Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the head of the Commissioners , Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve , who was no man to be trifled with , arrived a few days after the Commissioners approved the expenditure , the butler Alexander showed him the restoration already complete . |
| 2 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 3 | Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around . |
| 4 | They might have fared more comfortably had they sailed a longer journey — from Kingsburgh up to Waternish point , a journey which would then have taken them directly down into Loch Dunvegan — although local people told me the weather here can come up very quickly , and perhaps Allan Macdonald 's boat was not adequately large . |
| 5 | Dianne told me the score so anyway you 're like a friend can go with you . |
| 6 | The narrow chink presented to her vision showed her the spot where the prince sat . |
| 7 | Then I came to Newgate Prison , where a drunk old man showed me the place where prisoners were hanged , and told me excitedly that four men would die there tomorrow . |
| 8 | Martin who was directing pop videos at the time showed me the video just after leaving college . |
| 9 | After posing for this snapshot , Arsenio gave him the brush off . |