Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel stopped her pacing about the room and looked at de Raimes in surprise . |
| 2 | Jack 's Irish blood made him sympathize with the Levellers — the Irish have never forgiven Cromwell for the Drogheda massacre , you know . |
| 3 | Corbett met him coming up the stairs . |
| 4 | Dušan 's ambition led him to aspire to the throne of Byzantium . |
| 5 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 6 | She was seen by neighbours as she made her way along Athelstane Road towards her home , minutes before passers-by found her lying on the pavement . |
| 7 | he continued to teach at Chelsea School of Art , and has also taught at the Royal Academy Schools since 1975 when Peter Greenham invited him to teach in the Life Room . |
| 8 | Good manners forbade you to riffle through the pile , lift the layers until you found one you liked the look of . |
| 9 | His blue eyes implored her to take off the gag . |
| 10 | The vicious front snap-kick caught him caught him just above his right hip , instead of square in the groin , but its force knocked him spinning to the ground . |
| 11 | Hari heard him beating at the bushes with his truncheon and then he opened the door to the workshop . |
| 12 | Lucy watched them going down the lane . |
| 13 | New regulations for setting up political parties required them to register with the government for a year , have at least five elected office holders , and own property of more than 10,000,000 New Taiwan dollars . |
| 14 | Corbett watched her disappear into the mist . |
| 15 | Presumably some of those who were still loyal to Richard kept him informed of the deteriorating political situation , and of the contacts between his brothers and the rebels . |
| 16 | Shook newspaper off and the wind sent it whirling into the railings of the park . |
| 17 | I recoiled so much I thought I was going to topple backwards but the cable round my legs kept me anchored to the beer keg . |
| 18 | A child in a doorway saw me coming through the olives and called , and then the entire population of the tiny hamlet appeared — four women and half a dozen children , unmistakably islanders . |
| 19 | What sort of plough did you use for the competition ? |
| 20 | Erm David did you check with the town hall about |
| 21 | Mr Notice , 32 , of Welling , Kent , undefeated before detached retinas forced him to retire from the ring , appeared before a special magistrates ' court in Reigate , Surrey . |
| 22 | Two men were seen running from the area , and one witness said they looked like the two accused . |
| 23 | My brother-in-law said he read in the paper that erm over a year sort of the amount of oil tipped on our land and down drains which should n't be there is almost like equivalent to the disaster at Exxon Valdez . |
| 24 | In 1919 , a stroke left him paralysed down the left side , confused , unable to read or dictate , and staring vacantly into space . |
| 25 | Even though their losses forced them to merge before the end of the year , the assumptions on which TV had been organized could never be quite the same again . |
| 26 | PALACEGATE EPISODE ended her racing for the season on a winning note yesterday . |
| 27 | Ann suggested we get under the table and I was n't about to argue but the table was too small so we crawled on hands and knees to hide under a larger table . |
| 28 | Our debate on this intended insult by the French was summarily ended : a wand-bearing chamberlain told us to assemble in the great hall below for the rare privilege of an audience with His Most Christian Majesty . |
| 29 | As the truck filled we leant over the side and talked about our trips . |
| 30 | Akehurst 's passion for the subject of international law led him to embark on the writing of what became a standard student textbook , A Modern Introduction to International Law . |