Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had offered the car to Hubert for the summer on condition that everyone promised never to stand on the running boards , because they were threatening to fall off . |
| 2 | I became slightly unnerved by the frequent reassurances I was given by fundholders that they would n't do anything to ‘ upset the applecart ’ or disadvantage their colleagues ' patients . |
| 3 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 4 | As I began to serve more regularly I became more accepted amongst the older stalwarts of the service , my naval experience and general seamanship picked up on fishing craft and yachts standing me in good stead . |
| 5 | There I became horribly fascinated by the place , the ‘ sick child ’ of Germany , with its decay , its division , its degradation . |
| 6 | This may have brought comfort to some but statistically it was as risky as playing Russian roulette , and I laid off smoking for the next seven years . |
| 7 | It 's always dark in morning in winter — it used to be dark when I got up to go to the building site . |
| 8 | Some time later I got up to go to the loo . |
| 9 | Passenger John Keane , of Newmarket , Co Cork , said : ‘ I got up to go to the toilet at 6 o'clock and noticed this very strong , striking smell . |
| 10 | Anyway , at about half past two , I got up to go to the loo and my waters broke — just a trickle , but I knew what it was . |
| 11 | I got up to go to the toilet but they er must have been too quick for me , . |
| 12 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 13 | I got so committed to the story down there , and I 've got so many friends among the Muslims , Serbs , Croats , peacekeepers and peacemakers that it would be very hard to let it go . |
| 14 | HIS betrothed vilely poisoned by the Duke , his father dead of discontent while in the same nobleman 's employment , his virtuous sister threatened with seduction by the same man 's son — 't is little wonder Vindice feels a trifle miffed . |
| 15 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |
| 16 | And when they gave over I ventured back to see from the hillside , where there was some cover . |
| 17 | I stopped momentarily to look at the old ‘ cenotaph ’ or what remained of it . |
| 18 | God , I was nearly in an accident last night , that reminds me , coming , I 'd just turned off the Wrexham road , er going along the Paisword one |
| 19 | As a student , with everybody into punk in a big way , I 'd regularly paid over the odds for Chuck Mangione imports . |
| 20 | I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried . |
| 21 | I held up the intact bottle of rice wine I 'd finally recovered from the depths of my parka . |
| 22 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 23 | Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 'm certainly wishing I 'd never heard of the wretched letters , that 's for sure ! ’ she exclaimed , recovering her spirit . |
| 25 | I think a lot of it was to do with the fact that I 'd never driven in the dark before . |
| 26 | I 'd better start at the beginning , and it 's a long story . ’ |
| 27 | And I got up and I was gon na tie her up like but and by gosh I thought I 'd better make for the door again . |
| 28 | I saw the doctor who said I 'd better go on the hospital wing , which seemed ludicrous simply because I needed to use eye drops and an asthma inhalant and asthma pills . |
| 29 | Anyway , I suppose I 'd better go to the surgery , if I must see him . ’ |
| 30 | tablets are finished , I 'd better go to the doc |