Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same instant someone had leapt for the window . |
| 2 | There was also a quote from Forbes ; he praised the stand I had taken in the face of management victimisation and stressed my right to real work . |
| 3 | After a fruitless hour I decided to go on the stick . |
| 4 | M. Chaillot was by now unexpectedly by my side , opening a huge satin-covered box of chocolates of the cream-filled variety I had seen in the local shop . |
| 5 | And of course I had to go on the carpet about that , for laughing . |
| 6 | So the two of us went off to Peel and er anyway they paid us , they paid for our lunch and er and so that was alright and of course I had to go in the witness box , you see and swear on the bible , you know , the whole truth , nothing but the truth , you see . |
| 7 | I was paid by the dry weight and you can imagine how many bucketfuls I needed to scrape off the rocks to earn myself any return at all . |
| 8 | It turned out that her son was a great friend of the paraquat-wielding monk I had seen at the monastery farm near Roscrea . |
| 9 | The days following our visit to Johanna were full of frenetic busyness : Benjamin had to pack our belongings , I had to sell a cup ( I 'd stolen this from Wolsey ) and draw what money I had deposited with the goldsmiths . |
| 10 | ‘ But it was just a decision I had to make under the circumstances I was given . |
| 11 | I used my usual metal overflow piece , which I keep hidden in the dunes near the best dam-building site , and the piece de resistance was an aqueduct bottomed with an old black plastic rubbish-bag I 'd found in the driftwood . |
| 12 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 13 | I did my best to produce an attractive synopsis , embellishing it with some of the sketches I had made on the spot . |
| 14 | I was in lane 1 , which I found strange considering the positions and times I had achieved in the semi-final . |
| 15 | I wondered how comfortable he would be and what he would make of the covers I had borrowed from the farmer 's wife . |
| 16 | Far from ‘ letting me down ’ , the methods I had adopted from the Centre may well have been helping me . |
| 17 | I sang an obscene ditty I had learnt in the TA , Mike an African song in Matabele , and the Germans some carols . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Just move onto the next one then media trainer I started talking to the training school about doing some training for officers it started with C I D cos you often find that a D S is an acting D I and when we asked them to do an interview about a crime or incident they say we 've not done radio interviews before , so Phil has er supported it and we 're gon na run some sort of training scheme one day courses for them . |
| 20 | Before I go any further , I should tell you that the briefing I had received on the field was as follows : 1000 metres grass , obstructions at both ends , wind sock on the northerly edge . |
| 21 | My peg was on a gravel point , it looked perfect for the stick float but as I was fishing for a good weight I opted to start on the feeder . |
| 22 | I thought about all the books I had read in the past and remembered one in particular which I had enjoyed immensely . |
| 23 | But no child , So I got up and changed into my khaki drill and was just about to throw the water off the groundsheet that by this time had collected in the hole that I had prepared for my sleeping , to find that there was a black scorpion wallowing in the slight indentation I had made in the sand . |
| 24 | Whilst at college I became intrigued by the evidence that Indian art seemed to mean ancient Indian art , referring only to that era before imperialism . |
| 25 | Twin terrors combine in the instant with nightmare logic : feathers and cobwebs , cobwebs and feathers … and now … words … words burned into the blackness … white words , black words … seen , yet not seen … silent , yet heard … words I had read in the Book and forgotten but now knew again … word for word : |
| 26 | I 've imagined myself in situations like this , made up speeches in my head , speeches about truth and freedom and protection of sources , speeches I imagined delivering from the witness box just before the judge sentenced me to ninety days or six months or whatever for contempt of court , but I was kidding myself . |
| 27 | He gave me one , and I folded the cheque carefully into a spill and lit the cigarette with the flame I had obtained from the gas-fire . |
| 28 | I was not earning nearly enough for a piano , however modestly priced , but it would cost less than I could raise from one of the famille rose vases I had brought from the house in Park Terrace . |
| 29 | The side which had lain on the river bed was green and moss-grown and there was nothing about it except for its shape and its anomalous position in the water to show that it might have been used as a lethal weapon . |
| 30 | Ajayi smiled and nodded , perhaps at the man , perhaps at the thin , wavering line of squares which seemed to hang in the air over the small circular table . |