Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Parquet had existed , he thought , since at least 1883 when a reforming Minister of Justice had unearthed in his office some Arabic translations of parts of the French Code Napoleon and promulgated them as the new Egyptian legal system .
2 She pulled out her warrant card and slapped it on the desk then marched out of the office , slamming the door behind her .
3 Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man .
4 Rosie had bitten him twice in the past ; once when she managed to free herself by chewing through her tethering-rope , and once when she leaped through the window of Buddie 's jeep and chased him into the pig-yard .
5 In sudden fury Leonora caught hold of his legs and swung them to the floor .
6 He stretched out his long legs and crossed them at the ankles .
7 The young man and the girl did not see him coming and he caught them both around their legs and knocked them onto the floor .
8 Then suddenly he thrust his head between his owner 's legs and hoisted him into the trough with a resounding splash !
9 After going to his parents ' home at about 5am , Abram , who had earlier been out drinking in the nearby Valkaries pub , washed his blood stained trainers and dried them in the microwave oven , it was claimed .
10 The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place .
11 But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek .
12 He had a hammer and banged it against the walls to restore order but nobody took any notice of him .
13 Turning her back , she weighed the hammer and smashed it into the centre of the clay skull at her feet .
14 He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest .
15 He went to the lavatory , lifted a large tin bath off its wall hook , took it into the bedroom and placed it on the floor .
16 The retiring president , Mrs Beryl Abbott , welcomed Mrs Archer as the new president and presented her with the badge of office .
17 ‘ So , ’ he was saying to the Prince 's chauffeur as Owen arrived , ‘ you picked the two girls up from the salon and took them to the river at Beni Suef ? ’
18 She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind .
19 Selkirk stood , looked down at Corbett and patted him on the head .
20 Benjamin drew three gold coins from his purse and placed them in the centre of the table .
21 There was a rustle beside her as Gladys removed a shapeless cardigan and hung it over the back of the adjoining chair .
22 I struck out feebly in self-defence and hit him across the chest , which increased his rage .
23 Having said that , he self-consciously dropped his gaze from her disappointed eyes and turned it to the multi-patterned carpet .
24 The devil-man opened his eyes and shielded them against the brightness of the sky .
25 Sinatra also held the rights to the movie and withdrew it from the public domain shortly after release because it closely shadowed the Kennedy assassination .
26 And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness .
27 On Dec. 4 Kaunda dismissed his Defence Minister , Lt. Gen. Hannaniah Lungu and replaced him with the former Deputy Defence Minister , Dodson Siatalimi .
28 Once they took one away from the woodpile and hid it in the stable and the mother searched everywhere , growing more and more distressed .
29 Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist .
30 Jessica turned in her seat and touched her on the arm .
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