Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy Jackson underlined what the NDO had said about using local press photographs and materials being ready before the event to ensure possible publication . |
| 2 | He and another left-hander , the more dashing 21-year-old Robert Samuels , provided Jamaica with the batting stability they have so often lacked and captain Courtney Walsh gave them the bowling penetration with a tournament record 36 wickets at 11.30 each that combined to regain the Cup for Jamaica from Barbados , their third success in the last five seasons . |
| 3 | Scarborough were disappointed that a deep frost on their ground — named , ironically , after frozen food manufacturers McCain denied them the chance to face Arsenal . |
| 4 | Sergeant Bramble allowed himself the luxury of a fleeting smile . |
| 5 | Sister Marcus gave us the report with her sleeves rolled up . |
| 6 | She was gon na kill me 'cos Sister Rosario gave her the ruler for pulling me plaits . |
| 7 | It received a new boost in 1990 when John Gribbin and Martin Rees published their The Stuff of the Universe , where it was asserted that the universe came into existence solely in order to create a carbon-based intelligent life-form on just one planet — Earth . |
| 8 | He paid his rent , and Mr Carnford gave him the name of an old servant to look after him . |
| 9 | When Sid Boyling gave us the light and waved us on , I read my brief prepared introduction and Mr Murray began : ‘ My friends , I speak to you from Melachusetuck , the old Indian name for Moose Jaw , and it is my pleasure to visit the studios of CHAB , your own community station , which your loyal support and encouragement over the years has made possible . |
| 10 | She ran her own stable , near Newbury , Berkshire , until Yorkshire businessman Fred Brown offered her the ride on his horses just over two years ago . |
| 11 | Just for a moment Merrill allowed herself the luxury of imagination . |
| 12 | Jo Spence gave us the courage to open our own family albums , to remember the past , to acknowledge both the pleasure and the pain , and to celebrate the sublime , scruffy , misunderstood mystery of growing up female . |
| 13 | And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign . |
| 14 | Through a haze of pain , Joseph Hyde wondered who the hell they were , British or Irish ? |
| 15 | Dot said , ‘ Mrs Hollidaye gave me the money for a cab . ’ |
| 16 | At a meeting , our ward councillor Mr I. Hartley informed us the reason for this decision was because it was not viable . |
| 17 | Mrs Bottomley told them the health service had to move with the times and some closures were inevitable . |
| 18 | SHAKEN Gripping stuff , but Roger Moore left it the stuntman in Octopussy |
| 19 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 20 | Daisy Yates showed me the postcard she had had from him that morning . |
| 21 | Derek Ferguson gave him the ball and the striker swung in a low cross which invited a diving header . |
| 22 | That trip back to Winston Street taught me the answer . |
| 23 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |
| 24 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 25 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 26 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 27 | St John gave them the letter to read , and then they all looked at each other , smiling rather tiredly . |
| 28 | In 1944 Adolf Hitler awarded him the cross of war merit , first class . |
| 29 | The author remembers seeing the internal correspondence on this matter in 1951 when J.M. Dunn showed me the file on the matter . |
| 30 | PC Bill Cotton gave her the kiss of life as soon as she was pulled on deck . |