Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other people 's houses always intrigued her by the contrast they offered to Greystones ; she would see suddenly — with detached interest and quite without envy or criticism — the extent to which other people 's preoccupations differed from her own . |
| 2 | Laidlaw filled the cup with hot water then placed it on the table in front of her . |
| 3 | Had Jamie not warned her from the beginning that he was dangerous , and that he wanted Swift Investments to further his massive ambitions , she would have responded to his sex appeal , his hard good looks , his cool , clever wit . |
| 4 | The American critics quickly despatched it to the second-string scrapheap , but young cinema fans were n't put off . |
| 5 | One of my boyfriends once described you as the Rossetti maiden . ’ |