Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 2 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 3 | Funnily enough , it was one of my nephews brought him the message — Josh 's eldest boy , Jimmy . |
| 4 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 5 | Her employers told her the work was too stressful for someone in her condition . |
| 6 | Our school was evacuated to Hadlow Down in Sussex , just about where the German bombers used to off-load their bombs to save themselves the trouble of having to go all the way to London . |
| 7 | These people now face annual medical inspection for the rest of their lives to assess what the radiation may have bequeathed to them in terms of a legacy of cancer or birth defects . |
| 8 | After a long descent the shaft widened a little , and the light of their torches showed them the interior of the mine , the southern end of the tunnellings . |
| 9 | Despite all her efforts to ignore it the sensation lingered on to torment her long after the contact had been broken . |
| 10 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 11 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 12 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 13 | When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen . |
| 14 | He became recognised as one of the most accomplished half-backs in the Division and his displays won him the approval of the fans on many grounds besides our own . |
| 15 | Our prizes give you the chance to be penny foolish for once . |