Example sentences of "[pron] [num ord] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The things we discussed when I first brought you to the palazzo . ’ |
| 2 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 3 | ‘ When I first saw him in the orphanage , he had a swollen head and a tiny little starved body with a pot belly . |
| 4 | " When I first saw you at the governor 's reception I thought you seemed … unhappy . " |
| 5 | ‘ How long is it since I first saw you in the surgery ? |
| 6 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 7 | I first met him during the early 1950s and I became editor of what I believe was the second journal in the now enormous Pergamon Press stable . |
| 8 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 9 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 10 | I first noticed it in the army when music was compulsory . ’ |
| 11 | Missing from Linda Finnie 's highly charged Eboli was the vein of capricious elegance that is an integral part of her character , and Jonathan Summers 's powerful , dignified Rodrigo has coarsened in tone since I last heard him in the role . |
| 12 | My impression is that the cocoa from Traidcraft is very much the same price , as when I last bought it from the supermarket when you first started stocking |
| 13 | His interests include outdoor activities of fishing , climbing and walking which first introduced him to the area and DIY and cookery . |
| 14 | It was his own early instincts as a risk taker which first put him on the path that was ultimately to lead to him becoming chairman and chief executive of Hilton International . |
| 15 | And when I daydream of its beauty I think , too , of the people I met on Koraloona , of Doc Reid , the eccentric , wayward medic who first taught me about the island ; Bill Robins , the captain of the Mantela when our ship was attacked , and who before that was to become my first real friend ; Jason Purvis , the starving beachcomber and would-be great novelist who at last did achieve a kind of fame ; Paula Reece , the beautiful American with cold , appraising eyes who so loved the island — and several of its free and happy inhabitants . |
| 16 | People certainly built last year who first saw us at the Ideal Homes Exhibition in 1984 and 1985 . |
| 17 | This is called Reynaud 's Phenomenon , after the French doctor who first described it in the thesis for his medical degree in 1862 . |
| 18 | It was Chief Fyvie who first introduced me to the fine travelogue books of H.V. Morton when he loaned me a copy of ‘ In Search of Scotland ’ . |
| 19 | Tony was with his mother when she first met them in the street . |
| 20 | ‘ What I regret is that we did n't force the bank into this situation 15 months ago when we first approached it over the demerger . |
| 21 | They first met him on the platform at Liverpool Street station during one of their regular Friday shuttles between Norfolk and London . |
| 22 | A pretty unfinished item too when they first dusted it from the vaults , I would imagine , judging by the amount of reconstruction that 's evidently gone into it . |
| 23 | I remember also the reaction of one or two of Ben 's older contemporaries , Constant Lambert and Patrick Hadley , who were particularly touched by this quartet when they first heard it at the dress rehearsal . |
| 24 | The Dents owned the very first car in Baldersdale and that created quite a stir I remember being at school when they first drove it round the place and the teacher brought us all out on to the road to have a closer look at this amazing thing . |
| 25 | When he first saw her on the day of her father 's accident , something happened to him . |
| 26 | And what first attracted you to the job ? |