Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day in 1916 my driver took me to the town of Loos in Belgium . |
| 2 | My mum was only a little cross with me. then — mystery and more mystery — my mum took me with the fireman in his car to his house . |
| 3 | One day my mum sat me on the bed and started talking to me . |
| 4 | My mum washed mine at the weekend and they 're in a pile on my floor and I have n't been arsed so I 'm just sleeping on the mattress with the bare duvet . |
| 5 | Not today , however , and now my route took me off the road by a stile and up over the hill by an old quarry track . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's the tail rotors that do the damage — and I 'd hate to spend my afternoon scraping you off the roof . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ My agent told you about the remuneration ? ’ |
| 9 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 10 | ‘ It — hmm — never was my intention to take you on the couch in my drawing-room , ’ he commented gruffly , purposely putting some daylight between them . |
| 11 | I felt strange , almost disembodied , but my feet carried me to the green door and I pushed it open . |
| 12 | At the end of the afternoon 's events the Head makes an emotional speech praising my athleticism , my versatility , my stamina and my humility as he kneels at my feet to present me with the ‘ School 's Outstanding Sportsperson of the Decade ’ award . |
| 13 | In this respect my work differentiates itself from the work of the Minimalists . |
| 14 | I spoke to him like a mother but he was determined to put an end to her life , so on 11 January 1987 , when Paulette was leaving the home of her friends on the way to her own home , [ the defendant ] stopped her and shot her and then placed a call to my home to inform me of the murder . |
| 15 | My senses took me through the bars that confined me . |
| 16 | I used to wear jeans and jackets and shirts but my parents burned them on the same day my dad beat me up , and after that I had to wear saris . |
| 17 | And er I never remember er my parents painting anything in the house at all . |
| 18 | My parents accused me of the murder of my brother . |
| 19 | I was very glad that my acquaintances escorted me to the Metro , with instructions to change at Dentfert-Rochereau for the Cité Universitaire , where I had managed to book a room in the Pavillon Franco-Britannique . |
| 20 | ‘ At Marriage Guidance , ’ went on Henry , ‘ I did n't feel able to discuss my need to tie you to the bed and whip you with my pyjama cord . |
| 21 | Had my Pop passed me in the street , he would n't have recognised me . |
| 22 | My lead takes me to the Butcher Building . |
| 23 | I think my husband told you on the phone that buying the house over here was my idea . |
| 24 | My husband kicked it in the chest and it flew off but returned shgortly after and attacked the smallest of the dogs pinning it against a stile |
| 25 | it was , it was actually there was a programme on television and my husband took me to the doctor and he said he felt I 'd been on it too long , I 'd been on it about six months and when I come off it , I come off it pretty quick and I ended up erm I did n't know what was wrong with me and it ended up I 've now got epilepsy , and they did n't know if it was caused through erm I took a stroke about three four month after that and then I got the epilepsy as well , so they do n't know if that me coming off it |
| 26 | Right well here are the phone calls , you 'll be interested in these , er Ann from Birmingham says , my husband pays nothing but the Child Support Agency did n't want to know . |
| 27 | 'Cos he took them boots and it was my job to take them to the big house for the gentleman . ’ |
| 28 | It was my job to bury her in the church . |
| 29 | My studies lead me to the conclusion that the Biro , as with many other forms of ‘ inanimate object ’ , hates its role in life . |
| 30 | I found counting breaths in my head helped me through the pain — the intensity of which is a memory . |