Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 2 | When Anthony arrived spent and ill-looking from the hospital later that evening , Julia handed him the thin yellow sheet and was relieved to see a lightening in his dark grey eyes and a faint smile on his thin lips . |
| 3 | Beneath the shirt , the mirror showed her the small fine flowers of her delicate bra could be seen . |
| 4 | Her population , geographical position , army and industrial strength made her the leading continental nation . |
| 5 | The band 's aggregate scores gave them the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association championship for their grade . |
| 6 | MAURICE Core 's battering-ram right hand won him the vacant British light-heavyweight title at Manchester 's New Century Hall last night . |
| 7 | The Russians denied him the decisive pitched battle on which he had counted . |
| 8 | She fumbled for a handkerchief without success — and Elizabeth Mowbray handed her the capacious lace-edged one she wore for decoration at her girdle . |
| 9 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |