Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I asked the right hon. Gentleman — and what he has still not answered — is , would the Government veto a treaty with the word ’ federal ’ in it ? |
| 2 | I asked the right hon. Gentleman to appeal to the Roman Catholic Church to excommunicate the terrorists — the evil gang of murderers , and their supporters and helpers . |
| 3 | Over the first course I made the usual polite inquiries about Sally 's new job and asked her what she had been up to for the last half-dozen years or so . |
| 4 | I presumed the countless minor mishaps to be part of any climber 's learning process . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you know , ’ I asked a market trader as I met the fine working people of Motherwell over the weekend , ‘ that this country 's public sector borrowing requirement expressed as a percentage of Gross National Product is running at a completely unacceptable level ? ’ |
| 6 | I met the Venerable Bimal Bhikku in the Friends ' Meeting House in Swindon , England , on a grey afternoon . |
| 7 | I made him take me on a bit farther at the risk of him thinking I lacked the right sexual tactics . |
| 8 | We went down into the station shelter and I experienced the familiar claustrophobic sensation of waiting for something to happen . |
| 9 | I bounced the bonny bicephalous back to Rex . |
| 10 | Someone mentioned the Golden Olden days of Bradford & Co . |
| 11 | It 's certainly a narrow aréte , but I found the tiny loose stones of Am Bodach 's unstable path far more disquieting than this ridge , with its well-worn , solid path snaking comfortingly across to the last top between us and our goal of Sgurr a' Mhaim . |
| 12 | To an extent , I found the other longer animations of Volume 3 ‘ Asparagus ’ and ‘ The Brooch & the Sinful Clasp ’ also lacking in narrative thread . |
| 13 | All I know is that when I went out this morning I found the poor little thing , run over . |
| 14 | I found the odd Victorian sixpence , some scrap and pieces of shrapnel but nothing substantial or of any age apart from these bits . |
| 15 | Sometimes I found the odd social worker somewhat racist or maybe so ignorant that he appeared racist . |
| 16 | Seeking escape routes I found the only other Customs Waterguard Station , seemingly more unpopular than Heathrow , available at that time was Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides and when I rang HQ one day to see if it was still open . |
| 17 | I noticed that even the adults showed no ill effects at all when I moved the odd battered brother or post-spawning female to recoup in a low pH growing-on tank . |
| 18 | An anecdote told by a scientist well summarizes this element of randomness : " When I visited the European Medium Range Weather Forecasting Centre they told me , " We can predict the weather accurately provided it does n't do anything unexpected " " ( Stewart 1989 : 131 ) . |
| 19 | I VISITED the top secret Battle of the Atlantic command centre in Rumford Street and was very impressed , but I feel it would be even more interesting if they had dummy figures dressed in naval and wrens ' uniforms and placed in their respective positions . |
| 20 | With all my might I stamped at its head , but missed it by a couple of inches ; again I stamped with the same extraordinary result ; but with the third stamp I caught the poor little creature and crushed it to pulp , and yet it gave one more thrust with its tiny legs and then lay still . |
| 21 | Then I entered the great main workshop . |
| 22 | Mr Heathcliff and I entered the huge main room . |
| 23 | As I entered the cobbled main street , I became aware of a feeling of unease . |
| 24 | However , as I told the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) , there will be an opportunity in due course for the legislation that enacts the agreement to be considered in detail by the House . |
| 25 | It would take far too long to tell you in detail how I identified the specific genetic patterns of these chromosomes ; you 'll have to accept my assurance that I believe I did identify them . ’ |
| 26 | That evening one of the Corporals made me clean out the crow 's cage ; I lifted the large black bird out and parked it on the gravel beside a flowerbed . |
| 27 | After two rashers of bacon , two eggs , and a couple of potatoes boiled in their skins , I surveyed the little private world of Joanna 's cuddy with deep contentment . |
| 28 | In Tel Aviv I interviewed the Israeli prime Minister , Golda Meir , and in Amman King Hussein of Jordan , one of Harrow 's most distinguished sons . |
| 29 | I noticed the attractive terracotta-tiled floor and another open fireplace which at the time housed the refrigerator . |
| 30 | So it 's alright I mean I paid the whole bloody lot to them , I did n't |