , but neither of them seems to have married . |
| 7 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 8 | Children were prohibited from smoking in the streets and the sale of tobacco to them became an offence . |
| 9 | At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white . |
| 10 | But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common . |
| 11 | ‘ Managers were proud to lead their staff into dispute and out into the streets over the years ; unfortunately , very many of them became the pit bull terriers of 1992 ’ . |
| 12 | Elizabeth 's customers were disappointed to read her notice , but although several of them asked the reason , she merely smiled and was noncommittal . |
| 13 | Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did . |
| 14 | But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’ |
| 15 | None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter . |
| 16 | Me got a make a |
| 17 | ah me got a |
| 18 | Despite the weather , however , 17 of them braved the elements to play the one round Stableford competition . |
| 19 | Although the spinal patients had no specific rectal sensation during rectal distension , almost half of them experienced a dull pelvic sensation at maximum distension . |
| 20 | As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment . |
| 21 | It was perhaps ironic too , that six more sections were cut at Great Casterton , and none of them produced a scrap of pottery from the rampart later than the early second century . |
| 22 | Some of them argued the merits of various French cars . |
| 23 | Across in front of them cruised a long black Cadillac bearing the fluttering pennant of the Stars and Stripes . |
| 24 | Behind them hulked the great mass of Shunner Fell below the flanks of which the Butter Tubs Pass wormed its way over into Wensleydale . |
| 25 | On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian . |
| 26 | I behaved with the arrogance of a lady , and when one of them got a little — fresh ? — I pretended to be insulted and amazed that he could compromise his uniform and position that way . |
| 27 | New theories about education challenged women 's intellectual credentials since most of them lacked a knowledge of the classics . |
| 28 | Only a few were dressed in European suits , but each of them cultivated a wispy goatee , the mark of the Annamite man of consequence . |
| 29 | A lot of them concerned the Arsenal team and what I thought about them . ’ |
| 30 | Only one of them concerned the business at Godstowe . |