Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the German border we were helped by a German trucker who got us the required stamps . |
| 2 | One day Tom came to see me and poured out a story which told me the other side of his ambitious , over-achieving self . |
| 3 | The quartet carries an instrumental arsenal which gives it the necessary weight to produce the ominous , bass-heavy sounds that accompany Max Schreck 's marvellously decrepit , zombie-like portrayal of Count Dracula . |
| 4 | In 1861 Crookes made the discovery which brought him the necessary eminence ; he identified the new element thallium . |
| 5 | ‘ No wonder they call us the black Irish ! ’ |
| 6 | The project scientist who sent me the disappointed and sceptical account of all this said that there were shrieks from the store room , but not of success . |
| 7 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 8 | You add on that fifty percent or whatever it happens to be to the hundred percent which gives you the new figure . |
| 9 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 10 | Oh yeah , I love the , the mixed of border you call it the mixed of border no , yes ? |
| 11 | Why we was paying the bill actually we paid to Sunday us connect us the following Friday |
| 12 | He was everything that the Hildebrandine Church abhorred , but he had virtues which won him the warm friendship of Marbod , the talented bishop of Rennes , and of the greatest canonist of his day , Ivo of Chartres . |
| 13 | It comes to us from the age which gave us the Great Charter , and founded the House of Commons . |
| 14 | This is a combined account for borrowing and saving which gives you the automatic right to borrow money . |
| 15 | ‘ In the psychic realm it means that we are free to follow any set of images and symbols which give us the right mental feedback — and the State encourages us . |
| 16 | It was Nanny who told me the rotten news . |
| 17 | They listened to people who knew nothing about the game , to people who exploited them , people who taught them the wrong things . |
| 18 | The people who brought us the old-school Arkwright football shirts are now bringing us Subbuteo merchandise complete with the classic Subbuteo falcon logo . |
| 19 | Made by the Japanese firm of Saga ( the same people who brought us the Lowden-esque Trameleuc acoustics , plus reissues of Maccaferri gypsy jazz guitars and Regal wooden-bodied resophonics ) these new acoustics sell under the name of O.C. Smith and promise an interesting combination of European but strongly American-influenced design , together with Japanese efficiency and affordability . |
| 20 | Perhaps Richard had the best of it : at Queen Eleanor 's court he encountered troubadours and intellectuals who taught him the social graces . |
| 21 | Morality and religion open the door to oppression but in focusing so sharply on the woman 's role they make her the central symbol of the culture . |
| 22 | I paused before replying to her , because if you pause before replying to people it gives them the foolish idea that you 've actually listened to what they 've said , and I said of course darling . |
| 23 | A lonely childhood , a youthful longing for adventure , made it easy enough for Dick to lay aside his devotion to an almost legendary father and to dedicate himself to the service of a man who gave him the emotional security and incentive he had lacked for so long . |
| 24 | It is God as Spirit who brings us the intimate presence of God to us , enabling us to be friends of God . |
| 25 | It was De Gaulle who asked me the dumb question in the van-his condescension brought him down to what he imagined was my level . |
| 26 | North of Dunkery Beacon , for example , the well-preserved ringwork of Sweetworthy is next to the abandoned medieval farm site — and possibly the Saxon predecessor which gives us the -worth element in Sweetworthy . |
| 27 | Brian had his cholesterol test on er little bit of paper they give you with all the information it tells you the only oils you should use are erm olive oil and saffro saffrall |
| 28 | ‘ Those papers I gave you the other evening — ’ |
| 29 | The officer who handed us the unofficial communique was risking his neck by taking a public stance against racism amongst his colleagues . |
| 30 | Then , a bit later , I got your landlady who told me the bad news . |