Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd thrown her into a Jeep and driven her into the Heide , through the woods , to a large wooden building hidden in the trees . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've bought you a safety seat and fitted it in the back . ’ |
| 3 | Brian had not merely hated the cockerel but feared it since it had got through the fence and bitten him on the leg . |
| 4 | Wait until I 've shown you the fabulous coast of Jutland and taken you to the island of Fyn where I was born . |
| 5 | Anna picked up the saucepan into which she had been putting potatoes and transferred it to the stove . |
| 6 | The other car , the other De Dion we had , burst its radiator , but we are very resourceful ; we went and bought thirty foot of garden hose and connected it to the engine and sent the water round and round the car and that acted as a radiator , and we drove it for a week like that . |
| 7 | The artist calmly took a small mechanical device and positioned it against the side of her finger which wore a glittering pair of rings in emerald and diamond . |
| 8 | As the then district administrator put it , the district had scratched around for every spare penny over the years and sunk it into the hospital , and yet more and more resources were being demanded . |
| 9 | You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you . |
| 10 | Over a period of 22 years , the Caldwells have tamed a rough diamond and beaten it into the gem it is today . |
| 11 | Someone had put them in a box and thrown them into the canal . |
| 12 | Tuan Ti Fo stoppered the bottle and fixed it to the small hook on his belt , then straightened up . |
| 13 | So Alfred had laced his own brandy and taken it to the little hut which had youthful associations , there to kill himself in a manner that was almost ceremonial . |
| 14 | Alon also experimented with the basic design , building a 130 hp Franklin-engined version and a prototype Alon A–4 with a Lycoming O–320 160 hp motor , before selling the type certificate of the Aircoupe to Mooney Aircraft , whereupon Mooney changed it to a single-tail design and manufactured it as the M–10 Cadet , producing 61 at $9,295 each before shutting the line down for good in 1970 . |