Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was running short of petrol and that route offered him the chance to capture replenishments along the way . |
| 2 | I took Sir Ralph to the top of the stairs into the North Bastion tower but the passageway was so narrow Colebrooke helped him the rest of the way . ’ |
| 3 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 4 | It was a warm , sunny june day in Fontanellato and I was riding out into the country on my bicycle when another cyclist gave me the news . |
| 5 | The voluntary hospital , the Infirmary , was specifically designed to care for the sick , and its relative freedom from the constraints associated with spending public money gave it the advantage over the sick wards at the workhouse . |
| 6 | Haslam believes this experience taught him the need to recognise that many products follow a predictable life cycle . |
| 7 | This description gave me the idea of a soldier slipping silently through the jungle . |
| 8 | This business gave him the time and money to pursue his hobby of microscopy to a highly professional level . |
| 9 | Gerard Fusil , a French radio journalist , suffers the same insatiable affliction as Francoise , along with hundreds of other amateurs who want to cheat death with a dramatic natural backdrop , but his connections within the French media gave him the chance to create an annual event to satisfy even the most daredevil adventurer . |
| 10 | In spite of the strangeness of Eliot 's behaviour , however , few people begrudged him the happiness which in personal relations he had never experienced before : " He obviously needed to have a happy marriage , " Valerie Eliot said on a later occasion , " He could n't die until he had had it " . |
| 11 | ‘ The experience we gained through High Island gave us the confidence to know we could successfully work with Tatham , ’ Broussard says . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | One such moment was Thursday night , when a mini-cab firm quoted me the price of a fare home , and the driver ( after taking a circuitous route around London ) tried to charge me well over the odds . |
| 14 | The cast were mainly non-professionals and I think what 's exciting is their contribution to this film made it the success it is . |
| 15 | Some Ministers told him the switch should be to income tax ; others , including Kenneth Baker , the home secretary , suggested VAT . |
| 16 | I ca n't remember what was on , it was a plain , well , we , we had er french windows with a balcony , it was an upstairs maisonette and the wall that end was orange and my father-in- law made us the cocktail bar , do you remember that cocktail bar |
| 17 | Thus encouraged , the Serbs continued their expansion into Croatia , where the EEC 's refusal to recognise Croatian independence gave them the status of a legitimate federal army . |
| 18 | His quaint commentaries made him the voice of the modern game , providing stark contrast to the loud-mouthed antics of some superbrat players . |
| 19 | Furthermore , classical languages and literatures appeared to be insulated from any possibilities of social , historical , or cultural revaluation , since their very distance from contemporary culture gave them the appearance of unified , organic , and completed totalities . |
| 20 | Then its sluggish nervous system brought it the message that it was dead . |
| 21 | At the same time Diana 's healthy lifestyle of regular exercise , little alcohol and early nights gave her the energy to carry on with her royal duties . |
| 22 | ‘ All three judges gave me the decision and having watched the video , I reckon I lost only two rounds — the fourth and the tenth . ’ |
| 23 | This unusual relationship gave us the joy of knowing her very well . |
| 24 | Indeed , the DLP 's control of two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly gave it the option of amending the Constitution of the Sixth Republic from a presidential to a Cabinet-based system . |
| 25 | RONALD REAGAN 'S ability to escape blame for his frequent lapses from even basic competence earned him the nickname ‘ the Teflon President ’ . |
| 26 | Between them , my new-found friends told me the story . |
| 27 | W. G. Collingwood describes one of these men Balthazar Puchberger , ( altered in course of time to Puthparker ) whose shaggy or tousled head earned him the nickname of Towsie . |
| 28 | William Rees-Davies : Jan 8 , aged 75 : An MP whose habit of sweeping through the Commons corridors in a black cloak earned him the nickname Dracula . |
| 29 | He wore no tie , but the effect of his neat sleeked-back hair and thick-framed spectacles gave him the look of a rather stern and learned professor . |
| 30 | Their flickering light showed her the way down the hall to where she placed another candle in an alcove and then , with matches in hand , she walked towards the living-room . |